Government Federation 1952–1957 Makonnen Endelkachew Area 1.222 million km² Currency Ethiopian birr | throughout Haile Selassie I 1957–1960 Abebe Aregai Founded 1952 Date dissolved November 15, 1962 | |
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Languages AmharicTigrinyaArabic | ||
The Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea or Ethiopian–Eritrean Federation was a federation of the Ethiopian Empire and Eritrea. It was created by the approval of the Federal Act in Ethiopia and the Eritrean Constitution on 15 September 1952.
Prior to the annexation of Eritrea, the Chief Justice of Eritrea was removed and the official Eritrean languages were eliminated in favor of Ethiopia's national language Amharic. During the Federation, the encroachment of the Ethiopian Crown was felt on the Chief Executive of Eritrea. This was in direct contravention of the UN Resolution 390-A(V) which had established the Federation.
The federal structure, or some semblance of it, existed between 15 September 1952 and 15 November 1962. On 15 November 1962, following pressure from Haile Selassie I on the Eritrean Assembly, the Federation was officially dissolved and Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia.