The following lists events that happened during 2012 in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Incumbents President: Girma Wolde-Giorgis Prime Minister: Meles Zenawi (until August 20), Hailemariam Desalegn (starting August 20)
Events
January 17 January – Unknown assailants kill 2 Hungarians, 2 Germans and an Austrian in northeastern Ethiopia. 25 January – A truck bomb detonates at an Ethiopian military base in Somalia. 28 January – The African Union opens its new headquarters in Addis Ababa.
August
20 August – Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died in Brussels and succeeded by Hailemariam Desalegn. September 2 September – Meles' state funeral took place in Addis Ababa and inhumed at Holy Trinity Cathedral Church.
Deaths
10 February – Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher, 75, writer. 10 April – Afewerk Tekle, 79, artist.
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