The presidential election held on 7 October 2013,^[1] was the fourth presidential election of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to elect the country's third president.^[2] Mulatu Teshome was elected by the parliament to a six-year term.^[1] Incumbent president Girma Wolde-Giorgis was barred from seeking re-election due to term limits.^{[citation needed]}

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2013 Ethiopian presidential election

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Nominee Mulatu Teshome Party OPDO Electoral vote 659 (unanimous)

President before election Girma Wolde-Giorgis Independent Elected President Mulatu Teshome OPDO

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As a parliamentary republic, most administrative power and the effective ability is vested in the prime minister and his government, rather than the president, leaving the president as primarily a figurehead executive. However, the president retains significant Reserve powers granted by the constitution.^{[citation needed]}

A presidential candidate is required to be elected by a joint session of the upper house and lower house of the Ethiopian parliament, the Federal Parliamentary Assembly, the House of Federation and the House of People's Representatives, respectively.^[3][4]

Several persons have been the subject of speculation by various media sources as potential candidates in the election. The past two presidents, Negasso Gidada, and Girma Wolde-Giorgis, have hailed from the Oromo ethnic group, the country's largest, and thus it has been speculated that the ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, will again nominate an Oromo candidate.