1991年7月，埃革陣主持召開全國會議，20多個政治和民族組織參加。會議通過了《過渡期憲章》，選舉産生了87人的代表院，埃革陣主席梅萊斯·澤納維任過渡政府總統和代表院院長。過渡政府成立。1993年5月24日，厄立特裏亞 (原埃塞俄比亞厄立特裏亞省)通過在國際社會監督下的全民公决，成為一個主權國傢。
In July 1991, the EPRDF, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), and others established the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (TGE) which was composed of an 87-member Council of Representatives and guided by a national charter that functioned as a transitional constitution. In June 1992, the OLF withdrew from the government; in March 1993, members of the Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Coalition also left the government.
Eritrea separated from Ethiopia following the fall of the Derg in 1991, after a long independentist war.
In 1994, a new constitution was written that formed a bicameral legislature and a judicial system.