Although the first lady's role has never been codified or officially defined, she figures prominently in the political and social life of the nation.

[1] In Ethiopian history, the word ‘Majesty’ was the symbol of royal title that has been referred to a king or Queen.

It means, the name of ‘Queen’ had recognized by societies and entitled with a power for the wife of a king, then she had a supreme power to advise her husband to sustain and keep a monarchal system from generation to generation (by appoint her son to be a king) such as Queen Eleni, Seble wengel, Mintewab, Empress Taytu.

But after the Transitional government of Ethiopia succeeded, the concept of first lady come alive when the wife of President Negasso Gidida Regina Abelt, citizen of Germany, officially became the First Lady of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1995.

All programs that undertaking by of the office has its significant to the Ethiopian women's empowerment and address the national gender issues.