National Election Board of Ethiopia

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Biḥērawī Mirich’a Borid) is an autonomous federal government agency which supervises the national elections of Ethiopia.

Members of the Board shall be appointed by the House of Peoples' Representatives upon recommendation of the Prime Minister.

According to Article 6 of the amended Proclamation number 532/2006, the Board of the NEBE consists of nine members who are nominated by the prime minister and appointed by the House of Peoples' Representatives.

The Secretariat is headed by a Chief Executive, and has the responsibility for the preparation and conduct of the electoral process.

[6] In November 2018, during the prime ministership of Abiy Ahmed that started in April 2018 promising major reforms, the judge Birtukan Mideksa was appointed as the head of NEBE replacing incumbent Samia Gutu.