2012 in Ethiopia
The following lists events that happened during 2012 in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Incumbents
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.