The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Ethiopia.
Incumbents President: Girma Wolde-Giorgis Prime Minister: Meles Zenawi
Events
Ongoing
War in Somalia (2006–2009)
January 2 January – Ethiopia begins withdrawing troops from Somalia after two years of intervention in the civil war.
April
22 April – Ten of thousands Ethiopians attend the state funeral of singer Tilahun Gessesse, becoming the largest lying of state since the funeral of Emperor Haile Selassie.
July
7 July – Ethiopia introduces Anti-Terrorism Proclamation No. 652/2009 to counter domestic terrorism.
Deaths
19 April – Tilahun Gessesse, 68, singer, diabetes.
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