The current ruler of Ethiopia, Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, has been elected president since October 7, 2013. The current government of Ethiopia is the federal republic and the parliamentary republic, and their national language is Amharic. Masked dictator Meles Zenawi, the former Ethiopian leader, was a very confusing man with a mixed legacy. To the rest of the world, Zenawi appeared to be a peaceful leader who was moving Ethiopia forward economically and as a country. He was a man of many faces who had done many good things and many bad things. The evil was masked by the extreme suppression and total control of outside information and personal expression of the population. Power, money and total control were the game and the Ethiopian people were at stake. The threat of physical force and death loomed over the Ethiopian people if they dared to act for justice and justice. equality. Zenawi, who died in 2012, was Ethiopia's dictator and ruled his country by imprisoning and killing thousands, rigging elections and spreading government propaganda. The Ethiopian government controlled everything from imprisoning journalists to exiling critics to violating human rights. “Zenawi's critics have been jailed, killed or driven out of the country: in fact, more journalists have been exiled from Ethiopia in the last decade than from any other country in the world. Let's repeat that: Zenawi has expelled more journalists than any other tyrant on the planet, thereby monopolizing control of information” (Halvorssen, para. 6). Ethiopia seemed to be a peaceful and progressive country only because people outside the country were sheltered from the truth. “Keeping Ethiopia united” had a cost that dictator Meles Zenawi was willing to bear. This was very ignorant for Bil...... middle of paper...... who might be raped in the process. He created dissonance among a people who, before his rule, had “a long-standing unity and nationalism that made Ethiopia unique” (Dula, para. 4). While he worked with the United States to capture terrorists, many believed he was trying to bring justice. in his country and around the world, but many people did not know that in return his government received about a billion dollars a year in American aid. He painted a rosy picture of his country's growth and success and charmed Western leaders with his speech. Zenawi would have anyone killed or exiled if he thought it threatened his reputation or position in power. The death of Meles Zenawi should not be devastating for the Ethiopian people, it could even be a sigh of relief. However, most will likely hold their breath over replacement if the legacy of his extremism endures..