The Federal Assembly of Ethiopia held a session on the 5th to establish a new government and approve Abi as prime minister of the new government. Abi was then sworn in in Parliament. In the parliamentary elections held in June this year, Abi's Prosperity Party won. Of the 486 seats in the House of People's Representatives in the Federal Assembly of Ethiopia, the Prosperity Party won 438 seats. Prosperity Party Chairman Abi became the prime minister candidate for the new government. According to the Constitution of Ethiopia, members of the House of People's Representatives of the Federal Assembly are elected by universal suffrage throughout the country and are re-elected every 5 years. The political party or coalition that has obtained the majority of seats in the House of People's Representatives is responsible for forming a cabinet and appointing the Prime Minister, who has the highest executive power in the country. In February 2018, due to domestic instability and other reasons, Ethiopia's then-Prime Minister Hail Mariam resigned. Abi became Prime Minister in April of that year and was re-elected in 2021.

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