Center-right party formed by the merger of eight Ethiopian nationalist parties [Link] led by revolutionary leader and chairman of the Patriotic Ginbot 7, Berhanu Nega. EZEMA consists of the Ginbot 7, the Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP), the All-Ethiopian Democratic Party (AEDP), the Semayawi (Blue) Party, the New Generation Party (NGP), the Gambella Regional Movement (GRM), the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party and the ye-Ethiopia Ra'iy Party (ERaPa). Party Chairman Berhanu Nega was appointed Ethiopia's Minister of Education in the Abiy Ahmed government on October 6, 2021.