Key facts
- Armiger
- Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Adopted
- 1996 (modified 16 May 2009)
- Shield
- Azure, a pentagram with five rays of light or.
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- Image
- Emblem of Ethiopia.svg
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- Commons category
- Coats of arms of Ethiopia
- inception
- 1999-00-00
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The emblem of Ethiopia has been in its current form since 1996. It contains a yellow interlaced pentagram radiating rays of light on a blue circle. Today, the pentagram stands for the unity of the people and nationality of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The emblem appears in the centre of the flag of Ethiopia.
Prior to 1975, the coat of arms of the Ethiopian Empire was used.