Common Amharic Words
Government vocabulary in Amharic
| መንግስት | Government |
| ፖለቲካ | Politics |
| ህግ | Law |
| ፖሊሲ | Policy |
| አስተዳደር | Governance |
| ስልጣን | Authority |
| ኃይል | Power |
Government Roles and Titles
| ፕሬዚዳንት | President |
| ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር | Prime Minister |
| ገዥ | Governor |
| ከንቲባ | Mayor |
| ሚኒስትር | Minister |
| ሴናተር | Senator |
| ተወካይ | Representative |
| ዳኛ | Judge |
| አምባሳደር | Ambassador |
| ዲፕሎማት | Diplomat |
Political Processes
| ምርጫ | Election |
| ድምጽ መስጠት | Voting |
| ዘመቻ | Campaign |
| ሪፈረንደም | Referendum |
| ድምጽ መስጫ | Ballot |
| እጩ | Candidate |
| ክርክር | Debate |
| የጊዜ ገደብ | Term limit |
| ክስ መመስረት | Impeachment |
Laws and Regulations
| ህግ ማውጣት | Legislation |
| ድንጋጌ | Ordinance |
| ደንብ | Regulation |
| ቢል | Bill |
| አዋጅ | Decree |
| ትዕዛዝ አስፈፃሚ | Executive order |
| ማሻሻያ | Amendment |
| ስምምነት | Treaty |
| ቻርተር | Charter |
Types of Government
| ፌዴራል | Federal |
| ግዛት | State |
| አካባቢያዊ | Local |
| ንጉሳዊ አገዛዝ | Monarchy |
| አምባገነንነት | Dictatorship |
| ኮሚኒዝም | Communism |
| ሶሻሊዝም | Socialism |
| ካፒታሊዝም | Capitalism |
| ስርዓት አልበኝነት | Anarchy |
Public Administration
| የህዝብ አገልግሎት | Public service |
| የመንግስት ሰራተኛ | Civil servant |
| ግብር | Taxation |
| በጀት | Budget |
| ደህንነት | Welfare |
| መሠረተ ልማት | Infrastructure |
| የውጭ ፖሊሲ | Foreign policy |
| የጤና ጥበቃ ፖሊሲ | Healthcare policy |
| ብሔራዊ ደህንነት | National security |
| የአካባቢ ፖሊሲ | Environmental policy |
International Relations
| የተባበሩት መንግስታት | United Nations |
| ኤምባሲ | Embassy |
| ቆንስላ | Consulate |
| ህብረት | Alliance |
| ማዕቀብ | Sanctions |
| የሰላም ስምምነት | Peace treaty |
| የንግድ ስምምነት | Trade agreement |
| ዲፕሎማሲ | Diplomacy |
| ሰሚት | Summit |
| አለም አቀፍ ህግ | International law |
ተመሳሳይ / Miscellaneous
| ዜግነት | Citizenship |
| ኢሚግሬሽን | Immigration |
| ሉዓላዊነት | Sovereignty |
| ፍትህ | Justice |
| ተሟጋችነት | Advocacy |
| ሎቢ ማድረግ | Lobbying |
| ቢሮ | Bureau |
| የህዝብ ቆጠራ | Census |
| የአገር ደህንነት | Homeland security |
| ነፃነት | Freedom |