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Eritrea declared independence in May 24, 1993 from Ethiopia. Upon Eritrea’s declaration of independence, the leader of the EPLF, Isaias Afewerki, became the first Provisional President. And the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (later renamed the People’s Front for democracy and Justice, or PFDJ) created a government. As agreed by Ethiopia, Eritrea held and internationally supervised referendum dubbed UNOVER which ended in April 1993 with overwhelming vote by Eritreans for independence.