Members of the 1st Revolutionary Council Democratically Elected at the 1971 Congress:
1. Idris Mohammed Adem, president
2. Herui Tedla Bairu, first vice president
3. Abdalla Idris Mohammed, second vice president
4. Saleh Ahmed Eyay, head foreign office
5. Mohammed Ismail Abdu, head of coordination
6. Ibrahim Mohammed Ali
7. Mohammed Osman Izaz
8. Ahmed Ibrahim Nafi’e (Halib Sete)
9. Mohammed Berhan Abdurahman
10. Ahmed Mohammed Nasser
11. Tesfai Tekle
12. Mohammed Saleh Humed
13. Shihem Ibrahim Shihem (later deserted to the enemy).
Two posts were left vacant for mass organizations and were later filled by
14. Amna Mohammed Ali Melekin, chairwoman of women’s union
15. Ali Osman Hinti, chairman of Eritrean workers’ union.