Ethiopia is one among the forerunners of state formation, governance, and the one which has long been governed by its own administrative system. However, its experience has been hampered by the divisive political culture that has prevailed since the beginning of the transition to democracy based on extraneous political ideology inconsistent with indigenous values. The main focus of this study was on the impact of Ethiopian political culture on the current political transition since mid-2018. To achieve this, the study examines the nature of Ethiopian political culture, its interaction with political transition, and its impact on the current political transition of Ethiopia by using an interpretative research paradigm, a qualitative research approach, and a case study research design. In doing so, the study used primary and secondary sources of data. The relevant data were collected from key informants that were selected through the purposive sampling technique and documentary sources, such as related literature and formal political discourses. Methods of thematic and discourse analysis were applied to analyze the data that were collected by using primary and secondary sources. The findings of the study make it clear that Ethiopia’s current political culture has not a developed and conducive democratic culture, and the fact that many of the people are under parochial political culture which couldn’t socialize democratic rule, instill democratic thought in public opinion and establish a democratic type of government in the country. Besides, current Ethiopia’s political transition since mid-2018 was not transparent, operational based on the principles of transition and made the transition process lose social cognition and civic role to participate and support the process of political transition and democratizing the regime. Furthermore, the interactions between the political culture of Ethiopia and the process of political transition since mid-2018 are not based on the principle of democracy and not in line with the values of the society. Due to this, it has lost civic trust, could not follow and enable the institutionalization of political transition, and failed to create an all-inclusive and cooperative transition process. As a result, a disorder of national attitudes and functional failures, nationalism, extremism, and institutional corruption, weak competition, and bad contestation, distrust between people and government, and authoritarian backsliding and democratic uncertainty are the major impacts that are hampering the ongoing transition process of Ethiopia as it continues to worsen due to the existing political culture in the previous political experience of Ethiopia. Key words: political culture, democracy, legitimacy, political transition