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Chief Of General Staff (Ethiopia)
The Chief of General Staff ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ጦር ኃይሎች ጠቅላይ ሹም, Ye’ītiyop’iya t’ori ḫayilochi t’ek’ilayi shumi) is the professional head of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. The chief is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Ethiopian military. The current Chief of General Staff is Field marshal general Birhanu Jula who was appointed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on 4 November 2020 succeeding General Adem Mohammed. List of chiefs Ethiopian Empire (1941–1974) , - style="text-align:center;" , ? , , Lieutenant GeneralEyasu Mengesha , , , , Imperial Army , , - style="text-align:center;" , ? , , Lieutenant General Haile Baykedagen , , , , Imperial Army , , - style="text-align:center;" , ? , , Lieutenant GeneralAssefa Ayane , , , , Imperial Air Force , , - style="text-align:center;" , ? , , Lieutenant GeneralWolde Selassie Bereka , , 3 July 1974 , , Impe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian National Defense Force
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) ( am, የኢፌዲሪ መከላከያ ሠራዊት, Ye’īfēdērī mekelakeya šerawīt, lit=FDRE Defense Force) is the military force of Ethiopia. Civilian control of the military is carried out through the Ministry of Defense, which oversees the Ground Forces, Air Force, Naval Force as well as the Defense Industry Sector. History The Ethiopian army's origins and military traditions date back to the earliest history of Ethiopia. Due to Ethiopia's location between the Middle East and Africa, it has long been in the middle of Eastern and Western politics and has been subject to foreign invasion and aggression. In 1579, the Ottoman Empire's attempt to expand from a coastal base at Massawa during the Ottoman conquest of Habesh was defeated. The Army of the Ethiopian Empire was also able to defeat the Egyptians in 1876 at Gura, led by Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes IV. Clapham wrote in the 1980s that the "Abyssinians ad sufferedfrom a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aman Andom
Aman Mikael Andom (; ti, ኣማን ሚካኤል ዓንዶም; 21 June 1924 – 23 November 1974) was an Eritrean general and the first post-imperial acting head of state of Ethiopia. He was appointed to this position following the coup d'état that ousted Emperor Haile Selassie on 12 September 1974, and served until his death in a shootout with his former supporters. Early life Aman Mikael Andom was born in the village of Tsazega, Italian Eritrea. He had four other siblings. Aman was a Lutheran. Military career Educated in Sudan, Aman returned to Ethiopia with the British forces who defeated the Italians and restored Emperor Haile Selassie to the throne. He proceeded to distinguish himself in a brilliant military career, commanding Ethiopian contingents in Korea and the Congo. In 1962 he was promoted to major general. During the 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War he was given the nickname the "Desert Lion" after defeating Somali forces in the Ogaden Head of State Aman' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adem Mohammed
Adem ( ota, آدم, ) corresponding to Adam (see also Adam in Islam), is a masculine given name common in Turkey and Bosnia. Given name * Adem Alkaşi (born 1984), Turkish footballer *Adem Asil (born 1999), Turkish gymnast *Adem Bereket (born 1973), Turkish wrestler *Adem Bona (born 2003), Nigerian-Turkish basketball player *Adem Boudjemline (born 1994), Algerian Greco-Roman wrestler *Adem Büyük (born 1987), Turkish footballer *Adem Čejvan (1927–1989), Bosnian actor *Adem Demaçi (1936–2018), Kosovar Albanian writer and politician *Adem Doğan (born 2001), Turkish footballer *Adem Dursun (born 1979), Turkish footballer *Adem Grabovci (born 1960), Kosovan politician *Adem Güven (born 1985), Norwegian footballer *Adem Hecini (born 1975), Algerian athlete *Adem Hodža (born 1968), Kosovan politician *Adem Huskić (born 1955), Bosnian politician *Adem İbrahimoğlu (born 1957), Turkish footballer *Adem Ilhan (born 1977), English composer, producer and singer-songwriter *Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amhara Region Coup D'état Attempt
Amhara may refer to: * Amhara people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia * Amharic, a language spoken by the Amhara people * Bete Amhara, a lordship and later province of medieval Ethiopia * Amhara Province, a historical region of Ethiopia * Amhara Region, an administrative region of modern Ethiopia * Amhara, Bihar, India * Amhara, a subdivision of the former Italian East Africa See also * Amara (other) * Amroha Amroha is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is located north-west of Moradabad, near the Ganga River. It is the administrative headquarters of the Amroha district. Geography Amroha is located north-west of Moradabad, near the ..., Uttar Pradesh, India {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seare Mekonen
Se'are Mekonnen (; ; 1954 – 22 June 2019) was an Ethiopian army officer. He was the Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force from 2018 until he was assassinated on 22 June 2019. Biography A veteran of the Tigray People's Liberation Front during the Ethiopian Civil War, General Se'are served as head of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command and the military's joint education and training department. He was appointed to the Chief of General Staff in 2018 by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, succeeding Samora Yunis. Despite his partisan origins in the TPLF, Se'are was known to be an astute advocate for ethic regulation, professionalism A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and skil ... , political neutrality of the armed forces during his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samora Yunis
Samora Muhammad Yunis (Amharic: ሳሞራ መሐመድ ዩንስ) is an Ethiopian military officer. Born in the Tigray Region in the north of the country, Yunis rose to be a four-star general in the Ethiopian National Defence Forces and eventually Chief of the General Staff in 2001. He would serve until 2018. Biography Yunis fought for the military wing of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, playing a leading role in the Battle of Shire (18–19 February 1989). He was made Chief of General Staff in 2001, when he replaced Tsadkan Gebretensae. According to Human Rights Watch, credible sources identify General Samora as a member of the leadership group which met in Jijiga following the attack on oilmen at Abole on 24 April 2007, to determine an appropriate response to this raid. On 7 June 2018, it was announced that Yunis would be replaced by Seare Mekonen Se'are Mekonnen (; ; 1954 – 22 June 2019) was an Ethiopian army officer. He was the Chief of Genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsadkan Gebretensae
Tsadkan Gebretensae ( ti, ጻድቃን ገብረትንሣኤ; born c.1953) is an Ethiopian former military officer. He is a Lieutenant general and member of the central command of the Tigray Defense Forces. In 1976 Tsadkan joined Tigray People's Liberation Front, becoming one of its main commanders in the Ethiopian Civil War. Following the war, he became chief of staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, rebuilding the force and leading it in the Eritrean-Ethiopian War. After the start of the Tigray War in 2020, he rejoined the Tigray's military leadership. Tsadkan is widely regarded as one of Africa's best military thinkers and strategists. Biography Tsadkan was born in the first half of the 1950s in Chercher, Raya Azebo, Tigray. In youth he became friends with another future Tigrayan leader Meles Zenawi, and in 1976 Tsadkan dropped out of the Addis Ababa University's biology faculty to join the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF). At the time the TPLF was a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Tedla
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Addis may refer to: Places *Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia **Addis Ababa University **Addis Ketema, a city district *Addis, Louisiana, a town in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, US People *Addis (name) Businesses *The Addis Company, a defunct New York department store which merged with Dey Brothers *Addis Housewares, a British household products company *''Addis Fortune'', a newspaper See also * Addis Ababa Agreement (other) * * Adis (other) * Addi (other) Addi or ''variation'', may refer to: Places * Addi ( ti, ዓዲ, ʿĀddī, links=no; tig, ዓድ, ʿĀd, links=no; gez, ዓድ, ʿĀd, links=no) a geographic term * Addi, Punjab, India; a village People ;Surnamed * Goggo Addi (1911–1999), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merid Negussie
Major General Merid Negussie (1934–1989) was an Ethiopian army commander and member of the Derg who was the commander of Ethiopian forces in Eritrea during the Eritrean War of Independence. He was one of the leaders of the failed 1989 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt. Early life Merid Negussie was born on January 21, 1934 in the small village of Leku in the Sululta district of Shoa province to a family of Oromo peasants. Merid attended elementary school in Waliso town and at Beyene Merid elementary in Addis Ababa. He continued his secondary school education in the capital where he attended Kokebe Tsibah Haile Selassie I school. Merid became a cadet at the Imperial bodyguard academy graduating in 1946 with the rank of Second lieutenant after three years of training. Upon graduation, the young officer married Woizero Aselefech Hailemariam. Career At the beginning of his military career, he served as a platoon commander in the imperial bodyguard. As part of the Ethiopian conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Air Force
The Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) () is the air service branch of the Ethiopian National Defence Force. The ETAF is tasked with protecting the national air space, providing support to ground forces, as well as assisting civil operations during national emergencies. History Early years (1929–1935) The origins of the Ethiopian Air Force has been traced to (then Ras) Haile Selassie witnessing a show of the British Royal Air Force in November 1922, in Aden. Having never seen an airplane before, he was captivated by this demonstration of their power and abilities, and spontaneously asked if he could go up in one of the biplanes, proclaiming that it was "very fitting that he, as regent of Abyssinia should be the first Abyssinian to take flight in an aeroplane." As a result of this experience, he advocated the development of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force. This small air arm began with the delivery of a Potez 25-A2 to the capital Addis Ababa on 18 August 1929. A Junkers W 33c follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birhanu Jula
Birhanu Jula Gelalcha ( am, ብርሃኑ ጁላ) is an Ethiopian field marshal of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. He is currently the Chief of General Staff of Ethiopia since 4 November 2020. He served as the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2014 to 2016. Biography Of ethnic Oromo descent. Birhanu Jula Gelalcha holds a bachelor's degree from Alpha University College and a master's degree from Greenwich University, both in Addis Ababa. In 2006, Birhanu worked with the UN Mission in Liberia and held the position of Sector Commander. He has also held various other positions with the army including with the Ministry of National Defence, the Cadet School and Brigade Operations. From 2006 to 2009, he was the army's Deputy Commander of the Central Command. In 2010, Birhanu was appointed Commander of the Western Command in the Ethiopian Army. Birhanu was appointed as Force Commander of UNISFA on 21 November 2014 by United Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massacre Of The Sixty
The Massacre of the Sixty, or Black Saturday ( am, ጥቁሩ ቅዳሜ, ''tikuru kidami''), was an execution that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia commissioned by the Derg government against 60 imprisoned former government officials at Kerchele Prison on the morning of 23 November 1974. The prison was commonly called ''Alem Bekagn'' – "Farewell to the World". The Ethiopian Revolution started about ten weeks before the massacre. Before this point, the Derg was able to instill hope among the people that the revolution could remain bloodless. Epitomised by the slogan ''"Ityopiya tikdem, yala mimin dem”'' – “Ethiopia first, without any bloodshed”. The massacre presaged the Red Terror and Ethiopian Civil War that would follow in years after. List of people executed The 54 below were executed on the orders of Mengistu Haile Mariam. Their names were read the following morning on Ethiopian Radio. Executed #Prime Minister Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold #Prime Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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