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 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 t ...
. 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
Abiy Ahmed Ali ( om, Abiyi Ahmed Alii; am, አብይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who has been the 4th prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia since 2 April 2018. He won the 2019 ...
on 4 November 2020 succeeding General Adem Mohammed.
List of chiefs
Ethiopian Empire (1941–1974)
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, Lieutenant General
Eyasu Mengesha
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Imperial Army
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, Lieutenant General
Haile Baykedagen
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Imperial Army
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, Lieutenant General
Assefa Ayane
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Imperial Air Force
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, Lieutenant General
Wolde Selassie Bereka
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, 3 July 1974
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Imperial Army
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Derg (1974–1987)
People's Democratic Republic (1987–1991)
Federal Democratic Republic (1991–present)
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{{Chief of military by country
Military of Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...