Major General Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael is a general with 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 ...
(ENDF). He served as the Force Commander of the
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is a United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei, which is contested between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. UNISFA was approved on 27 June 2011 by the United Nat ...
(UNISFA) from 2017–2018.
Major General Hailemichael was appointed as Force Commander of UNISFA on 23 February 2017 by United Nations Secretary-General
António Guterres.
During his tenure, he launched an environmental cleaning campaign in the town of
Abeyi, intended to enhance the community and remove breeding sites for
pests
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.
He was succeeded on 4 April 2018 by Major General
Gebre Adhana Woldezgu.
References
Ethiopian officials of the United Nations
Living people
Ethiopian generals
Year of birth missing (living people)
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