Military Ethnic
Research
By Ginbot 7 Research Team
February 20, 2010
Introduction
A few months ago, Ginbot 7’s research team presented an extensive list of the
top military commanders of the Woyane regime including their names, their
position in the military and their ethnic background. That meticulously
researched study showed how the current military of Meles Zenawi’s regime is
totally dominated by one ethnic group where by some 95% of the top brass of the
military emanate from the Tigrian ethnic group representing about 6% of the
population. While this was a shocking revelation to Ethiopians and foreign
observers alike, some apologists of the Woyane regime, presented this as a
natural development similar to the dominance of the Shewa Amharas during the
imperial regime and the broader ethnic Amharas that supposedly dominated the
Derg regime. We felt at the time that this argument was problematic for two
reasons. First, the nature of ethnic dominance that is observed during the
Woyane period seemed to be more purposeful, calculated and certainly more
excessive than any of the regimes in the past. Second, even if there was
systematic ethnic dominance in the past, it surely does not justify the
perpetuation of dominance by a new group, which would only increase ethnic
animosity and destabilize the society further.
While the second point
is self evident, our first point needed some investigation to present a solid
proof for our contention. At the time, we promised to do a detailed study of
the military command and personnel of the earlier two regimes for comparison
with our study of the Woyane period. The first portion of that study is now
complete. We will briefly summarize the main findings below, and present two
tables for the reader to go through the detailed observation. A note on the
data is also available to make it easier for the reader to follow the
information on the tables.
This study has been
conducted with the help of a large number of people mainly involving former
military officers who know the institution well and the people involved. We
have involved a significant number of people to verify the accuracy of our
description of the people involved and their role in the military. We are very
thankful for their assistance and we hope their cooperation will continue as we
do the second phase of the study involving the lower ranking officers at the
Birgadier General level. We also thank some family members of these officers
who helped us in cross checking the ethnic identities.
Main findings:
Contrary to the long held claim of the Woyane propagandists, this careful study
reveals that the top military brass of the Ethiopian state, although not
directly proportional, was much more broadly representative of the country’s
ethnic configuration than is commonly claimed. When seen along with our earlier
study of the top military brass of the Woyane regime, both the Derg and the
imperial periods showed a much more representative picture of the country’s
ethnic mixture in the military leadership. As can be seen, persons of various
ethnic groups successfully made it to the highest positions such as Chief of
Staff and Commanders of Armies (Serawit/Hayiel), Command (Eze), Core (Kore),
and Division (Kifle Tore).
With one notable exception, we took officers over and above the Major General
level for this study because of the significant actual power they hold in the
military rank at their time of service. There was a very close correlation
between military rank and actual power at the time.
A cursory look at the data shows that broadly speaking the Amharas dominated
the imperial army top brass holding 55.5% of the top positions, while the Shewa
Amharas, who supposedly were in control of the state represent only 20% of the
military leadership during the imperial period. The second largest
representation was that of people with mixed heritage with 15.5%, followed by
Oromos with 13.3%. Eritreans and Tigreans with 11.1% and Gurages at 4.4%. The
Derg period brought a significant improvement from the imperial period not only
by including hitherto unrepresented groups to the top brass (Wolayita and
Harari) but also by spreading the representation relatively more evenly.
Accordingly, the Amhara representation, although still high compared with the
size of its population, was decreased to 45%, of which the Shewa Amhara
representation decreased further to 17.5%. On the other hand, Oromo
representation increased to 25% bringing it closer to its proportional size to
the population. Indicative of the increasing inter marriage between ethnic
communities, those with mixed heritage account for 17.5% of the top military
brass during the Derge period followed by Gurage (5%), Tigray/Eritrea, Wolayita
and Harari each with 2.5% representation. We encourage the reader to look at
these figures along with the ethnic distribution among the whole population. We
also wish to direct the reader to read this numbers with the earlier study of
power distribution in the current Woyane military.
We have presented the detailed table below for the reader to check the veracity
of this study and reach his/her own conclusion about the nature of ethnocentric
distribution of power during the two regimes. We wish to note here that our aim
in doing this and the earlier study on the composition of the Woyane military
brass, is not to argue that ethnic identity and proportional representation
along ethnic lines should be the basis for appointing career military officers.
Far from it. We actually would like to see an Ethiopia where the capability of
citizens shall be the most important criteria for appointing public officials
in so far as the process is fair, equitable and transparent. We also note that
before Woyane’s usurpation of power in Ethiopia, previous regimes never openly
and officially used ethnicity as the criteria for government appointment. It is
Woyane who brought the issue to the fore, claimed to bring ethnic equality in
the country and shamelessly made ethnicity the quintessential criteria for
defining one’s identity. Woyane insisted on being measured by the criteria of
equitable ethnic distribution of power as a justification for its rule.
Our aim is therefore to show the hypocrisy of this ethnocentric mafia group
that claims to bring ethnic calculus as the sole criteria for distribution of
power in the country while allocating the lion’s share of power to the benefit
of its own minority ethnic group. What is amazing about this group is its
audacity. A group that represents 6% of the population claims 95% of the top
military brass in the country, and blames previous regimes for playing it
unfair. It is this same group that purportedly fought for 17 years against the
Derg regime in the name of bringing ethnic equality. It is now clear what it
really wishes to achieve. To use ethnicity to divide the nation and maintain
its hold on power, while using this power to bleed the country dry for the
benefit of the small group of bandits that are shamelessly stealing the
resources of some 80 million poor souls. This simply cannot, and should not
stand.
Finally, It is also our aim to show the slippery nature of ethnic based
politics and the danger it poses to our collective survival as a free and
stable multi ethnic society. Surely we should all be sensitive to issues of
equity and social justice. We should always be ready to lift those that have
been left behind because of the trajectories of our history. We should commit
ourselves to justice and the equality of all citizens of our country. But, we
should also know that it is only when we are united as citizens of a free
country whose rights are respected and who are ruled by people of our own
choosing that we have a chance to achieve these lofty objectives. We should
have little room for those who appeal to our basest instincts for the purpose
of dividing us and subjecting us to live under the yoke of intolerable tyranny.
1. Brief Notes on the study.
a. The vexing problem in
undertaking this study has been to put a firm handle on who has what ethnic
background. It seems as if the two eras—The Emperor’s and that of the Derg—were
mostly, if not totally blind, as to who has what kind of ethnic background.
There are several instances where we were given the ethnic background of the
generals to be from this or that ethnic group. But in several instances, it
ends up being overturned by another person involved in the checking and
counterchecking process.
Despite the involvement of several officers starting from the rank of general
down to majors from all departments of the armed forces, the challenge of
certainty when it comes to ethnic background has increased as the number
increased when we go down the ladder in the military hierarchy.
One method we used in this study to minimize committing gross errors is to give
the names to several officers from all forces to provide their tally. We have
taken what the majority have agreed the case to be. There may well be a 5%
margin of error in ethnic identification but not more in this study, where we
take the rank of major general and above with the top military posts in the
country. That may increase in the study that we will issue in the near future
where we are sifting through the background of over 200 Birgadier Generals from
both the Emperor and Derg era.
b. The study has solicited the help and input of
several former officers – from generals to other officers --from Air force,
Ground Force, and Navy. It has also solicited a learned review from
knowledgeable civilians who had intimate knowledge of both periods (including
close relatives) to verify the final version.
2. Keys to symbols:
a. **** shows those non-Derg members but loyal to
Col Mengistu. Gebre Kirstos Bulli, the only Big General in the list is included
because he was among a handful of officers the Derg promoted to a rank of
General for the first time. He was also the most influenatial milliary officer
directly reporting to the Chairman of the Derg, and having parallel positions
with the Defense Minsistry’s Military Operations Main Department. He was
presumed killed in the early 1980s after attempting to escape via Djibouti and having
fallen out of grace with Col Mengistu as a result of a fist fight with then
Chief of Staff Merid Negussie.
b. *** Means those who were members of the Derg but
got to their position following the professional track and stayed in the
military unlike their colleagues who were transferred from civilian life to
military at a later period.
c. **. Derg members who
were promoted to the rank of General and Admiral after more than a decade of
life as civilian officials , Derg and WPE reps, and ministers with their
initial ranks as majors, colonels, Lt, Commanders etc when they became Derg
members in 1974. Almost all of them were transferred and promoted to the
military after the aborted coup of 1989.
d. *. Those who were not
Derg members but were deemed loyal and also capable enough to fill the vacuum
created after the coup of 1989.
f. All those without any
asterisk marks are carrier professionals who made it to the military hierarchy
step by step based on their merit, time of service, education and training, and
military exploits in the east, south, and northern fronts. Their training and
education was not only in country at Holeta , Harar Academy, etc. but training
in the best military schools in US, Europe, Israel etc.
The most senior officers
of the armed forces and police of the Imperial regime – up to 1974
|
Full Name |
Rank |
Highest known |
Ethnicity & Region |
Remarks |
|
|
1 |
Kebede Gebre |
Lt. General (Army) |
Minister of Defense |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
2 |
Merid Mengesha |
Lt. General |
Minister of Defense |
Amhara from Gojam & Showa |
|
|
3 |
Eyasu Mengesha |
Lt. General |
Chief of Staff of Imperial |
Tigray & Eritrea |
|
|
4 |
Abieye Abebe |
Lt. General |
Minister of Defense |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
5 |
Esayas Gebre Selassie |
Lt. General |
Commander in Chief of Ground
Forces |
Eritrea |
|
|
6 |
Haile Baykedagen |
Lt. General |
Chief Staff of the Imperial |
Tigray (Adwa) & Amhara from
Gojam (Mixed) |
|
|
7 |
Abebe Gemeda |
Lt. General |
Commander of Imperial |
Oromo from Showa |
|
|
8 |
Assefa Ayane |
Lt. General |
Chief of Staff of Imperial Armed
Forces, Commander of the Air Force. |
Amhara from Gonder (wolkait) |
|
|
9 |
Wolde Selassie Bereka |
Lt. General |
Chief of Staff of the Imperial
Armed forces, Commander in Chief of Ground forces |
Gurage |
|
|
10 |
Deressie |
Lt. General |
Commander in Chief |
Gurage & |
|
|
11 |
Mulugeta Bulli |
Maj. General** |
Chief of Staff of the Imperial
Armed forces, later made civilian, a minister of Social affairs |
Oromo from Wolega |
Leading role in organizing the
Armed forces after Fascist invasion |
|
12 |
Assefa Demisse |
Lt . General |
Head of Protocol to the Emperor |
Amhara & Oromo |
|
|
13 |
Yilma Shibeshi |
Lt. General |
Commander of Imperial Police
Forces |
Gurage & Amhara |
|
|
14 |
Belete Abebe |
Lt. General |
Chief of Staff , Territorial Army |
Amhara from Shewa |
|
|
15 |
Teshome Ergetu |
Lt. General |
Division Commander |
Gurage & Oromo |
Killed by rebels in Eritrea before
the revolution 1974 |
|
16 |
Jagama Kello |
Lt. General |
Division Commander |
Oromo from Showa |
A patriot who led 3000 patriots
and fought during the Fascist Italy’s invasion. |
|
17 |
Nega Haile Selassie |
Lt. General |
Emperor’s Special Cabinet |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
18 |
Debebe Haile Mariam |
Lt. General |
Commander of Imperial |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
19 |
Aman Mickael Andom |
Lt. General (Army) |
Division Commander |
Eritrea |
During the Derg Minister of
Defense. Then, Head of State |
|
20 |
Abebe Wolde Meskel |
Maj. General |
Commander of Police force |
Amhara |
|
|
21 |
Degneh Gusgsa |
Maj. General |
Division Commander |
Oromo from Welega |
|
|
22 |
Shiferaw Tesema |
Maj. General |
Senior staff of Ground forces |
Amhara |
|
|
23 |
Yakob Gebre Leul |
Maj. General |
Senior Staff, Ground Forces |
Eritrea |
|
|
24 |
Tadesse Melke |
Maj. General |
Commander of Genet Millitary
Training Center |
Amhara from Gonder |
|
|
25 |
Abera Wolde Mariam |
Maj General |
Commander of the Air Force |
Oromo & Amhara |
|
|
26 |
Tafesse Lemma |
Maj General |
Division Commander and Palace
protocol |
Amhara & Gurage |
|
|
27 |
Kebede Worku |
Maj. General |
Division commander |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
28 |
Wolde Tsadik Gebere Meskel |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander |
Gurage |
|
|
29 |
Tsige Gezmu |
Maj. General |
Budget and Finance Head |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
30 |
Gashaw Kebede |
Maj. General |
Police commander of Eritrea |
Amhara |
|
|
31 |
Abebe Wolde Mariam |
Maj. General |
Senior staff in Ground forces |
Amhara |
|
|
32 |
Bereket G. Medhin |
Maj. General |
Police Commander in Kaffa |
Tigray and Eritrea |
|
|
33 |
Kelebesa Beka |
Maj. General |
Commander of police in Sidamo |
Oromo from Wolega |
|
|
34 |
Girma Mulat |
Maj. General |
Police Commander |
Amhara |
|
|
35 |
Kebede Wogaye |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander Imperial
Bodyguard |
Amhara from Gojam |
|
|
36 |
Abebe Wolde Selassie |
Maj. General |
Police commander in Wollo |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
37 |
Siyuom Gedle Giorgis |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander of |
Amhara from Harar |
|
|
38 |
Moges Beyene |
Maj. General |
Commander of Police in Gamo Goffa |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
39 |
Gizaw Belayneh |
Maj. General |
Division Commander, |
Amhara from Harar |
Chief of staff early Derg. |
|
40 |
Merid Gizaw |
Maj. General |
Senior staff Ministry of Defense ,
Divisional Commander |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
41 |
Tadesse Gebre |
Maj. General |
Police Commander |
Amhara |
|
|
42 |
Wakjira Sarda |
Maj. General |
Senior Staff , Minister of
Defense, Division Commander |
Oromo from Wollega |
|
|
43 |
Nega Tegene |
Maj. General |
Division Commander |
Amhara from Gonder |
|
|
44 |
Tedla Mekonnen |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander Ground Forces |
Amhara from Showa |
|
|
45 |
Bekele Wolde Giorgis |
Maj. General |
Crown Prince Palace Chief |
Amhara |
The Socialist Military
Derg Regime, later PDRE
The Highest Ranking Army, Air force, Navy and Police Officers (Part I)
|
Full Name |
Rank |
Highest known Position Held |
Ethnicity & Region |
Remarks |
|
|
1 |
Tesfaye Gebre Kidan |
Lt. General (Army) |
Minister of Defense |
Oromo from (parents from Selalie
Showa, grew up in Harar) |
Derg Standing committee & WPE
Politburo member, one of the most powerful persons in the system, Vice
President after 1986. |
|
2 |
Haile Giorgis Habte Mariam |
Maj. General |
Minister of Defense |
Amhara from Showa |
Chief of Staff Under Lt. Gen.
Tesfaye , took over as Minster of Defense |
|
3 |
Merid Negussie |
Maj. General |
Chief of Staff |
Oromo from Showa |
Chief of Staff, committed suicide
during the 1981 aborted coup |
|
4 |
Gebre Kirstos Bulli |
Brig General |
Chief/head of Derg's National
Military Campaign Department |
Oromo from Wolega |
Subsumed and oversaw functions of
Defense Ministry operations Department, parallel but more powerful structure
under the Chairman of the Derg himself until 1984. |
|
5 |
Hailu Gebere Michael |
Maj. General |
Commander of the Ground Forces |
Oromo & Gurage |
Executed after the aborted coup of
1989. |
|
6 |
Tesfaye Birhanu |
R. Admiral |
Commander of the Navy |
Wolayita |
Imprisoned after the 1989 aborted
coup. |
|
7 |
Fanata Belay |
Maj. General |
Commander of the Air Force |
Amhara from Gonder |
Killed after the 1989 coup while
in prison. |
|
8 |
Demissie Bulto |
Maj. General |
Commander of the 2nd Revolutionary
Army, Eritrea |
Oromo from Showa |
Killed during the aborted coup of
1989 |
|
9 |
Amaha Desta |
Maj. General |
Commander of the Air Force |
Amhara from Showa |
Committed suicide during the
aborted coup of 1989. |
|
10 |
Zeleke Beyene |
Maj. General |
Commander of the 4th Revolutionary
Army, (Central) |
Amhara from Wollo |
Member of the Derg Central
Committee, promoted from Col to Maj. General after serving many years as a
civilian. Served until 1991. |
|
11 |
Asrat Biru |
Maj. General |
Commander of the 3rd Army (Tigray) |
Oromo from Showa |
Held various high level positions |
|
12 |
Haddis Tedla |
Lt. General |
Chief of Staff |
Amhara from Showa |
Dergue’s Standing Committee &
WPE politburo member, promoted after the coup from a rank of a major and long
time life as civilian top official. Served until 1991 |
|
13 |
Mesfin Gebre Kal |
Maj. General |
Deputy Chief of Staff |
Eritrea |
Son of a patriot who fought the
Italians during the fascist invasion, previously held high level positions in
the minister of Defense, promoted after the coup -1991 |
|
14 |
Yewalashet Girma |
R. Admiral |
Commander of the Navy |
Amhara & Gurage from Showa |
Derg & WPE CC member, promoted
after the 1981 coup from a long life as a civilian minster and a Lt.
Commander to R. Admiral, held until 1991 |
|
15 |
Sioum Mekonnen |
Maj. General (Army, Holeta) |
Deputy Chief of Staff |
Amhara from Showa |
Promoted as Deputy Chief of Staff
after the coup of 1989. Held the position until 1991. |
|
16 |
Abebe Wolde Mariam |
Maj., General |
Deputy Minister of Defense for
logistics |
Gurage and Amhara |
From early years to 1983 |
|
17 |
Alemayheu Agonafer |
Maj. General |
Commander of the Air Force |
Amhara from Shewa |
Promoted after the coup of 1989
and held until 1991. |
|
18 |
Embibel Ayele |
Maj. General |
Commander of the Ground Forces |
Amhara from Harar |
Promoted after 1989 and held the
position until 1991 |
|
19 |
Berhanu Jembere |
Maj. General |
Commander of the 1st Revolutionary
Army |
Amhara from Gojam |
Promoted from a Major and a
civilian official. Died of plane crash before 1991. |
|
20 |
Wubshet Dessie |
Maj. General |
Commander of the 2nd Revolutionary
Army |
Oromo from Arsi |
Derg Standing Committee member, a
major who was a long time civilian, promoted after the 1989 coup. |
|
21 |
Kefelgen Yibza |
Maj. General |
Commander of Central Command,
Commander of ground forces |
Sodo Gurage |
Held various high level positions
in the military until 1991. |
|
22 |
Tilahun Argaw |
Maj. General |
Core commander, Commander of
Special Command, Assab |
Gurage & Amhara |
Until 1991. |
|
23 |
Regassa JImma |
Maj. General |
Commander of the 2nd Revolutionary
Army |
Oromo from Illubabur |
Held various high positions in the
military as a commander and commandant of the Holeta Military Academy, until
1991 |
|
24 |
Getachew Gedamu |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander of |
Amhara from Gojam |
Held various high level positions
until 1991 |
|
25 |
Kinfe Gebrel Dinku |
Maj. General |
Head of Mil. Operations |
Gurage |
Held various high positions until
1991 |
|
26 |
Hussien Ahmed |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander of 2st
Revolutionary Army |
Amhara from Wollo |
Held the position before and after
1989 coup until he fled to Saudi Araba with other top generals in Eritrea in
1991. |
|
27 |
Alemayehu Ayele |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander for Logistics of
Ground Forces |
Amhara |
Until 1991 |
|
28 |
Bedlu Duki |
Maj. General |
Head of Logistics |
Oromo from Showa |
Until 1991 |
|
29 |
Wegayehu Gashaw |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander 2nd Revolutionary
Army |
Amhara & Oromo |
Held various positions Until 1991 |
|
30 |
Merdasa Lelisa |
Maj. General |
Core commander, |
Oromo from Showa |
Until 1991 |
|
31 |
Abera Abebe |
Maj. General |
Chief/Head of Military Operations
Department |
Oromo from Showa |
Killed after the aborted coup of
1989 |
|
32 |
Abdulahi Umer |
Maj General |
Head of Logistics |
Aderi |
Imprisoned after the 1989 coup. |
|
33 |
Mulatu Negash |
Maj. General |
Commander of the third Revo Army, |
Mixed ethnic background |
Imprisoned after the army’s’
defeat in Tigray until 1991. |
|
34 |
Kumleachew Dejene |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander of the 2nd Revo
Army |
Amhara from Gojam |
Fled to exile after the 1989 coup. |
|
35 |
Worku Zewdie |
Maj. General |
Commander of Ethiopian Police
Forces |
Amhara from Harar |
Executed after the aborted coup of
1989. |
|
36 |
Zewde Gebreyes |
Maj. General |
Core Commander |
Amhara from South |
Executed after the aborted coup of
1989 |
|
37 |
Alemayehu Desta |
Maj. General |
Deputy Commander of |
Amhara from Showa |
Executed after the aborted coup of
1989. |
|
38 |
Gebreyes Wolde Hana |
Maj. General |
Head of Political Department of
the Revo. Armed Forces |
Amhara from Showa |
Derg & WPE CC member, but
assigned as head of military cadres from early days. Killed in a plane crash
accident before 1991. |
|
39 |
Negussie Wolde Michael |
Maj. General |
Commander of Ethiopian Police
Forces pre 1986 |
Amhara from Gojam |
Later transferred as a civilian
Minister in the Council of State. |
|
40 |
Girma Neway |
Maj. General |
Commander of Ethiopian Police
Forces after 1989 |
Amhara & Gurage |
Derg & WPE CC member, promoted
from a long life as civilian Major after the 1989 coup. |
Current Ethiopian Army by Ethnic Tigrean officers
High Ranking Military Officials Principal Defense Departments
(Woyane)
|
No |
Job Division |
Name & Rank |
Ethnic
Group |
|
1 |
Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff |
General Smora Yenus |
Tigre |
|
2 |
Armed Forces Head of Training |
Lt.General Tadesse Worde |
Tigre |
|
3 |
Head of Logistics |
Lt.General Gezae Abera |
Tigre |
|
4 |
Head of Intelligence |
Br. General Gebre Dela |
Tigre |
|
5 |
Armed Forces Head of Campaign |
Major General Gebreegzher |
Tigre |
|
6 |
Armed Forces Head of Engineering |
Lt.General Berhane Negash |
Tigre |
|
7 |
Chief of the Air Force |
Chief of the Air Force |
Tigre |
Heads of the Nation’s four Military Commands (Woyane)
|
No |
Job Division |
Name & Rank |
Ethnic
Group |
|
1 |
Central Command |
General Abebaw Tadesse |
Agew |
|
2 |
Northern Command |
Lt.General Saere Mekonene |
Tigre |
|
3 |
South Eastern Command |
Lt.General Abraha Wolde |
Tigre |
|
4 |
Western Command |
Br. General Seyoum Hagos |
Tigre |
Army Divisional
Commanders (Woyane)
Central Command (Woyane)
|
No |
Job Division |
Name & Rank |
Ethnic
Group |
|
1 |
31st Army Division |
Colonel Tsegaye Marx |
Tigre |
|
2 |
33rd Army Division |
Colonel Kidane |
Tigre |
|
3 |
35th Army Division |
Colonel Misganaw Alemu |
Tigre |
|
4 |
24th Army Division |
Colonel Work Aynu |
Tigre |
|
5 |
22nd Army Division |
Colonel Dikul |
Tigre |
|
6 |
8th Mechanized Division |
Colonel Jamal Mohammed |
Tigre |
Northern
Command (Woyane)
|
No |
Job Division |
Name & Rank |
Ethnic
Group |
|
1 |
14st Army Division |
Colonel Wodi Antiru |
Tigre |
|
2 |
21st Army Division |
Colonel Gueshi Gebre |
Tigre |
|
3 |
11th Army Division |
Colonel Workidu |
Tigre |
|
4 |
25th Army Division |
Colonel Tesfay Sahiel |
Tigre |
|
5 |
22nd Army Division |
Colonel Teklay Klashin |
Tigre |
|
6 |
4th Mechanized Division |
Colonel Hinsaw Giorgis |
Tigre |
South
Eastern Command (Woyane)
|
No |
Job Division |
Name & Rank |
Ethnic
Group |
|
1 |
19st Army Division |
Colonel Wodi Guaae |
Tigre |
|
2 |
44st Army Division |
Colonel Zewdu Tefera |
Tigre |
|
3 |
13th Army Division |
Colonel Sherifo |
Tigre |
|
4 |
12th Army Division |
Colonel Mulugeta Berhe |
Tigre |
|
5 |
32nd Army Division |
Colonel Abraha Tselim |
Tigre |
|
6 |
6th Mechanized Division |
Colonel G/Medhin Fekede |
Tigre |
Western
Command (Woyane)
|
No |
Job Division |
Name & Rank |
Ethnic
Group |
|
1 |
23rd Army Division |
Colonel Wolde Belalom |
Tigre |
|
2 |
43rd Army Division |
Colonel Wodi Abate |
Tigre |
|
3 |
26th Army Division |
Colonel Mebrahtu |
Tigre |
|
4 |
7th Mechanized Division |
Colonel Gebre Mariam |
Tigre |
Commanders in Different
Defense Departments (Woyane)
|
No |
Job Division |
Name & Rank |
Ethnic
Group |
|
1 |
Agazi Commando Division |
B.General Mohammed Esha |
Tigre |
|
2 |
Addis Ababa & Surrounding Area
Guard |
Colonel Zenebe Amare |
Tigre |
|
3 |
Palace Guard |
Colonel Gerensay |
Tigre |
|
4 |
Banking Guard |
Colonel Hawaz Woldu |
Tigre |
|
5 |
Engineering College |
Colonel Halefom Eggigu |
Tigre |
|
6 |
Military Health Science |
B.General Tesfay Gidey |
Tigre |
|
7 |
Mulugeta Buli Technical College |
Colonel Meleya Amare |
Tigre |
|
8 |
Resource Management College |
Colonel Letay |
Tigre |
|
9 |
Siftana Command College |
B.General Moges Haile |
Tigre |
|
10 |
Blaten Military Training Center |
Colonel Salih Berihu |
Tigre |
|
11 |
Wourso Military Training Center |
Colonel Negash Heluf |
Tigre |
|
12 |
Awash Arba Military Training
Center |
Colonel Muze |
Tigre |
|
13 |
Birr Valley Military Training
Center |
Colonel Negassie Shikortet |
Tigre |
|
14 |
Defense Administration Department |
B.General Mehari Zewde |
Tigre |
|
15 |
Defense Aviation |
B.General Kinfe Dagnew |
Tigre |
|
16 |
Defense Research and Study |
B.General Halefom Chento |
Tigre |
|
17 |
Defense Justice Department |
Colonel Askale |
Tigre |
|
18 |
Secretary of the Chief-of-Staff |
Colonel Tsehaye Manjus |
Tigre |
|
19 |
Indoctrination Center |
B.General Akale Asaye |
Amhara |
|
20 |
Communications Department |
Colonel Sebbhat |
Tigre |
|
21 |
Foreign Relations Department |
Colonel Hassene |
Tigre |
|
22 |
Special Forces Coordination
Department |
B.General Fisseha Manjus |
Tigre |
|
23 |
Operations Department |
Colonel Wodi Tewk |
Tigre |
|
24 |
Planning, Readiness and
Programming Department |
Colonel Teklay Ashebir |
Tigre |
|
25 |
Defense Industries Coordination
Department |
Colonel Wodi Negash |
Tigre |
|
26 |
Defense Finance Department |
Colonel Zewdu |
Tigre |
|
27 |
Defense Purchasing Department |
Colonel Gedey |
Tigre |
|
28 |
Defense Budget Department |
Ato/Mr. Berhane |
Tigre |
