Birhanu Bekele
Birhanu Bekele | |
|---|---|
| Chief Commander of the North West Command | |
incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2022 | |
| Lieutenant General | |
| Assumed office February 15, 2022 | |
| Major General | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2020, ended February 15, 2022 |
Lieutenant general Birhanu Bekele (full name: Berhanu Bekele Bedada) is the Ethiopian lieutenant general who serves as the [[commander of the North West Command of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. He had previously served as the head of the Republican Guard a special protection and operations unit inside the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense. He was a Brigadier General but later promoted to Major general on January 1, 2020 [1][2][3] and then promoted to lieutenant general.
Career
The General has served years in the Ethiopian National Defense forces. He became a Major General on June 28, 2019, who was tasked with being also the Chief Commander of the Republican Guard A group of specialists trained unit protecting high level country officials. The Major General had served as a colonel before becoming a brigadier general on February 3, 2018.[4][5][6] He currently serves as command of the North West Command.
References
- ↑ "MAJ. GENERAL BERHANU BEKELE". Multi Fact Check. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ↑ "Republican Guard Conducts Effective Operations In Law Enforcement Measures: Chief Commander". Fana Broadcasting Corporate. December 30, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ↑ Dandessa, Chala (March 27, 2021). "The Ethiopian Ministry of Defense has graduated Air Force and Commando". Ethiopians Today. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ↑ "የሪፐብሊካን ጋርድ መመለስና ቀጣዩ ግዳጅ | Republican Guard | Major General Berhanu Bekele | Ethiopia". Andafta on YouTube. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ↑ Berhane, Daniel (February 3, 2018). "Ethiopian military gets new deputy Chief of Staffs, 4 Full Generals and 57 General officer promotions". Horn Affairs. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Adem Mohammed Appointed Army Chief, Demelash Gebremichael Security Chief". Ezega. June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.