The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) 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.
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. Haile Selassie is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history,and the key figure of Rastafari,a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty,which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I,believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.
The United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) was established by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1590 of 24 March 2005,in response to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the government of the Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement on January 9,2005 in Sudan.
Said Djinnit is an Algerian diplomat who has been Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region in Africa since 2014. Previously he served as the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA).
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was a peacekeeping operation established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia following the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the conclusion of the Second Liberian Civil War (1999–2003). At its peak it consisted of up to 15,000 U.N. military personnel and 1,115 police officers,along with civilian political advisors and aid workers.
The Eritrean War of Independence was a war for independence which Eritrean independence fighters waged against successive Ethiopian governments from 1 September 1961 to 24 May 1991.
Major General Patrick Cammaert is a retired Dutch general who served as the United Nations Force Commander for the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. He served since 1968 and graduated in parachuter and commando courses. He was previously the Military Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Prior to that position,he was the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),as the Military Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations,and has spent a career in the Royal Netherlands Marines specializing in peacekeeping operations.
Lieutenant General Chikadibia Isaac ObiakorMSS DSS CMH IG QS psc(+) GFISMN NPOM is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general who until 2010 served as Military Adviser,Assistant Secretary General Office of Military Affairs,United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations (UNDPKO),UN Headquarters New York. He retired officially from the Nigerian Army in 2011.
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 Nations Security Council in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990 after a flareup in the South Kordofan conflict earlier in June 2011. The Ethiopian Army is the largest contributor of personnel,and as of 2018,the only contributor of individual troops.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990,adopted unanimously on June 27,2011,after recalling all previous resolutions on the situation in Sudan and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement,the Council established the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan.
Daniel Ishmael Opande is a retired Kenyan military officer,who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Kenyan Army.
Martin Kobler is a German former career diplomat who served as German Ambassador to Egypt,Iraq and Pakistan. He served as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya from November 4th 2015 to June 22nd of 2017. Previously,he had served as Special Representative and Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) from June 2013 to 2015. In this capacity,he headed more than 20,000 peacekeepers in the country.
Lieutenant General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam was the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2013-2014. He was appointed to this position by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 12 March 2013.
Berhanu Dinka was an Ethiopian diplomat. His distinguished diplomatic career spanned more than five decades,during which he held a number of senior portfolios in the Ethiopian Foreign Service,including as the first Ethiopian ambassador to Djibouti and as the permanent representative to the United Nations for Ethiopia,and as an official of the United Nations,including as Under-Secretary-General,Special Envoy for Sierra Leone,and Special Representative for the Great Lakes region and for Burundi.
Hiroute Guebre Sellassie is an Ethiopian diplomat and human rights lawyer. She has held several senior portfolios in the United Nations,most recently serving as the Deputy Special Representative (DSRSG) for the Office for West Africa and the Sahel during 12 February 2016 to 6 August 2017. She was previously appointed the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and Head of Office for the Sahel on 1 May 2014 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,succeeding Romano Prodi of Italy,who completed his assignment on 31 January 2014.
Birhanu Jula Gelalcha 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.
General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa is a general with the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). He served as the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2016–2017.
Major General Halefom Ejigu Moges is an Ethiopian major general who was acting Head of Mission of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2014-2015. His assignment ended with the appointment of Haile Tilahun Gebremariam as Head of Mission on 28 January 2015.
Major General Gebre Adhana Woldezgu is a general with the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). He has served as the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) since 4 April 2018.
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