Ministry of Defence (Eritrea)

The Ministry of Defence of Eritrea is an Eritrean government agency responsible for the public finance policies of Eritrea. It is responsible for maintaining the Eritrean Defence Forces. The ministry is located in Asmara.

Authority

It is responsible for the overseeing of the transfer of national service soldiers to the regular army as well as assign members of the national service. ^[1]

Ministers of Defence

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Petros Solomon (born 1951)	1993	1994	0–1 years		People's Front for Democracy and Justice	[2]
2		Mesfin Hagos (born 1947)	1994	1995	0–1 years		People's Front for Democracy and Justice	[3] [4]
3		Sebhat Ephrem (born 1951)	1995	2014	18–19 years		People's Front for Democracy and Justice	[5]
4		Filipos Woldeyohannes (born 1955)	March 2014	Incumbent	11 years		People's Front for Democracy and Justice

See also

• Eritrean Defence Forces
• Government of Eritrea
• Cabinet of Ministers of Eritrea

References

1. "Natlex -" (PDF).
2. Connell, Dan; Killion, Tom (2010). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. Scarecrow Press. p. 421. ISBN   9780810875050.
3. "Mesfin Hagos, Author at African Arguments". African Arguments. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
4. Hagos, Seeye Abraha. "Why Eritrea Won't Leave Ethiopia". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
5. "Eritrea". defenceWeb. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2021-07-03.

External links

• Official website