Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Eritrea)

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Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces
Incumbent
Filipos Woldeyohannes
since 19 March 2014
Ministry of Defence
Member ofEritrean Defence Forces
Reports toMinister of Defence
AppointerPresident
Formation1991

The Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defence Forces. The person in this post is the highest-ranking military officer in the EDF and is responsible for maintaining operational control over military structures.

List[]

No. Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 General
Ogbe Abraha
(1948–2002) 		1991[citation needed] February 2000 9 years [1][2]
? Major general

(1950–2014) 		? 6 March 2014 † ? [3]
? Major general
Filipos Woldeyohannes 		19 March 2014 Incumbent 7 years, 186 days [4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Six Eritrean political leaders have died in prison: ex-guard". Asmarino. 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  2. ^ "General Ogbe Abraha". Amnesty International. 2019-09-27. Archived from the original on 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  3. ^ "Major General Gerezgher 'Wuchu' Passed Away". tesfanews.net. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Eritrea Appoints New Chief of Staff". tesfanews.net. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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