Birhanu Bekele | |
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Chief Commander of the Republican Guard | |
incumbent | |
Assumed office January 1, 2020 | |
Major General | |
Assumed office January 1, 2020 | |
Brigadier General | |
Assumed office February 3, 2018, ended January 1, 2020 |
Major General Birhanu Bekele (full name: Berhanu Bekele Bedada) is the Ethiopian Major general who also serves as the head of the Republican Guard a special protection and operations unit inside the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense which is only obliged to the Prime Minister. He was a Brigadier General but later promoted to Major general on January 1, 2020.[1][2][3]
The General has served years in the Ethiopian National Defense forces he came into the rank of Brigadier General. He later became a Major General on June 28, 2019, who is 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]
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