Abebaw Tadesse

General Abebaw Tadesse
አበባው ታደሰ
Deputy Chief of General Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 November 2020
President	Sahle-Work Zewde Taye Atske Selassie
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Field Marshal Birhanu Jula
Personal details
Born	Wag Hemra, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Military service
Allegiance	Ethiopia
Branch	Ethiopian Ground Forces
Rank	General
Conflict	Eritrean–Ethiopian War Tigray War War in Amhara

Abebaw Tadesse (Amharic: አበባው ታደሰ) is an Ethiopian military general and the current Deputy Chief of General Staff of Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), the second most senior position in the ENDF, since 12 November 2020.

Military career

General Abebaw Tadesse served in various levels of commands and leading the Central Command, which was disbanded and relocated to Southern Command. He carried out a major military operation during the Eritrean–Ethiopian War on the Badme front. He was known for being the only non-Tigrayan general in the Ethiopian army during the rule of Meles Zenawi as he was from the Agaw ethnic group.^[1][2] Abebaw retired from the army in 2018 but was later recalled during the Tigray War and was appointed the deputy Chief of General Staff. In January 2022 Abebaw said in an interview that the Ethiopian army was planning to reenter the Tigray Region control that was controlled by Tigrayan rebels.^[3][1] He is awarded the Highest Blacklion Heroes Medal in January 2022.

References

1. "ሌ/ጄኔራል አበባው ታደሰ የጦር ኃይሎች ምክትል ጠቅላይ ኤታማዦር ሹም ሆነው ተሾሙ" [Lt. Gen. Abebaw Tadesse has been appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Defense Force]. News Al-Ain (in Amharic). 8 November 2020.
2. "ሌ/ጄነራል አበባው ታደሰ ንከይገይሽ ካብ ማዕርፎ ነፈርቲ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ብናይ ጸጥታ ሓይልታት ተዓጊቱ" [Lt. Gen. Abebaw Tadesse was prevented from traveling from Addis Ababa airport by security forces]. Tesfa News (in Amharic). 11 November 2014.
3. "Ethiopian army: We will enter Tigray to eliminate the enemy". TRT World. 22 January 2022.