The Ethiopian Military Leadership Under Haile Selassie and Derg Regimes.

Report Originally posted on February 20, 2010

By Ginbot 7 Research Team

Introduction

A few months ago, Ginbot 7’s research team presented an extensive list of the top military commanders of the Woyane regime including their names, their position in the military and their ethnic background. That meticulously researched study showed how the current military of Meles Zenawi’s regime is totally dominated by one ethnic group where by some 95% of the top brass of the military emanate from the Tigrian ethnic group representing about 6% of the population. While this was a shocking revelation to Ethiopians and foreign observers alike, some apologists of the Woyane regime, presented this as a natural development similar to the dominance of the Shewa Amharas during the imperial regime and the broader ethnic Amharas that supposedly dominated the Derg regime. We felt at the time that this argument was problematic for two reasons. First, the nature of ethnic dominance that is observed during the Woyane period seemed to be more purposeful, calculated and certainly more excessive than any of the regimes in the past. Second, even if there was systematic ethnic dominance in the past, it surely does not justify the perpetuation of dominance by a new group, which would only increase ethnic animosity and destabilize the society further.

While the second point is self evident, our first point needed some investigation to present a solid proof for our contention. At the time, we promised to do a detailed study of the military command and personnel of the earlier two regimes for comparison with our study of the Woyane period. The first portion of that study is now complete. We will briefly summarize the main findings below, and present two tables for the reader to go through the detailed observation. A note on the data is also available to make it easier for the reader to follow the information on the tables.

This study has been conducted with the help of a large number of people mainly involving former military officers who know the institution well and the people involved. We have involved a significant number of people to verify the accuracy of our description of the people involved and their role in the military. We are very thankful for their assistance and we hope their cooperation will continue as we do the second phase of the study involving the lower ranking officers at the Birgadier General level. We also thank some family members of these officers who helped us in cross checking the ethnic identities.

Main findings:

Contrary to the long held claim of the Woyane propagandists, this careful study reveals that the top military brass of the Ethiopian state, although not directly proportional, was much more broadly representative of the country’s ethnic configuration than is commonly claimed. When seen along with our earlier study of the top military brass of the Woyane regime, both the Derg and the imperial periods showed a much more representative picture of the country’s ethnic mixture in the military leadership. As can be seen, persons of various ethnic groups successfully made it to the highest positions such as Chief of Staff and Commanders of Armies (Serawit/Hayiel), Command (Eze), Core (Kore), and Division (Kifle Tore).

With one notable exception, we took officers over and above the Major General level for this study because of the significant actual power they hold in the military rank at their time of service. There was a very close correlation between military rank and actual power at the time.

A cursory look at the data shows that broadly speaking the Amharas dominated the imperial army top brass holding 55.5% of the top positions, while the Shewa Amharas, who supposedly were in control of the state represent only 20% of the military leadership during the imperial period. The second largest representation was that of people with mixed heritage with 15.5%, followed by Oromos with 13.3%. Eritreans and Tigreans with 11.1% and Gurages at 4.4%. The Derg period brought a significant improvement from the imperial period not only by including hitherto unrepresented groups to the top brass (Wolayita and Harari) but also by spreading the representation relatively more evenly. Accordingly, the Amhara representation, although still high compared with the size of its population, was decreased to 45%, of which the Shewa Amhara representation decreased further to 17.5%. On the other hand, Oromo representation increased to 25% bringing it closer to its proportional size to the population. Indicative of the increasing inter marriage between ethnic communities, those with mixed heritage account for 17.5% of the top military brass during the Derge period followed by Gurage (5%), Tigray/Eritrea, Wolayita and Harari each with 2.5% representation. We encourage the reader to look at these figures along with the ethnic distribution among the whole population. We also wish to direct the reader to read this numbers with the earlier study of power distribution in the current Woyane military.

We have presented the detailed table below for the reader to check the veracity of this study and reach his/her own conclusion about the nature of ethnocentric distribution of power during the two regimes. We wish to note here that our aim in doing this and the earlier study on the composition of the Woyane military brass, is not to argue that ethnic identity and proportional representation along ethnic lines should be the basis for appointing career military officers. Far from it. We actually would like to see an Ethiopia where the capability of citizens shall be the most important criteria for appointing public officials in so far as the process is fair, equitable and transparent. We also note that before Woyane’s usurpation of power in Ethiopia, previous regimes never openly and officially used ethnicity as the criteria for government appointment. It is Woyane who brought the issue to the fore, claimed to bring ethnic equality in the country and shamelessly made ethnicity the quintessential criteria for defining one’s identity. Woyane insisted on being measured by the criteria of equitable ethnic distribution of power as a justification for its rule.

Our aim is therefore to show the hypocrisy of this ethnocentric mafia group that claims to bring ethnic calculus as the sole criteria for distribution of power in the country while allocating the lion’s share of power to the benefit of its own minority ethnic group. What is amazing about this group is its audacity. A group that represents 6% of the population claims 95% of the top military brass in the country, and blames previous regimes for playing it unfair. It is this same group that purportedly fought for 17 years against the Derg regime in the name of bringing ethnic equality. It is now clear what it really wishes to achieve. To use ethnicity to divide the nation and maintain its hold on power, while using this power to bleed the country dry for the benefit of the small group of bandits that are shamelessly stealing the resources of some 80 million poor souls. This simply cannot, and should not stand.

Finally, It is also our aim to show the slippery nature of ethnic based politics and the danger it poses to our collective survival as a free and stable multi ethnic society. Surely we should all be sensitive to issues of equity and social justice. We should always be ready to lift those that have been left behind because of the trajectories of our history. We should commit ourselves to justice and the equality of all citizens of our country. But, we should also know that it is only when we are united as citizens of a free country whose rights are respected and who are ruled by people of our own choosing that we have a chance to achieve these lofty objectives. We should have little room for those who appeal to our basest instincts for the purpose of dividing us and subjecting us to live under the yoke of intolerable tyranny.

1. Brief Notes on the study.

a. The vexing problem in undertaking this study has been to put a firm handle on who has what ethnic background. It seems as if the two eras—The Emperor’s and that of the Derg—were mostly, if not totally blind, as to who has what kind of ethnic background.
There are several instances where we were given the ethnic background of the generals to be from this or that ethnic group. But in several instances, it ends up being overturned by another person involved in the checking and counterchecking process.
Despite the involvement of several officers starting from the rank of general down to majors from all departments of the armed forces, the challenge of certainty when it comes to ethnic background has increased as the number increased when we go down the ladder in the military hierarchy.

One method we used in this study to minimize committing gross errors is to give the names to several officers from all forces to provide their tally. We have taken what the majority have agreed the case to be. There may well be a 5% margin of error in ethnic identification but not more in this study, where we take the rank of major general and above with the top military posts in the country. That may increase in the study that we will issue in the near future where we are sifting through the background of over 200 Birgadier Generals from both the Emperor and Derg era.

b. The study has solicited the help and input of several former officers – from generals to other officers –from Air force, Ground Force, and Navy. It has also solicited a learned review from knowledgeable civilians who had intimate knowledge of both periods (including close relatives) to verify the final version.

2. Keys to symbols:

a. **** shows those non-Derg members but loyal to Col Mengistu. Gebre Kirstos Bulli, the only Big General in the list is included because he was among a handful of officers the Derg promoted to a rank of General for the first time. He was also the most influenatial milliary officer directly reporting to the Chairman of the Derg, and having parallel positions with the Defense Minsistry’s Military Operations Main Department. He was presumed killed in the early 1980s after attempting to escape via Djibouti and having fallen out of grace with Col Mengistu as a result of a fist fight with then Chief of Staff Merid Negussie.

b. *** Means those who were members of the Derg but got to their position following the professional track and stayed in the military unlike their colleagues who were transferred from civilian life to military at a later period.

c. **. Derg members who were promoted to the rank of General and Admiral after more than a decade of life as civilian officials , Derg and WPE reps, and ministers with their initial ranks as majors, colonels, Lt, Commanders etc when they became Derg members in 1974. Almost all of them were transferred and promoted to the military after the aborted coup of 1989.

d. *. Those who were not Derg members but were deemed loyal and also capable enough to fill the vacuum created after the coup of 1989.

f. All those without any asterisk marks are carrier professionals who made it to the military hierarchy step by step based on their merit, time of service, education and training, and military exploits in the east, south, and northern fronts. Their training and education was not only in country at Holeta , Harar Academy, etc. but training in the best military schools in US, Europe, Israel etc.

The most senior officers of the armed forces and police of the Imperial regime – up to 1974

	Full Name	Rank	Highest known Position Held During The Derg regime	Ethnicity & Region	Remarks
1	Kebede Gebre	Lt. General (Army)	Minister of Defense	Amhara from Showa
2	Merid Mengesha	Lt. General	Minister of Defense	Amhara from Gojam & Showa
3	Eyasu Mengesha	Lt. General (Army)	Chief of Staff of Imperial Armed forces	Tigray & Eritrea
4	Abieye Abebe	Lt. General (Army)	Minister of Defense	Amhara from Showa
5	Esayas Gebre Selassie	Lt. General (Army)	Commander in Chief of Ground Forces	Eritrea
6	Haile Baykedagen	Lt. General (Army)	Chief Staff of the Imperial Armed forces, Division Commander	Tigray (Adwa) & Amhara from Gojam (Mixed)
7	Abebe Gemeda	Lt. General (Army)	Commander of Imperial Bodyguard	Oromo from Showa
8	Assefa Ayane	Lt. General (Army, Air force)	Chief of Staff of Imperial Armed Forces, Commander of the Air Force.	Amhara from Gonder (wolkait)
9	Wolde Selassie Bereka	Lt. General (Army)	Chief of Staff of the Imperial Armed forces, Commander in Chief of Ground forces	Gurage
10	Deressie Dubale	Lt. General (Army)	Commander in Chief of Ground Forces	Gurage & Amhara (Mixed)
11	Mulugeta Bulli	Maj. General** (Army)	Chief of Staff of the Imperial Armed forces, later made civilian, a minister of Social affairs	Oromo from Wolega	Leading role in organizing the Armed forces after Fascist invasion
12	Assefa Demisse	Lt . General	Head of Protocol to the Emperor	Amhara & Oromo (Mixed)
13	Yilma Shibeshi	Lt. General (Police)	Commander of Imperial Police Forces	Gurage & Amhara (mixed)
14	Belete Abebe	Lt. General	Chief of Staff , Territorial Army	Amhara from Shewa
15	Teshome Ergetu	Lt. General (Army)	Division Commander	Gurage & Oromo (Mixed)	Killed by rebels in Eritrea before the revolution 1974
16	Jagama Kello	Lt. General (Army)	Division Commander	Oromo from Showa	A patriot who led 3000 patriots and fought during the Fascist Italy’s invasion.
17	Nega Haile Selassie	Lt. General (Army)	Emperor’s Special Cabinet	Amhara from Showa
18	Debebe Haile Mariam	Lt. General (Army)	Commander of Imperial Body guard	Amhara from Showa
19	Aman Mickael Andom	Lt. General (Army)	Division Commander	Eritrea	During the Derg Minister of Defense. Then, Head of State
20	Abebe Wolde Meskel	Maj. General	Commander of Police force	Amhara
21	Degneh Gusgsa	Maj. General (Army)	Division Commander	Oromo from Welega
22	Shiferaw Tesema	Maj. General	Senior staff of Ground forces	Amhara
23	Yakob Gebre Leul	Maj. General	Senior Staff, Ground Forces	Eritrea
24	Tadesse Melke	Maj. General (Army)	Commander of Genet Millitary Training Center	Amhara from Gonder
25	Abera Wolde Mariam	Maj General (Air force)	Commander of the Air Force	Oromo & Amhara (Mixed)
26	Tafesse Lemma	Maj General	Division Commander and Palace protocol	Amhara & Gurage (mixed)
27	Kebede Worku	Maj. General	Division commander	Amhara from Showa
28	Wolde Tsadik Gebere Meskel	Maj. General	Deputy Commander Imperial Bodyguard	Gurage
29	Tsige Gezmu	Maj. General	Budget and Finance Head Ministry of Defense	Amhara from Showa
30	Gashaw Kebede	Maj. General	Police commander of Eritrea	Amhara
31	Abebe Wolde Mariam	Maj. General (Army)	Senior staff in Ground forces	Amhara
32	Bereket G. Medhin	Maj. General	Police Commander in Kaffa	Tigray and Eritrea
33	Kelebesa Beka	Maj. General	Commander of police in Sidamo	Oromo from Wolega
34	Girma Mulat	Maj. General	Police Commander	Amhara
35	Kebede Wogaye	Maj. General	Deputy Commander Imperial Bodyguard	Amhara from Gojam
36	Abebe Wolde Selassie	Maj. General	Police commander in Wollo	Amhara from Showa
37	Siyuom Gedle Giorgis	Maj. General (Army)	Deputy Commander of Ground ForcesDivision Commander	Amhara from Harar
38	Moges Beyene	Maj. General	Commander of Police in Gamo Goffa	Amhara from Showa
39	Gizaw Belayneh	Maj. General (Army)	Division Commander,	Amhara from Harar	Chief of staff early Derg.
40	Merid Gizaw	Maj. General (Army)	Senior staff Ministry of Defense , Divisional Commander	Amhara from Showa
41	Tadesse Gebre	Maj. General	Police Commander	Amhara
42	Wakjira Sarda	Maj. General	Senior Staff , Minister of Defense, Division Commander	Oromo from Wollega
43	Nega Tegene	Maj. General (Army)	Division Commander	Amhara from Gonder
44	Tedla Mekonnen	Maj. General	Deputy Commander Ground Forces	Amhara from Showa
45	Bekele Wolde Giorgis	Maj. General	Crown Prince Palace Chief	Amhara

The Socialist Military Derg Regime, later PDRE
The Highest Ranking Army, Air force, Navy and Police Officers (Part I)

	Full Name	Rank	Highest known Position Held During The Derg regime	Ethnicity & Region	Remarks
1	Tesfaye Gebre Kidan	Lt. General (Army)	Minister of Defense	Oromo from (parents from Selalie Showa, grew up in Harar)	Derg Standing committee & WPE Politburo member, one of the most powerful persons in the system, Vice President after 1986. President for one week.
2	Haile Giorgis Habte Mariam	Maj. General (Imp. Bodyguard, 2nd course)	Minister of Defense	Amhara from Showa	Chief of Staff Under Lt. Gen. Tesfaye , took over as Minster of Defense
3	Merid Negussie	Maj. General (Imp. Bodyguard, 3rd course)	Chief of Staff	Oromo from Showa	Chief of Staff, committed suicide during the 1981 aborted coup
4	Gebre Kirstos Bulli	Brig General (Army, Holeta)	Chief/head of Derg’s National Military Campaign Department	Oromo from Wolega	Subsumed and oversaw functions of Defense Ministry operations Department, parallel but more powerful structure under the Chairman of the Derg himself until 1984.
5	Hailu Gebere Michael	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Commander of the Ground Forces	Oromo & Gurage (mixed)	Executed after the aborted coup of 1989.
6	Tesfaye Birhanu	R. Admiral (Navy, 1st course)	Commander of the Navy	Wolayita	Imprisoned after the 1989 aborted coup.
7	Fanata Belay	Maj. General (Airforce)	Commander of the Air Force	Amhara from Gonder	Killed after the 1989 coup while in prison.
8	Demissie Bulto	Maj. General (Imp. Bodyguard, 3rd course, Airborne)	Commander of the 2nd Revolutionary Army, Eritrea	Oromo from Showa	Killed during the aborted coup of 1989
9	Amaha Desta	Maj. General (Air force)	Commander of the Air Force	Amhara from Showa	Committed suicide during the aborted coup of 1989.
10	Zeleke Beyene	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Commander of the 4th Revolutionary Army, (Central)	Amhara from Wollo	Member of the Derg Central Committee, promoted from Col to Maj. General after serving many years as a civilian. Served until 1991.
11	Asrat Biru	Maj. General (Imp. Bodyguard, 3rd course)	Commander of the 3rd Army (Tigray)	Oromo from Showa	Held various high level positions
12	Haddis Tedla	Lt. General (Air force)	Chief of Staff	Amhara from Showa	Dergue’s Standing Committee & WPE politburo member, promoted after the coup from a rank of a major and long time life as civilian top official. Served until 1991
13	Mesfin Gebre Kal	Maj. General (Army, Harar Academy, Sandhurst)	Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	Eritrea	Son of a patriot who fought the Italians during the fascist invasion, previously held high level positions in the minister of Defense, promoted after the coup -1991
14	Yewalashet Girma	R. Admiral (Navy)	Commander of the Navy	Amhara & Gurage from Showa	Derg & WPE CC member, promoted after the 1981 coup from a long life as a civilian minster and a Lt. Commander to R. Admiral, held until 1991
15	Sioum Mekonnen	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Deputy Chief of Staff for Intel.	Amhara from Showa	Promoted as Deputy Chief of Staff after the coup of 1989. Held the position until 1991.
16	Abebe Wolde Mariam	Maj., General (Air Force)	Deputy Minister of Defense for logistics	Gurage and Amhara (mixed) from Shewa	From early years to 1983
17	Alemayheu Agonafer	Maj. General (Air force)	Commander of the Air Force	Amhara from Shewa	Promoted after the coup of 1989 and held until 1991.
18	Embibel Ayele	Maj. General (Army, Harar Academy 1st course)	Commander of the Ground Forces	Amhara from Harar	Promoted after 1989 and held the position until 1991
19	Berhanu Jembere	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Commander of the 1st Revolutionary Army	Amhara from Gojam	Promoted from a Major and a civilian official. Died of plane crash before 1991.
20	Wubshet Dessie	Maj. General (Army, Harar Academy)	Commander of the 2nd Revolutionary Army (Eritrea)	Oromo from Arsi	Derg Standing Committee member, a major who was a long time civilian, promoted after the 1989 coup.
21	Kefelgen Yibza	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Commander of Central Command, Commander of ground forces	Sodo Gurage	Held various high level positions in the military until 1991.
22	Tilahun Argaw	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Core commander, Commander of Special Command, Assab	Gurage & Amhara	Until 1991.
23	Regassa JImma	Maj. General (Imp. Body Guard, 3rd course)	Commander of the 2nd Revolutionary Army	Oromo from Illubabur	Held various high positions in the military as a commander and commandant of the Holeta Military Academy, until 1991
24	Getachew Gedamu	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Deputy Commander of 1st Revolutinary Army (Harar)	Amhara from Gojam	Held various high level positions until 1991
25	Kinfe Gebrel Dinku	Maj. General (Imp. Bodyguard, 3rd course)	Head of Mil. Operations Ministry of Defense	Gurage	Held various high positions until 1991
26	Hussien Ahmed	Maj. General (Army, Harar Academy 1st course)	Deputy Commander of 2st Revolutionary Army (Eritrea)	Amhara from Wollo	Held the position before and after 1989 coup until he fled to Saudi Araba with other top generals in Eritrea in 1991.
27	Alemayehu Ayele	Maj. General (Army , Holeta)	Deputy Commander for Logistics of Ground Forces	Amhara	Until 1991
28	Bedlu Duki	Maj. General (Army , Holeta)	Head of Logistics Ministry of Defense	Oromo from Showa	Until 1991
29	Wegayehu Gashaw	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Deputy Commander 2nd Revolutionary Army	Amhara & Oromo (Mixed)	Held various positions Until 1991
30	Merdasa Lelisa	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Core commander, Commander of Tewodros Task force 1991	Oromo from Showa	Until 1991
31	Abera Abebe	Maj. General (Army, special force, Holeta)	Chief/Head of Military Operations Department Mistery of Defense	Oromo from Showa	Killed after the aborted coup of 1989
32	Abdulahi Umer	Maj General (Army, Harar Academy 1st course)	Head of Logistics Minister of Defense	Aderi	Imprisoned after the 1989 coup.
33	Mulatu Negash	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Commander of the third Revo Army,	Mixed ethnic background	Imprisoned after the army’s’ defeat in Tigray until 1991.
34	Kumleachew Dejene	Maj. General (Army, Holeta)	Deputy Commander of the 2nd Revo Army (Eritrea)	Amhara from Gojam	Fled to exile after the 1989 coup.
35	Worku Zewdie	Maj. General	Commander of Ethiopian Police Forces	Amhara from Harar	Executed after the aborted coup of 1989.
36	Zewde Gebreyes	Maj. General	Core Commander	Amhara from South	Executed after the aborted coup of 1989
37	Alemayehu Desta	Maj. General	Deputy Commander of Ground Forces	Amhara from Showa	Executed after the aborted coup of 1989.
38	Gebreyes Wolde Hana	Maj. General	Head of Political Department of the Revo. Armed Forces	Amhara from Showa	Derg & WPE CC member, but assigned as head of military cadres from early days. Killed in a plane crash accident before 1991.
39	Negussie Wolde Michael	Maj. General	Commander of Ethiopian Police Forces pre 1986	Amhara from Gojam	Later transferred as a civilian Minister in the Council of State.
40	Girma Neway	Maj. General	Commander of Ethiopian Police Forces after 1989 Aborted coup	Amhara & Gurage (Mixed)	Derg & WPE CC member, promoted from a long life as civilian Major after the 1989 coup.

Current Ethiopian Army by Ethnic Tigrean officers

High Ranking Military Officials Principal Defense Departments (Woyane)

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff	General Smora Yenus	Tigre
2	Armed Forces Head of Training	Lt.General Tadesse Worde	Tigre
3	Head of Logistics	Lt.General Gezae Abera	Tigre
4	Head of Intelligence	Br. General Gebre Dela	Tigre
5	Armed Forces Head of Campaign	Major General Gebreegzher	Tigre
6	Armed Forces Head of Engineering	Lt.General Berhane Negash	Tigre
7	Chief of the Air Force	Chief of the Air Force	Tigre

Heads of the Nation’s four Military Commands (Woyane)

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	Central Command	General Abebaw Tadesse	Agew
2	Northern Command	Lt.General Saere Mekonene	Tigre
3	South Eastern Command	Lt.General Abraha Wolde	Tigre
4	Western Command	Br. General Seyoum Hagos	Tigre

Army Divisional Commanders (Woyane)

Central Command (Woyane)

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	31st Army Division	Colonel Tsegaye Marx	Tigre
2	33rd Army Division	Colonel Kidane	Tigre
3	35th Army Division	Colonel Misganaw Alemu	Tigre
4	24th Army Division	Colonel Work Aynu	Tigre
5	22nd Army Division	Colonel Dikul	Tigre
6	8th Mechanized Division	Colonel Jamal Mohammed	Tigre

Northern Command (Woyane)

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	14st Army Division	Colonel Wodi Antiru	Tigre
2	21st Army Division	Colonel Gueshi Gebre	Tigre
3	11th Army Division	Colonel Workidu	Tigre
4	25th Army Division	Colonel Tesfay Sahiel	Tigre
5	22nd Army Division	Colonel Teklay Klashin	Tigre
6	4th Mechanized Division	Colonel Hinsaw Giorgis	Tigre

South Eastern Command (Woyane)

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	19st Army Division	Colonel Wodi Guaae	Tigre
2	44st Army Division	Colonel Zewdu Tefera	Tigre
3	13th Army Division	Colonel Sherifo	Tigre
4	12th Army Division	Colonel Mulugeta Berhe	Tigre
5	32nd Army Division	Colonel Abraha Tselim	Tigre
6	6th Mechanized Division	Colonel G/Medhin Fekede	Tigre

Western Command (Woyane)

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	23rd Army Division	Colonel Wolde Belalom	Tigre
2	43rd Army Division	Colonel Wodi Abate	Tigre
3	26th Army Division	Colonel Mebrahtu	Tigre
4	7th Mechanized Division	Colonel Gebre Mariam	Tigre

Commanders in Different Defense Departments (Woyane)

No	Job Division	Name & Rank	Ethnic Group
1	Agazi Commando Division	B.General Mohammed Esha	Tigre
2	Addis Ababa & Surrounding Area Guard	Colonel Zenebe Amare	Tigre
3	Palace Guard	Colonel Gerensay	Tigre
4	Banking Guard	Colonel Hawaz Woldu	Tigre
5	Engineering College	Colonel Halefom Eggigu	Tigre
6	Military Health Science	B.General Tesfay Gidey	Tigre
7	Mulugeta Buli Technical College	Colonel Meleya Amare	Tigre
8	Resource Management College	Colonel Letay	Tigre
9	Siftana Command College	B.General Moges Haile	Tigre
10	Blaten Military Training Center	Colonel Salih Berihu	Tigre
11	Wourso Military Training Center	Colonel Negash Heluf	Tigre
12	Awash Arba Military Training Center	Colonel Muze	Tigre
13	Birr Valley Military Training Center	Colonel Negassie Shikortet	Tigre
14	Defense Administration Department	B.General Mehari Zewde	Tigre
15	Defense Aviation	B.General Kinfe Dagnew	Tigre
16	Defense Research and Study	B.General Halefom Chento	Tigre
17	Defense Justice Department	Colonel Askale	Tigre
18	Secretary of the Chief-of-Staff	Colonel Tsehaye Manjus	Tigre
19	Indoctrination Center	B.General Akale Asaye	Amhara
20	Communications Department	Colonel Sebbhat	Tigre
21	Foreign Relations Department	Colonel Hassene	Tigre
22	Special Forces Coordination Department	B.General Fisseha Manjus	Tigre
23	Operations Department	Colonel Wodi Tewk	Tigre
24	Planning, Readiness and Programming Department	Colonel Teklay Ashebir	Tigre
25	Defense Industries Coordination Department	Colonel Wodi Negash	Tigre
26	Defense Finance Department	Colonel Zewdu	Tigre
27	Defense Purchasing Department	Colonel Gedey	Tigre
28	Defense Budget Department	Ato/Mr. Berhane	Tigre