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Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia)#Structure#National Defense Engineering University College

{{Short description|Government ministry of Ethiopia}}

{{Use American English|date=June 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Ministry of Defense

| native_name = {{lang|am|የመከላከያ ሚኒስቴር}} {{lang|om|Ministeera Raayyaa Ittisa Biyyaa (Itoophiyaa)}}

| native_name_r =

| logo = Emblem of Ethiopia.svg

| current_form = 1907

| formed = {{Start date|1995|08|23|df=yes}}

| jurisdiction = Government of Ethiopia

| headquarters = Addis Ababa

| chief1_name = Aisha Mohammed

| chief1_position = Minister of Defence

| chief2_name = Field Marshal Birhanu Jula

| chief2_position = Chief of the General Staff

| parent_agency =

| child1_agency = Defense Industry Sector

| website = {{url|mod.gov.et/}}

}}

The Ministry of Defense ({{Langx|am|የመከላከያ ሚኒስቴር|yemekelakeya mīnīsitēri}}) is a cabinet-level office in charge of defense-related matters of Ethiopia. The current minister is Aisha Mohammed since 2024.{{Cite web|title=Ethiopian parliament approves PM Abiy's new cabinet|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/6/abiy-replaces-defence-peace-ministers-in-new-ethiopia-cabinet|access-date=2021-10-07|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}

History

This institution can trace its origins back to the Ministry of War, which Emperor Menelik II established in 1907, and made Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis Minister over it.{{Cite book|first=Bahru |last=Zewde |title=A History of Modern Ethiopia |edition=2nd |location=London |publisher=James Currey |year=2001 |page=115}} Emperor Haile Selassie re-established the Ministry of War in 1942, making Ras Abebe Aregai its Minister.{{sfn|Perham|1969|p=85}} The Ministry is headed by a civilian minister which is a requirement of Article 87 of the current constitution of Ethiopia. It was established 23 August 1995 with the passing of Proclamation 4/1995, which also established the other 14 Ministries.[http://www.ethiopar.net/type/English/hopre/bills/2004_2005/Proc%20No.%204-1995%20Definition%20of%20Powers%20and%20Duties%20of%20the%20Exec.pdf Text of the proclamation]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (accessed 13 July 2010)

On 9 January 2022, a new building of the Ministry of Defense was inaugurated. The five floor building of more than 700 offices and facilities serves now as the headquarters of the ministry, and is located on 13 hectares of land in Addis Ababa.{{Cite web |last=Tadesse |first=Helen |date=2022-01-09 |title=Defense Ministry Inaugurates New State of Art Building |url=https://waltainfo.com/defense-ministry-inaugurates-new-state-of-art-building/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |title=Defense Ministry Inaugurates New Headquarters – Ethiopian Monitor |date=9 January 2022 |url=https://ethiopianmonitor.com/2022/01/09/defense-ministry-inaugurates-new-headquarters/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |language=en-US}}

Structure

Source:{{Cite web |title=Government {{!}} FDRE Office of the Prime Ministers |url=https://www.pmo.gov.et/structure/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.pmo.gov.et}}

= Military Industry =

{{Main|Defense Industry Sector (Ethiopia)}}

  • Defense Construction Materials Production Factory
  • Defense Construction Design Enterprise
  • Defense Construction Enterprise

= National Defense Engineering College =

Defense Engineering College was established in 1997 by the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense (MoD) to produce highly professional educational services.{{Cite web |title=DevelopmentAid |url=https://www.developmentaid.org/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=DevelopmentAid |language=en}}

= Agencies =

  • Brana Printing Press

List of ministers

=Minister of War/Defence of the [[Ethiopian Empire]]=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" | Portrait

! rowspan="2" | Name
{{small|(birth–death)}}

! colspan="3" | Term of office

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party

! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

1

|File:Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis 3.JPG

|Habte Giyorgis

|1907

|1926

|19 years

!

|Independent

|

2

|

|Mulugeta Yeggazu

|1926

|1936

|10 years

!

|Independent

|

3

|

|Birru Walda Gabriel

|1936

|1942

|6 years

!

|Independent

|{{sfn|Perham|1969|p=85}}

4

|File:Abiye Abebe.jpg

|Abiye Abebe

|1943

|1947

|4 years

!

|Independent

|

5

|File:Abebe Aregai, Ethiopian military commander and Prime minister.jpg

|Abebe Aregai

|1947

|1949

|2 years

!

|Independent

|

|File:Abiye Abebe.jpg

|Abiye Abebe

|1949

|1955

|6 years

!

|Independent

|

|File:Abebe Aregai, Ethiopian military commander and Prime minister.jpg

|Abebe Aregai

|4 June 1955

|17 December 1960

|5 years

!

|Independent

|{{cite book |last1=Bidwell |first1=Robin Leonard |title=Guide to African ministers |date=1978 |publisher=R. Collings |location=London |isbn=0860360644}}

|

|Lieutenant General

Merid Mengesha

|6 February 1961

|5 December 1966

|6 years

!

|Independent

|{{Cite book |last1=Ofcansky |first1=Thomas P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ep7__RWqq4IC&dq=General+Merid+Mengesha&pg=PA101 |title=Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia |last2=Shinn |first2=David H. |date=2004-03-29 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6566-2 |language=en}}

|

|Lieutenant General

Kebede Gebre

|5 December 1966

|28 February 1974

|8 years

!

|Independent

|{{cite web | url=http://raimoq.com/ethiopias-lt-general-kebede-memorandum-to-emperor-haile-selassie-on-the-resolution-of-the-issue-of-eritrea/amp/ | title=Ethiopia's Lt. General Kebede's Memorandum to Emperor Haile Selassie on the Resolution of "the Issue of Eritrea" | date=February 2020 }}{{Cite book |last=Shifaw |first=Dawit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJm3KnD_y_wC&dq=kebede+gebre+minister+of+defense&pg=PA3 |title=The Diary of Terror: Ethiopia 1974 to 1991 |date=2012-07-24 |publisher=Trafford Publishing |isbn=978-1-4669-4525-8 |language=en}}

|File:Abiye Abebe.jpg

|Abiye Abebe

|28 February 1974

|22 July 1974

|4 months

!

|Independent

|{{sfn|Ginbot 7|2010|page=6}}

=Minister of Defense of [[Derg|Socialist Ethiopia]]=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" | Portrait

! rowspan="2" | Name
{{small|(birth–death)}}

! colspan="3" | Term of office

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party

! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

1

|File:Aman andom.png

|Major General

Aman Andom

|22 July 1974

|17 November 1974

|4 years

! style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Ethiopia}};" |

| Workers' Party of Ethiopia

|{{sfn|Ginbot 7|2010|page=7}}

2

|

|Ambassador

Ayelew Mandefro

|6 December 1974

|19 September 1977

|

!

|

|{{Cite web |last=Mandefro |first=Mehret |date=2020-07-28 |title=Farewell To My Beloved Father Ambassador Ayalew Mandefro |url=https://medium.com/@DrMehret/farewell-to-my-beloved-father-ambassador-ayalew-mandefro-cc03478a4d9a |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Medium |language=en}}

3

|

|Brigadier General Taye Tilahun

|19 September 1977

|January 1980

|

!

|

|

4

| File:Tesfaye Gebre Kidan.jpg

| Lieutenant General

Tesfaye Gebre Kidan

| January 1980

| 14 May 1988

| 7 years

! style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Ethiopia}};" |

| Workers' Party of Ethiopia

| {{sfn|Ginbot 7|2010|page=9}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLNwDwAAQBAJ&q=minister+of+defense | title=Prosecution of Politicide in Ethiopia: The Red Terror Trials | isbn=9789462652552 | last1=Tessema | first1=Marshet Tadesse | date=26 September 2018 | publisher=Springer }}{{Cite web |title= |url=https://marxists.architexturez.net/history/erol/ethiopia/building-ethiopia.pdf}}

5

| 80px

| Major General

Haile Giorgis Habte Mariam

| 14 May 1988

| 16 May 1989

| 1 year

! style="background:{{party color|Workers' Party of Ethiopia}};" |

| Workers' Party of Ethiopia

| {{sfn|Ginbot 7|2010|page=9}}{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/fca95ae0a0736b730b644f71dbe56bbd | title=Ethiopian Leader Names New Armed Forces Chiefs | website=Associated Press }}

= Minister of Defense of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1991-present) =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan=2| Portrait

! rowspan=2| Name
{{small|(birth–death)}}

! colspan=3| Term of office

! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party

! rowspan=2| {{Abbr|Ref.|Refences}}

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

|

|Siye Abraha

|1991

|1995

|4 years

!

|

|

|

|Tamrat Layne

|1995

|?

|

!

|

|{{cite news |date=March 3, 2013 |title=Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia Tamrat Layne Admassu will present lecture on "Transformation of Life in Jesus" March 13 |work=Whitworth University |url=http://news.whitworth.edu/2013/03/former-prime-minister-of-ethiopia.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103234857/http://news.whitworth.edu/2013/03/former-prime-minister-of-ethiopia.html |archive-date=November 3, 2016}}

| 80px

| Abadula Gemeda
{{small|(born 1958)}}

| 16 October 2001

| 2005

| {{age in years|2001|2005}} years

! style="background:{{party color|Oromo Democratic Party}};"|

| Oromo Democratic Party

|

| 80px

| Kuma Demeksa
{{small|(born 1958)}}

| 2005

| 30 October 2008

| {{age in years|2005|2008}} years

! style="background:{{party color|Oromo Democratic Party}};"|

| Oromo Democratic Party

|

| 80px

| Siraj Fegessa
{{small|(born 1971)}}

| 30 October 2008

| 16 October 2018

| {{ayd|2008|10|30|2019|04|18}}

! style="background:{{party color|Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement}};"|

| SEPDM

|

| 80px

| Aisha Mohammed
{{small|(born 1970)}}

| 16 October 2018

| 18 April 2019

| {{ayd|2018|10|16|2019|04|18}}

! style="background:#73C5F7;"|

| ARDUF

|

| 80px

| Lemma Megersa
{{small|(born 1970)}}

| 18 April 2019

| 18 August 2020

| {{ayd|2019|04|18|2020|08|18}}

! style="background:{{party color|Oromo Democratic Party}};"|

| Oromo Democratic Party

|

| 80px

| Kenea Yadeta

| 18 August 2020

| 6 October 2021

| {{ayd|2020|08|18|2021|10|06}}

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"|

| Independent

|

|

| Abraham Belay

| 6 October 2021

| 20 May 2024

| {{ayd|2021|10|06|2024|5|20}}

! style="background:{{party color|Prosperity Party}};"|

| Prosperity Party

|

| 80px

| Aisha Mohammed

| 20 May 2024

| Incumbent

| {{ayd|2024|5|20}}

! style="background:#73C5F7;"|

| ARDUF

See also

References

=Citations=

{{reflist}}

=Bibliography=

  • {{Cite book|first=Margary |last=Perham |title=The Government of Ethiopia |edition=2nd |location=London |publisher=Faber and Faber |year=1969}}
  • {{cite journal |author1=Ginbot 7 |title=The Ethiopian Military Leadership Under Haile Selassie and Derge Regimes |date=12 February 2010 |url=http://www.ginbot7.org/Articles/Research_Military_Leadership_Under_Haile_Selassie_and_Derge_Regimes.pdf |access-date=23 June 2019 |publisher=Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy}}

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