Ethiopian Ground Forces

Ethiopian Ground Forces
Ethiopian Ground Forces
የኢትዮጵያ ምድር ኀይል
Founded	26 October 1907 (116 years, 5 months)
Country	Ethiopia
Type	Army
Role	Ground warfare
Part of	Ethiopian National Defense Force
Engagements	Gugsa Wale's rebellion; Second Italo-Ethiopian War; World War II; Korean War; United Nations Operation in the Congo; Eritrean War of Independence; 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War; Ogaden War; 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War; Ethiopian Civil War; Eritrean–Ethiopian War; Somalia War (2006–2009); 2007–2008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden; Oromo conflict; Tigray War; 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia; War in Amhara;
Commanders
Supreme Commander	President Sahle-Work Zewde
Commander-in-chief	Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Minister of Defense	Abraham Belay
Chief of General Staff	Field Marshal General Birhanu Jula
Deputy Chief of General Staff	General Abebaw Tadesse
Chief of the Ground Force	Lieutenant General Asrat Dinero
Notable; commanders	Gen Getachew Gudina ; Gen Bacha Debele ; Gen Hassen Ibrahim ; Lt.Gen. Alemeshet Degefe ; Lt.Gen. Belay Seyoum ; Lt.Gen. Zewdu Belay ; Lt.Gen. Shuma Abdeta ; Lt.Gen. Mohammed Tesema ; Lt.Gen. Hachalu Sheleme ; Lt.Gen. Mesele Meseret ; Maj. Gen Endalcachew w/Kidan ; Maj. Gen Tesfaye Ayalew ; Maj. Gen Adamneh Mengiste ; Maj. Gen Mulualem Admasu ; Maj. Gen Berhanu Bekele ; Brig.Gen. Shambel Beyene (Bale Kezeraw) ; Brig.Gen. Marye Beyene

The Ethiopian Ground Forces (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ምድር ኀይል, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā midir ḫäyil) is the land service branch of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. It is the senior of the two uniformed military branches. It engages in land warfare and combined arms operations, including armored and mechanized operations as well as air assault operations.

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