Birhanu Jula

Birhanu Jula
Birhaanuu Julaa Galaalchaa
Birhanu in 2019
Chief of General Staff
Assumed office
12 November 2020
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Taye Atske Selassie
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
DeputyGeneral Abebaw Tadesse
Preceded byGeneral Adem Mohammed
Force Commander, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
In office
21 November 2014 – 15 January 2016
Appointed byBan Ki-moon
Preceded byYohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam
Succeeded byHassen Ebrahim Mussa
Personal details
BornBirhanu Jula Gelalcha
1965 (age 60–61)
Children3
Military service
Allegiance Ethiopia
Branch/service Ethiopian Army
Rank Field Marshal
Battles/warsEthiopian Civil War
Eritrean–Ethiopian War
Tigray War
Fano insurgency
Ethiopia-TPLF clashes
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Birhanu Jula Gelalcha (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ጁላ, born 1965) is an Ethiopian military officer who is the current Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force since 4 November 2020. He served as the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2014 to 2016.