Ministry_of_Defense_(Ethiopia)

Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia)

Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia)

Ethiopian government ministry

The Ministry of Defense (Amharic: የመከላከያ ሚኒስቴር, romanized: yemekelakeya mīnīsitēri) is a cabinet-level office in charge of defense-related matters of Ethiopia. It oversees the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Ethiopian Defense Industry. The current minister is Abraham Belay.[1]

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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.[2] Emperor Haile Selassie re-established the Ministry of War in 1942, making Ras Abebe Aregai its Minister.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

Structure[7]

Military Industry

Main article: 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.[8]

Agencies

  • Brana Printing Press

List of ministers

Minister of War/Defence of the Ethiopian Empire

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Minister of Defense of Socialist Ethiopia

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

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See also

References

Citations

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    Text of the proclamation[permanent dead link] (accessed 13 July 2010)
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    Ginbot 7 2010, p. 7.
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    "Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia Tamrat Layne Admassu will present lecture on "Transformation of Life in Jesus" March 13". Whitworth University. 3 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

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