Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Eritrea)

The Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defence Forces. The person in this post is the highest-ranking military officer in the EDF and is responsible for maintaining operational control over military structures.

Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces
Incumbent Filipos Woldeyohannes since 19 March 2014
Ministry of Defence
Member of	Eritrean Defence Forces
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Appointer	President
Formation	1991

List

No.	Name (birth–death)	Term of office			Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	General Ogbe Abraha (1948–2002)	1991[citation needed]	February 2000	9 years	[1][2]
?	Major general Gerezgheri Andemariam (1950–2014)	?	6 March 2014 †	?	[3]
?	Major general Filipos Woldeyohannes	19 March 2014	Incumbent	11 years, 135 days	[4]