Samora Yunis
Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces
About Samora Yunis
Born 1949.
Samora Muhammad Yunis (Geβez: α³αα« αααα΅ α©αα΅) is an Ethiopian military officer. Born in the Tigray Region in the north of the country, Yunis rose to be a four-star general in the Ethiopian National Defence Forces and eventually Chief of the General Staff in 2001. He would serve until 2018. He was made Chief of General Staff in 2001, when he replaced Tsadkan Gebretensae.
According to Human Rights Watch, credible sources identify General Samora as a member of the leadership group which met in Jijiga following the attack on oilmen at Abole on 24 April 2007, to determine an appropriate response to this raid. On 7 June 2018, it was announced that Yunis would be replaced by Seare Mekonen as the new Chief of General Staff.
In 2017, he received the Order of the Two Niles from Sudan.
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Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Forces
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Samora Yunis was born in 1949 in Tigray Region.
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