Ethiopian National Defense Force

Ethiopian National Defense Force
Ethiopian National Defense Force
የኢፌዲሪ መከላከያ ሠራዊት
	Emblem of the Ethiopian National Defense Force
	Flag of the Ethiopian National Defense Force
Founded	26 October 1907; 117 years
Current form	1996
Service branches	Ethiopian Army; Ethiopian Air Force; Ethiopian Navy;
Headquarters	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Leadership
Commander-in-chief	Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Minister of Defense	Aisha Mohammed
Chief of General Staff	Field Marshal General Birhanu Jula
Deputy Chief of General Staff	General Abebaw Tadesse
Personnel
Military age	18 years old
Conscription	None
Active personnel	362,000 (2024)
Reserve personnel	138,000 (2024)
Expenditure
Budget	$1.8 billion (2023)
Percent of GDP	0.3(2023 est.)
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Defense Industry Sector of Ethiopia
Foreign suppliers	China; Russia; Turkey; Iran; India; Israel; South Africa; United Arab Emirates
Related articles
History	See list 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; Ethiopian Civil War; Ogaden War; 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War; Eritrean–Ethiopian War; Somalia War (2006–2009); 2007–2008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden; OLA insurgency; Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present); Tigray War; 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia; War in Amhara; ;
Ranks	Military ranks of Ethiopia

The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) (Amharic: የኢፌዲሪ መከላከያ ሠራዊት, romanized: Ye'īfēdērī mekelakeya šerawīt, lit. 'FDRE Defense Force'; Oromo: Rayaa Ittisa Biyaa) is the combined military force of Ethiopia. ENDF is consisted of 10 command forces which is controlled by the Chief of General Staff.

^ "National Army Day Honors heroes and renews the commitment of ENDF to peace and stability". 24 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Ethiopian Parliament approves 1.8 billion dollar budget for Military". 28 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "Russia delivered Pantsir-S1 air defense missile-gun systems to Ethiopia". Borkena. 27 January 2020.
^ "Savunma Sanayii İhracatı: Ağustos 2021" [Defense Industry Exports: August 2021]. SavunmaSanayiST.com (in Turkish). 2 September 2021.
^ Zwijnenburg, Wim (17 August 2021). "Is Ethiopia Flying Iranian-Made Armed Drones?". Bellingcat.

[1] "National Army Day Honors heroes and renews the commitment of ENDF to peace and stability". 24 October 2023.

[ENDF-2] "Ethiopian Parliament approves 1.8 billion dollar budget for Military". 28 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[Borkena-3] "Russia delivered Pantsir-S1 air defense missile-gun systems to Ethiopia". Borkena. 27 January 2020.

[SavunmaSanayiST-4] "Savunma Sanayii İhracatı: Ağustos 2021" [Defense Industry Exports: August 2021]. SavunmaSanayiST.com (in Turkish). 2 September 2021.

[Bellingcat-5] Zwijnenburg, Wim (17 August 2021). "Is Ethiopia Flying Iranian-Made Armed Drones?". Bellingcat.

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