Native Name: | አደም ሞሃመድ |
Office1: | Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey |
Term Start1: | 25 January 2021 |
President1: | Sahle-Work Zewde |
Primeminister1: | Abiy Ahmed |
Office2: | Chief of General Staff |
Term Start2: | 28 June 2019 |
Term End2: | 12 November 2020 |
Predecessor2: | Se'are Mekonnen |
Successor2: | Birhanu Jula |
President2: | Sahle-Work Zewde |
Primeminister2: | Abiy Ahmed |
Office3: | Director of the National Intelligence and Security Service |
Term Start3: | 7 June 2018 |
Term End3: | 28 June 2020 |
Predecessor3: | Getachew Assefa |
Successor3: | Demelash Gebremichael |
President3: | Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde |
Primeminister3: | Abiy Ahmed |
Adem Mohammed (Amharic: አደም ሞሃመድ) is an Ethiopian military general and politician who is serving as an ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey since 2021. He was the director of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) from 2018 to 2020 and Chief General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) from 2019 to 2020.[1]
On 7 June 2018, Adem succeeded Getachew Assefa as the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) director.[2] On 28 June 2019, he was appointed by Prime Minister Abiy Amhed as Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) following assassination of Major General Se'are Mekonnen in Bahir Dar coup attempt on 22 June.[3] [4] On 25 January 2021, he was appointed as Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey.[5]