| Honorific-Prefix: | Major General |
| Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael | |
| Office: | Force Commander, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei |
| Term Start: | 23 February 2017 |
| Term End: | 4 April 2018 |
| Nominator: | António Guterres |
| Predecessor: | Hassen Ebrahim Mussa |
| Successor: | Gebre Adhana Woldezgu |
| Birth Place: | Ethiopia |
| Nationality: |  Ethiopian |
Major General Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael is a general with the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). He served as the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2017–2018.[1]
Major General Tesfay was appointed as Force Commander of UNISFA on 23 February 2017 by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.[2] During his tenure, he launched an environmental cleaning campaign in the town of Abeyi, intended to enhance the community and remove breeding sites for pests.[3] He was succeeded on 4 April 2018 by Major General Gebre Adhana Woldezgu.[1]