Birhanu Jula

Field Marshal Birhanu Jula Gelalcha
Birhaanuu Julaa Galaalchaa
Birhanu in 2019
Chief of General Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 November 2020
President	Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Deputy	General Abebaw Tadesse
Preceded by	General Adem Mohammed
Force Commander, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
In office 21 November 2014 – 15 January 2016
Appointed by	Ban Ki-moon
Preceded by	Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam
Succeeded by	Hassen Ebrahim Mussa
Personal details
Born	Birhanu Jula Gelalcha 1965 Arsi, Ethiopian Empire
Children	3
Military service
Allegiance	Ethiopia
Branch/service	Ethiopian Ground Forces
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Eritrean–Ethiopian War Tigray War War in Amhara

Birhanu Jula Gelalcha (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ጁላ, born 1965) is an Ethiopian field marshal who is the current Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force since 4 November 2020. He served as the Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2014 to 2016.^[1]