Ethiopian Republican Guard

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Ethiopian Republican Guard
የሪፓብሊካን ጠባቂ
Founded	23 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-23)
Country	Ethiopia
Type	Praetorian Guard Special operations force Airborne forces Mechanized infantry
Role	Special operations Counter-terrorism Special reconnaissance Airborne infantry
Part of	Ethiopian National Defense Force
Commanders
Supreme Commander	President Sahle-Work Zewde
Commander-in-chief	Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ministry of Defense	Abraham Belay
Chief of the General Staff	Field Marshal Birhanu Jula
Deputy Chief of the General Staff	General Abebaw Tadesse
Commander of the Republican Guard	Lt.Gen. Shuma Abdeta

The Ethiopian Republican Guard (Amharic: የሪፐብሊካን ጠባቂ, romanized: lit, lit. 'yerīpebilīkani t’ebak’ī') is an elite praetorian guard unit and special forces branch of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), tasked with the protection of top government officials in Ethiopia and in special operations.^[1]