What is Birhanu Bekele?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Birhanu Bekele | office = Chief Commander of the [[Republican Guard]] | office1 = Major General | image = | status = incumbent | termstart = January 1, 2020 | termstart1 = January 1, 2020 | office2 = Brigadier General | termstart2 = February 3, 2018, ended January 1, 2020 }} Major General '''Birhanu Bekele''' (full name: Berhanu Bekele Bedada) is the Ethiopian Major general who also serves as the head of the [[Republican Guard]] a special protection and operations unit inside the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense which is only obliged to the Prime Minister. He was a Brigadier General but later promoted to Major general on January 1, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|title=MAJ. GENERAL BERHANU BEKELE|work=Multi Fact Check|url=https://multifactcheck.org/directory/name/berhanu-bekele/|access-date=2022-01-29|archive-date=2022-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129195203/https://multifactcheck.org/directory/name/berhanu-bekele/|url-status=deviated|archivedate=2022-01-29|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129195203/https://multifactcheck.org/directory/name/berhanu-bekele/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=December 30, 2020|title=Republican Guard Conducts Effective Operations In Law Enforcement Measures: Chief Commander|work=Fana Broadcasting Corporate|url=https://www.fanabc.com/english/republican-guard-conducts-effective-operations-in-law-enforcement-measures-chief-commander/|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dandessa|first=Chala|date=March 27, 2021|title=The Ethiopian Ministry of Defense has graduated Air Force and Commando|work=Ethiopians Today|url=https://ethiopianstoday.com/2021/03/27/the-ethiopian-ministry-of-defense-has-graduated-air-force-and-commando/|access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> == Career == The General has served years in the Ethiopian National Defense forces he came into the rank of Brigadier General. He later became a Major General o