What is Se'are Mekonnen?
[[File:Se'are Makonnen 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Mekonnen in February 2019]] '''Se'are Mekonnen''' ([[Geʽez]]: ሰዐረ መኮንን; died 22 June 2019) was an [[Ethiopia]]n army officer. He rose to the rank of [[General]]. He was the [[Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)|Chief of Staff]] of the [[Ethiopian National Defense Force]] from 2018 until his [[assassination]] in 2019. Mekonnen was born in [[Tigray Region]]. On 22 June 2019, Mekonnen was shot and killed during a [[2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt|coup d'état]] attempt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/23/world/africa/ethiopia-army-chief-coup.html|title=Attempted Coup Leaves Ethiopia's Army Chief and 3 Senior Officials Dead|date=23 June 2019|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mekonen, Seare}} [[Category:Year of birth missing]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:African military people]] [[Category:Assassinated people]] [[Category:Ethiopian people]] [[Category:Generals]] [[Category:Murders by firearm]] {{Bio-stub}}