Adem Mohammed

Adem Mohammed is an Ethiopian military general and politician who is serving as an ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey since 2021. He was the director of the National Intelligence and Security Service from 2018 to 2020 and Chief General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force from 2019 to 2020.

Political career

On 7 June 2018, Adem succeeded Getachew Assefa as the National Intelligence and Security Service director. On 28 June 2019, he was appointed by Prime Minister Abiy Amhed as Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force following assassination of Major General Se'are Mekonnen in Bahir Dar coup attempt on 22 June. On 25 January 2021, he was appointed as Ambassador of Ethiopia to Turkey.