![]() | This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject.(June 2019) |
Samora Yunis | |
---|---|
![]() Gen. Samora Yunis in 2013 | |
Native name | ሳሞራ መሐመድ ዩንስ |
Born | 1949 (age 75–76) Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire |
Allegiance | Ethiopia |
Service | Ethiopian National Defence Forces |
Rank | General |
Commands | Chief of General Staff |
Battles / wars | Ethiopian Civil War Insurgency in Ogaden Eritrean-Ethiopian War Somali Civil War (2006-2009) |
Chief of General Staff | |
In office 2001 – 7 June 2008 | |
Preceded by | General Tsadkan Gebretensae |
Succeeded by | General Se'are Mekonnen |
Samora Muhammad Yunis (Amharic: ሳሞራ መሐመድ ዩንስ) is an Ethiopian military officer. Born in the Tigray Region in the north of the country, Yunis rose to be a four-star general in the Ethiopian National Defence Forces and eventually Chief of the General Staff in 2001.[1][2] He would serve until 2018.[2]