Tadesse Werede

Lieutenant General
Tadesse Werede
Wedi Werede
ታደሰ ወረደ (ወዲ ወረደ)
Chief Administrator of the Interim Regional Administration of Tigray
Assumed office
8 April 2025
Preceded byGetachew Reda
Deputy Chief Administrator of the Interim Regional Administration of Tigray
In office
25 March 2023  8 April 2025
Commander in Chief, Tigray Defense Forces
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byTsadkan Gebretensae
Army Corps Commander, Tigray Defense Force
In office
2020–2021
Head of Mission and Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
In office
27 July 2011  12 March 2013
Nominated byBan Ki-moon
Succeeded byYohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam
Head of the Joint Training Department, Ethiopian National Defense Force
Personal details
Born (1958-07-13) 13 July 1958
Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopian Empire

Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay (Tigrinya: ታደሰ ወረደ (ወዲ ወረደ); born 13 July 1958) is an Ethiopian military officer and politician who is Commander-in Chief of the Tigray Defense Forces since 2021, and currently the chief administrator of the Tigray Region since 2025.