President of the interim administration of Ethiopia’s Tigray region since 2025
Former commander-in-chief of the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF)
Former head of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2011 to 2013
Former member of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF)
General Tadesse Worede holds a Master of Business Administration and an additional master’s degree in security sector management.