Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia)
The Chief of the General Staff of the Army of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот на Армијата на Северна Македонија) is the professional head of the Army of North Macedonia, responsible for the administration and the operational control.
Chief of the General Staff | |
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Началник на Генералштабот | |
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since 18 August 2018 | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Member of | General Staff |
Reports to | Minister of Defence |
Appointer | President of North Macedonia |
Formation | 19 March 1992 |
First holder | Major General Mitre Arsovski |
History
editEleven people served as Chief of the General Staff since the independence of North Macedonia from Yugoslavia. The first Chief was Major general Mitre Arsovski (appointed on 16 March 1992), and the current Chief is Lt. Col. General Vasko Gjurčinovski (appointed on 18 August 2018).
The shortest-serving Chief of the General Staff was General Pande Petrovski (about 3 months), and the longest-serving was Lt. Col. General Miroslav Stojanovski (over 6 years)
List of chiefs of the general staff
editChiefs of the General Staff have been:[1]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Major general Mitre Arsovski (born 1936) | 16 March 1992 | 3 March 1993 | 352 days | |
2 | Colonel general Dragoljub Bocinov (1933–2003) | 3 March 1993 | 22 January 1996 | 2 years, 325 days | |
3 | General Trajče Krstevski (1938–2017) | 22 January 1996 | 11 February 2000 | 4 years, 20 days | |
4 | Jovan Andrevski (born 1938) [a] | Colonel general11 February 2000 | 12 June 2001 | 1 year, 121 days | |
5 | Pande Petrovski (1943–2006) | General12 June 2001 | 19 September 2001 | 99 days | |
6 | Metodi Stamboliski (born 1947) | General19 September 2001 | 12 March 2004 | 2 years, 175 days | |
7 | Gjorgji Bojadžiev (born 1950) | Major general12 March 2004 | 6 July 2005 | 1 year, 116 days | |
8 | Lt. Col. General Miroslav Stojanovski (born 1959) | 6 July 2005 | 18 August 2011 | 6 years, 43 days | |
9 | Gorančo Koteski (born 1965) | Major general18 August 2011 | 18 August 2015 | 4 years | |
10 | Metodija Veličkovski (born 1966) | Lt. Col. General18 August 2015 | 18 August 2018 | 3 years | |
11 | Vasko Gjurčinovski (born 1970) | Lt. Col. General18 August 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 8 days |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Resigned during the 2001 insurgency.
References
edit- ^ Ministry of Defence. "Former Chiefs of the General Staff". morm.gov.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 13 February 2019.