Chief of the National Guard General Staff

The Chief of the National Guard General Staff (Greek: Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Εθνικής Φρουράς, abbrev. Α/ΓΕΕΦ) is the professional head of the Cypriot National Guard. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Cypriot military. Due to the close links between the Republic of Cyprus and Greece, the office is always filled by a retired lieutenant general of the Hellenic Army. The current Chief of the National Guard is Lieutenant General Georgios Tsitsikostas.

Chief of the National Guard General Staff
Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Εθνικής Φρουράς
Flag of the Cypriot National Guard General Staff
Incumbent Lt. General Georgios Tsitsikostas since 8 September 2023
Ministry of Defence
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Formation	1964
First holder	Georgios Karagiannis
Website	Official website

List of Chiefs

Since its creation in 1964, these people have served as Chief of the National Guard:

No.	Picture	Chief of the National Guard	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Karagiannis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Karagiannis	1964	1964	0 years
2		Prokos, IliasLieutenant general Ilias Prokos	1964	1967	2–3 years
3		Moronis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Moronis	1967	1969	1–2 years
4		Gerakinis, IliasLieutenant general Ilias Gerakinis	1969	1970	0–1 years
5		Charalambopoulos, CharalambosLieutenant general Charalambos Charalambopoulos	1970	1973	2–3 years
6		Denisis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Denisis	1973	1974	0–1 years
7		Karagiannis, EfthymiosLieutenant general Efthymios Karagiannis	1974	1975	0–1 years
8		Komninos, IoannisLieutenant general Ioannis Komninos	1975	1981	5–6 years
9		Papanagiotou, NikolaosLieutenant general Nikolaos Papanagiotou	1981	1985	3–4 years
10		Matafias, DimitriosLieutenant general Dimitrios Matafias	1985	1986	0–1 years
11		Politis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Politis (born 1920)	1986	1988	1–2 years
12		Markopoulos, PanagiotisLieutenant general Panagiotis Markopoulos (1916–1996)	1988	1991	2–3 years
13		Seiradakis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Seiradakis	1991	1993	1–2 years
14		Vorvolakos, NikolaosLieutenant general Nikolaos Vorvolakos (1931–2014)	February 1993	April 1998	5 years
15		Dimou, DimitriosLieutenant general Dimitrios Dimou	April 1998	May 2000	2 years
16		Florakis, EvangelosLieutenant general Evangelos Florakis (1943–2002)	May 2000	10 July 2002 †	2 years
17		Nikolodimos, AthanasiosLieutenant general Athanasios Nikolodimos	July 2002	2006	3–4 years
18		Bisbikas, KonstantinosLieutenant general Konstantinos Bisbikas	2006	2009	2–3 years
19		Tsalikidis, PetrosLieutenant general Petros Tsalikidis	2009	2011	1–2 years
20		Nasis, StylianosLieutenant general Stylianos Nasis	2011	2014	2–3 years
21		Basiakoulis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Basiakoulis	2014	March 2017	2–3 years
22		Leontaris, IliasLieutenant general Ilias Leontaris	31 March 2017	18 March 2020	7 years
23		Zervakis, DemokritosLieutenant general Demokritos Zervakis	18 March 2020	8 September 2023	4 years
24		Tsitsikostas, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Tsitsikostas	8 September 2023	Incumbent	0 years