The Chief of the General Staff of the Army of North Macedonia ( mk, Началник на Генералштабот на Армијата на Северна Македонија, Načalnik na Generalštabot na Armijata na Severna Makedonija) is the professional head of the
North Macedonian military, responsible for the administration and the operational control.
History
Eleven people served as Chief of the General Staff since the independence of
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
from
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
. The first Chief was
Major general
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...
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
A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry.
In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...
Pande Petrovski
Pande Petrovski ( mk, Панде Петровски; 26 December 1943 – 31 December 2006) was a Macedonian general and the Chief of Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia. He was most famous for being the strategist that planned the milit ...
(about 3 months), and the longest-serving was Lt. Col. General
Miroslav Stojanovski (over 6 years)
List of chiefs of the general staff
Chiefs of the General Staff have been:
See also
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Army of North Macedonia
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Notes
References
External links
Previous chiefs of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia
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Military of North Macedonia
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...