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Incumbent Maj. General Vasko Gjurchinovski since 18 August 2018 | |
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| Member of | General Staff |
| Reports to | Minister of Defence |
| Appointer | President of North Macedonia |
| Formation | 19 March 1992 |
| First holder | Maj. General Mitre Arsovski |
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The Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (Macedonian language: Началник на Генералштабот на Армија на Република северна Македонија) is the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia.
History[]
Nine people served as the Chiefs of the General Staff since the independence of the Republic of North Macedonia from Yugoslavia. The first Chief was Major General Mitre Arsovski (appointed on 16 March 1992), and the current Chief is Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski (appointed on 18 August 2015).
The shortest-serving Chief of the General Staff was General Pande Petrovski (about 3 months), and the longest-serving was Lieutenant General Miroslav Stojanovski (over 6 years)
List of chiefs of the general staff[]
Chiefs of the General Staff have been:[1]
| № | 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 | Colonel General Jovan Andrevski (born 1938) [lower-alpha 1] | 11 February 2000 | 12 June 2001 | 1 year, 121 days | |
| 5 | General Pande Petrovski (1943–2006) | 12 June 2001 | 19 September 2001 | 99 days | |
| 6 | General Metodi Stamboliski (born 1947) | 19 September 2001 | 12 March 2004 | 2 years, 175 days | |
| 7 | Major General Gjorgji Bojadžiev (born 1950) | 12 March 2004 | 6 July 2005 | 1 year, 116 days | |
| 8 | Lieutenant General Miroslav Stojanovski (born 1959) | 6 July 2005 | 18 August 2011 | 6 years, 43 days | |
| 9 | Major General Gorančo Koteski (born 1965) | 18 August 2011 | 18 August 2015 | 4 years, 0 days | |
| 10 | Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski (born 1966) | 18 August 2015 | 18 August 2018 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 11 | Major General Vasko Gjurchinovski (born 1970) | 18 August 2018 | Incumbent | 5 years, 244 days |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Resigned during the 2001 insurgency.
References[]
- ↑ "Former Chiefs of the General Staff" (in Macedonian). http://morm.gov.mk/?page_id=815&lang=mk. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
External links[]
- Previous chiefs of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (in Macedonian)
- Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (in Macedonian)
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