List of Chiefs of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia

The Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот на Армија на Република Македонија) is the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia.

History

Nine people served as the Chiefs of the General Staff since the independence of the Republic of 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 Lt. General Miroslav Stojanovski (over 6 years)

List of chiefs of the general staff

#NameImageBorn–DiedRankStartEndNote
1 Mitre Arsovski 1936– Major General 19 March 1992 3 March 1993
2 Dragoljub Bocinov 1933–2003 Colonel General 3 March 1993 22 January 1996
3 Trajče Krstevski 1938– General 22 January 1996 11 February 2000
4 Jovan Andrevski Lt. General 11 February 2000 12 June 2001 Resigned during the Insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
5 Pande Petrovski 1943–2006 General 12 June 2001 19 September 2001
6 Metodi Stamboliski 1947– General 19 September 2001 12 March 2004
7 Gjorgji Bojadžiev 1950– Major General 12 March 2004 6 July 2005
8 Miroslav Stojanovski 1959– Lieutenant General 6 July 2005 18 August 2011
9 Gorančo Koteski 1965– Major General 16 August 2011 18 August 2015
10 Metodija Velichkovski 1966– Lieutenant General 18 August 2015 Present

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