Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)

This is a list of the Chiefs of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army from 1918 to 1945, the Yugoslav People's Army from 1945 to 1992 and the Military of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (officially named Serbia and Montenegro in 2003) from 1992 to 2006.

List of chiefs of the general staff

Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Royal Yugoslav Army (1918–1920)

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Živojin Mišić		1855–1921	Field Marshal	1918	1920	Previously served as Chief of the Serbian General Staff.

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces (1920–1941)

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Živojin Mišić		1855–1921	Field Marshal	1920	1921	Died in office
2	Petar Bojović		1858–1945	Field Marshal	1921	1921
3	Petar Pešić		1871–1944	General	1921	1922	1st Term
	Milan Ž. Milovanović		1874–1942	Divisional General	1922	1924	1st Term. Acting Chief of the General Staff. General until 1923
4	Petar Pešić		1871–1944	Army General	1924	1928	2nd Term
5	Milan Ž. Milovanović		1874–1942	Army General	1928	1934	2nd Term
6	Milan Nedić		1877–1946	Army General	1934	1935
7	Ljubomir Marić		1878–1960	Army General	1935	1936
8	Milutin Nedić		1882–1945	Army General	1937	1938	Brother of Milan Nedić
9	Dušan Simović		1882–1962	Army General	1938	1940	1st Term
10	Petar Kosić	89px	1881–1949	Army General	1940	1941
11	Dušan Simović		1882–1962	Army General	1941	1941	2nd Term
	Danilo Kalafatović		1875–1946	Army General	1941	1941	Acting Chief of the General Staff

Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (1941–1945)

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Dragoljub Mihailović		1893–1946	Army General	1942	1944	Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland

Commander and Chief of the Supreme Staff of the National Liberation Army (1941–1945)

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Josip Broz Tito		1892–1980	Marshal of Yugoslavia	1941	1945	Commander of the Supreme Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia
2	Arso Jovanović	90px	1907–1948	Lt. General	1941	1945	Chief of the Supreme Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army (1945–1992)

The Chief of the General Staff (Serbo-Croatian: Načelnik Generalštaba - NGŠ; Начелник Генералштаба - НГШ; Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот; Slovene: Načelnik Generalštaba) was the chief of staff of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) during its existence from 1945 to 1992. He was appointed by the President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, who was the commander-in-chief. While the Federal Secretary of People's Defense (defense minister) headed the Federal Secretariat of People's Defense (Savezni sekretarijat za narodnu odbranu - SSNO) and it was the most effective military person, the Chief of the General Staff (which was the formational part of SSNO) was the most professional and staff body.

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Arso Jovanović	90px	1907–1948	Colonel General	1 March 1945	15 September 1948	Killed by border guards while allegedly trying to escape to Romania during the Informbiro
2	Koča Popović		1908–1992	Colonel General	15 September 1948	27 January 1953	Afterwards served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1953 to 1965
3	Peko Dapčević	90px	1913–1999	Colonel General	27 January 1953	29 April 1955
4	Ljubo Vučković	90px	1915–1976	Colonel General	29 April 1955	16 June 1961
5	Rade Hamović	90px	1916–2009	Colonel General	16 June 1961	15 June 1967
6	Miloš Šumonja		1918–2006	Colonel General	15 June 1967	5 January 1970
7	Viktor Bubanj	90px	1918–1972	Colonel General of the Air Force	5 January 1970	15 October 1972	Died in office
8	Stane Potočar	90px	1919–1997	Colonel General	15 October 1972	10 July 1979
9	Branko Mamula		1921–	Admiral	10 July 1979	5 May 1982	Afterwards served as the Minister of Defense from 1982 to 1988
10	Petar Gračanin		1923–2004	Colonel General	5 May 1982	1 September 1985	Later served as the President of the Presidency of Serbia from 1987 to 1989
11	Zorko Čanadi		1925–2003	Colonel General	1 September 1985	15 September 1987
12	Stevan Mirković		1927–2015	Colonel General	15 September 1987	29 September 1989
13	Blagoje Adžić		1932–2012	Colonel General	29 September 1989	27 February 1992
14	Života Panić		1933–2003	Colonel General	27 February 1992	20 May 1992	Since 20 May 1992 Chief of the General Staff of the Military of FR Yugoslavia

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Military of FR Yugoslavia (1992–2006)

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and the secession of four out of six constituent republic in the SFR Yugoslavia the remaining two (Serbia and Montenegro) established a federation in 1992 called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia). This lasted until 2003 when it was reconstituted as a political union called Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006 both countries declared independence and parted ways.

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Života Panić		1933–2003	Colonel General	20 May 1992	26 August 1993	Until 20 May 1992 Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army
2	Momčilo Perišić		1944–	Colonel General	26 August 1993	26 November 1998
3	Dragoljub Ojdanić		1941–	Colonel General	26 November 1998	7 February 2000	Afterwards served as the Minister of Defense in 2000
4	Nebojša Pavković		1946–	Colonel General	7 February 2000	24 June 2002
5	Branko Krga		1945–	Colonel General	24 June 2002	23 December 2004	Since 7 March 2003 Chief of the General Staff of the Military of Serbia and Montenegro
6	Dragan Paskaš		1951–	Lt. General	23 December 2004	6 October 2005
7	Ljubiša Jokić		1958–	Lt. General	6 October 2005	3 June 2006	Last Chief of the General Staff of the Military of Serbia and Montenegro

See also

• Chiefs of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia
• Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia
• Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro)
• Chief of the Serbian General Staff
• Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia)

Source

• Chief of the General Staff: 1876-2000, Ivetić Velimir, Belgrade 2000.