Chief 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

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
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	90px	1965–	Major General	16 August 2011	18 August 2015
10	Metodija Velichkovski		1966–	Lieutenant General	18 August 2015	Present

See also

• Army of the Republic of Macedonia

External links

• Previous chiefs of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian)
• Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian)