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 Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003) from 1992 to 2006.
List of chiefs of the general staff
† denotes people who died in office.
Royal Yugoslav Army (1918–1920)
№ | Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Field Marshal Živojin Mišić (1855–1921) [lower-alpha 1] | 1 December 1918 | 5 May 1920 | year, 156 days | 1Royal Army |
Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces (1920–1941)
№ | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Field Marshal Živojin Mišić (1855–1921) | 5 May 1920 | 20 January 1921† | days | 260Royal Army | |
– | Petar Pešić (1871–1944) Acting | General21 January 1921 | 10 March 1921 | days | 48Royal Army | |
2 | Field Marshal Petar Bojović (1858–1945) | 10 March 1921 | 8 December 1921 | days | 273Royal Army | |
3 | Petar Pešić (1871–1944) | General8 December 1921 | 4 November 1922 | days | 331Royal Army | |
– | Milan Ž. Milovanović (1874–1942) Acting [lower-alpha 2] | Divisional General4 November 1922 | 30 July 1924 | year, 269 days | 1Royal Army | |
(3) | Petar Pešić (1871–1944) | Army General30 July 1924 | 11 April 1929 | years, 255 days | 4Royal Army | |
4 | Milan Ž. Milovanović (1874–1942) | Army General11 April 1929 | 18 April 1934 | years, 7 days | 5Royal Army | |
– | Petar Kosić (1881–1949) Acting | Divisional General18 April 1934 | 1 June 1934 | days | 44Royal Army | |
5 | Milan Nedić (1877–1946) [lower-alpha 3] | Army General1 June 1934 | 9 March 1935 | days | 281Royal Army | |
– | Petar Kosić (1881–1949) Acting | Divisional General10 March 1935 | 12 May 1935 | days | 63Royal Army | |
6 | Ljubomir Marić (1878–1960) | Army General12 May 1935 | 8 March 1936 | days | 301Royal Army | |
– | Petar Kosić (1881–1949) Acting | Divisional General8 March 1936 | 6 September 1936 | days | 182Royal Army | |
– | Milutin Nedić (1882–1945) Acting [lower-alpha 4] | Divisional General6 September 1936 | 6 September 1937 | year, 0 days | 1Royal Army | |
7 | Milutin Nedić (1882–1945) [lower-alpha 4] | Army General6 September 1937 | 25 August 1938 | days | 353Royal Army | |
– | Mihailo Bodi (1884–1953) Acting | Divisional General25 August 1938 | 15 September 1938 | days | 21Royal Army | |
8 | Dušan Simović (1882–1962) | Army General15 September 1938 | 3 January 1940 | year, 110 days | 1Royal Air Force | |
9 | Petar Kosić (1881–1949) | Army General3 January 1940 | 27 March 1941 | year, 83 days | 1Royal Army | |
(8) | Dušan Simović (1882–1962) | Army General27 March 1941 | 14 April 1941 | days | 18Royal Air Force | |
– | Danilo Kalafatović (1875–1946) Acting | Divisional General15 April 1941 | 17 April 1941 | days | 2Royal Army |
Yugoslav Army outside the Homeland (1941–1942)
№ | Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Miodrag Lozić | Lieutenant Colonel1941 | 1942 | 1 year | JVvO |
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (1942–1945)
№ | Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Dragoljub Mihailović (1893–1946) | Army General1942 | 1944 | 2 years | JVuO | |
2 | Miodrag Damnjanović (1893–1956) | Brigadier General1944 | 1945 | 1 year | JVuO |
National Liberation Army (1941–1945)
№ | Commander and Chief of the Supreme Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Defence branch | |
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N/A | Marshal of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) [lower-alpha 5] | 1941 | 1945 | 4 years | SKJ | NOV i POJ | |
N/A | Arso Jovanović (1907–1948) [lower-alpha 6] | Lieutenant General1941 | 1945 | 4 years | SKJ | NOV i POJ |
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 Defence (defence minister) headed the Federal Secretariat of People's Defence (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.
№ | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Defence branch | |
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1 | Arso Jovanović (1907–1948) [lower-alpha 7] | Colonel General1 March 1945 | 15 September 1945 | days | 198SKJ | Ground Forces | |
2 | Koča Popović (1908–1992) [lower-alpha 8] | Colonel General15 September 1945 | 27 January 1953 | years, 134 days | 4SKJ | Ground Forces | |
3 | Peko Dapčević (1913–1999) | Colonel General27 January 1953 | 29 April 1955 | years, 92 days | 2SKJ | Ground Forces | |
4 | Ljubo Vučković (1915–1976) | Colonel General29 April 1955 | 16 June 1961 | years, 48 days | 6SKJ | Ground Forces | |
5 | Rade Hamović (1916–2009) | Colonel General16 June 1961 | 15 June 1967 | years, 364 days | 5SKJ | Ground Forces | |
6 | Miloš Šumonja (1918–2006) | Colonel General15 June 1967 | 5 January 1970 | years, 204 days | 2SKJ | Ground Forces | |
7 | Viktor Bubanj (1918–1972) | Colonel General5 January 1970 | 15 October 1972† | years, 284 days | 2SKJ | Air Force | |
8 | Stane Potočar (1919–1997) | Colonel General15 October 1972 | 10 July 1979 | years, 268 days | 6SKJ | Ground Forces | |
9 | Branko Mamula (born 1921) [lower-alpha 9] | Admiral10 July 1979 | 5 May 1982 | years, 299 days | 2SKJ | Navy | |
10 | Petar Gračanin (1923–2004) [lower-alpha 10] | Colonel General5 May 1982 | 1 September 1985 | years, 119 days | 3SKJ | Ground Forces | |
11 | Zorko Čanadi (1925–2003) | Colonel General1 September 1985 | 15 September 1987 | years, 14 days | 2SKJ | Ground Forces | |
12 | Stevan Mirković (1927–2015) | Colonel General15 September 1987 | 29 September 1989 | years, 14 days | 2SKJ | Ground Forces | |
13 | Blagoje Adžić (1932–2012) | Colonel General29 September 1989 | 27 February 1992 | years, 151 days | 2SKJ | Ground Forces | |
14 | Života Panić (1933–2003) [lower-alpha 11] | Colonel General27 February 1992 | 20 May 1992 | days | 83Independent | Ground Forces |
Armed Forces of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (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 state union called Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006 both countries declared independence and parted ways.
№ | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | |
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1 | Života Panić (1933–2003) [lower-alpha 12] | Colonel General20 May 1992 | 26 August 1993 | year, 98 days | 1Ground Forces | |
2 | Momčilo Perišić (born 1944) | Colonel General26 August 1993 | 26 November 1998 | years, 92 days | 5Ground Forces | |
3 | Dragoljub Ojdanić (born 1941) [lower-alpha 13] | Colonel General26 November 1998 | 7 February 2000 | year, 73 days | 1Ground Forces | |
4 | Nebojša Pavković (born 1946) | Colonel General7 February 2000 | 24 June 2002 | years, 137 days | 2Ground Forces | |
5 | Branko Krga (born 1945) [lower-alpha 14] | Colonel General24 June 2002 | 23 December 2004 | years, 182 days | 2Ground Forces | |
6 | Dragan Paskaš (born 1951) | Lieutenant General23 December 2004 | 6 October 2005 | days | 287Ground Forces | |
7 | Ljubiša Jokić (born 1958) | Lieutenant General6 October 2005 | 3 June 2006 | days | 240Ground Forces |
Headquarters (1965–1999)
Standards
- Standard of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia 1995–2003.
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)
Notes
- ↑ Previously served as Chief of the Serbian General Staff
- ↑ General until 1923
- ↑ Later served as the Prime Minister of the Government of National Salvation from 1941 to 1944
- 1 2 Brother of Milan Nedić
- ↑ Commander of the Supreme Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the NOV i POJ
- ↑ Chief of the Supreme Staff of the NOV i POJ
- ↑ Killed by border guards while allegedly trying to escape to Romania during the Informbiro
- ↑ Afterwards served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1953 to 1965
- ↑ Afterwards served as the Minister of Defence from 1982 to 1988
- ↑ Later served as the President of the Presidency of Serbia from 1987 to 1989
- ↑ Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia from 20 May 1992
- ↑ Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army until 20 May 1992
- ↑ Afterwards served as the Minister of Defence in 2000
- ↑ Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro since 7 March 2003
Sources
- Chief of the General Staff: 1876-2000, Ivetić Velimir, Belgrade 2000.