Post: | Chief |
Body: | the General Staff |
Native Name: | Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот |
Insignia: | General staff of North Macedonia.svg |
Incumbent: | Major general Vasko Gjurčinovski |
Incumbentsince: | 18 August 2018 |
Department: | Ministry of Defence |
Member Of: | General Staff |
Reports To: | Minister of Defence |
Appointer: | President of North Macedonia |
Formation: | 19 March 1992 |
First: | Major General |
The Chief of the General Staff of the Army of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот на Армијата на Северна Македонија) is the professional head of the Army of North Macedonia, responsible for the administration and the operational control.
Eleven people served as Chief of the General Staff since the independence of North Macedonia from Yugoslavia. The first Chief was Major general Mitre Arsovski (appointed on 16 March 1992), and the current Chief is Lt. Col. General Vasko Gjurčinovski (appointed on 18 August 2018).
The shortest-serving Chief of the General Staff was General Pande Petrovski (about 3 months), and the longest-serving was Lt. Col. General Miroslav Stojanovski (over 6 years)
Chiefs of the General Staff have been:[1]