Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)
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Royal Yugoslav Army (1918–41) Yugoslav People's Army (1945–92) Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006) | |
Type | Chief of staff |
Status | Abolished |
Abbreviation | NGŠ |
Member of | General Staff |
Reports to | Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia |
Seat | Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building, Belgrade (1965–99) |
Appointer |
Head of state of Yugoslavia (1918–92) President of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006) |
Term length | No fixed length |
Precursor | Chief of the Serbian General Staff |
Formation | 1 December 1918 |
First holder | Field Marshal Živojin Mišić |
Final holder | Lt. Col. General Ljubiša Jokić |
Abolished | 3 June 2006 |
Superseded by |
Chairman of the Chiefs of Joint Staff (BiH) Chief of the General Staff (Croatia) Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia) Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro) Chief of the Serbian General Staff Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia) |
Deputy | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
The Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Начелник Генералштаба / Načelnik Generalštaba; Slovene: Načelnik Generalštaba; Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот, romanized: Načalnik na Generalštabot) refers of the chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army from 1918 to 1941, 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)
No. | Portrait | 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) |
1 December 1918 | 5 May 1920 | 1 year, 156 days | Royal Army |
Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces (1920–1941)
No. | Portrait | 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 † | 260 days | Royal Army | |
– |
General Petar Pešić (1871–1944) Acting |
21 January 1921 | 10 March 1921 | 48 days | Royal Army | |
2 |
Field Marshal Petar Bojović (1858–1945) |
10 March 1921 | 8 December 1921 | 273 days | Royal Army | |
3 |
General Petar Pešić (1871–1944) |
8 December 1921 | 4 November 1922 | 331 days | Royal Army | |
– |
General (when appointed) Divisional general (since 1923) Milan Milovanović (1874–1942) Acting |
4 November 1922 | 30 July 1924 | 1 year, 269 days | Royal Army | |
(3) |
Army general Petar Pešić (1871–1944) |
30 July 1924 | 11 April 1929 | 4 years, 255 days | Royal Army | |
4 |
Army general Milan Milovanović (1874–1942) |
11 April 1929 | 18 April 1934 | 5 years, 7 days | Royal Army | |
– |
Divisional general Petar Kosić (1881–1949) Acting |
18 April 1934 | 1 June 1934 | 44 days | Royal Army | |
5 |
Army general Milan Nedić (1877–1946) |
1 June 1934 | 9 March 1935 | 281 days | Royal Army | |
– |
Divisional general Petar Kosić (1881–1949) Acting |
10 March 1935 | 12 May 1935 | 63 days | Royal Army | |
6 |
Army general Ljubomir Marić (1878–1960) |
12 May 1935 | 8 March 1936 | 301 days | Royal Army | |
– |
Divisional general Petar Kosić (1881–1949) Acting |
8 March 1936 | 6 September 1936 | 182 days | Royal Army | |
– |
Divisional general Milutin Nedić (1882–1945) Acting |
6 September 1936 | 6 September 1937 | 1 year | Royal Army | |
7 |
Army general Milutin Nedić (1882–1945) |
6 September 1937 | 25 August 1938 | 353 days | Royal Army | |
– |
Divisional general Mihailo D. Bodi (1884–1953) Acting |
25 August 1938 | 15 September 1938 | 21 days | Royal Army | |
8 |
Army general Dušan Simović (1882–1962) |
15 September 1938 | 3 January 1940 | 1 year, 110 days | Royal Air Force | |
9 |
Army general Petar Kosić (1881–1949) |
3 January 1940 | 27 March 1941 | 1 year, 83 days | Royal Army | |
(8) |
Army general Dušan Simović (1882–1962) |
27 March 1941 | 14 April 1941 | 18 days | Royal Air Force | |
– |
Army general Danilo Kalafatović (1875–1946) Acting |
15 April 1941 | 17 April 1941 | 2 days | Royal Army |
Yugoslav Army Outside the Homeland (1941–1942)
No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 |
Lieutenant colonel Miodrag Lozić |
1941 | 1942 | 0–1 years | JVvO |
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (1942–1945)
No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 |
Army general Dragoljub Mihailović (1893–1946) |
1942 | 1944 | 1–2 years | JVuO | |
2 |
Brigadier general Miodrag Damjanović (1893–1956) |
1944 | 1945 | 0–1 years | JVuO |
National Liberation Army (1941–1945)
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Defence branch |
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N/A |
Marshal of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) Commander of the Supreme Headquarters and Commander-in-Chief |
27 June 1941 | 1 March 1945 | 3 years, 247 days | SKJ | NOV i POJ | |
N/A |
Lt. Col. General Arso Jovanović (1907–1948) Chief of the Supreme Headquarters |
12 December 1941 | 1 March 1945 | 3 years, 79 days | 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 (after 1980 Presidency) 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.
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Defence branch |
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1 |
Colonel general Arso Jovanović (1907–1948) |
1 March 1945 | 15 September 1945 | 198 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
2 |
Colonel general Koča Popović (1908–1992) |
15 September 1945 | 27 January 1953 | 4 years, 134 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
3 |
Colonel general Peko Dapčević (1913–1999) |
27 January 1953 | 29 April 1955 | 2 years, 92 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
4 |
Colonel general Ljubo Vučković (1915–1976) |
29 April 1955 | 16 June 1961 | 6 years, 48 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
5 |
Colonel general Rade Hamović (1916–2009) |
16 June 1961 | 15 June 1967 | 5 years, 364 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
6 |
Colonel general Miloš Šumonja (1918–2006) |
15 June 1967 | 5 January 1970 | 2 years, 204 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
7 |
Colonel general Viktor Bubanj (1918–1972) |
5 January 1970 | 15 October 1972 † | 2 years, 284 days | SKJ | Air Force | |
8 |
Colonel general Stane Potočar (1919–1997) |
15 October 1972 | 10 July 1979 | 6 years, 268 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
9 |
Admiral Branko Mamula (1921–2021) |
10 July 1979 | 5 May 1982 | 2 years, 299 days | SKJ | Navy | |
10 |
Colonel general Petar Gračanin (1923–2004) |
5 May 1982 | 1 September 1985 | 3 years, 119 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
11 |
Colonel general Zorko Čanadi (1925–2003) |
1 September 1985 | 15 September 1987 | 2 years, 14 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
12 |
Colonel general Stevan Mirković (1927–2015) |
15 September 1987 | 29 September 1989 | 2 years, 14 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
13 |
Colonel general Blagoje Adžić (1932–2012) |
29 September 1989 | 27 February 1992 | 2 years, 151 days | SKJ | Ground Forces | |
14 |
Colonel general Života Panić (1933–2003) |
27 February 1992 | 20 May 1992 | 83 days | Independent | Ground Forces |
Timeline
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.
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 |
Colonel general Života Panić (1933–2003) |
20 May 1992 | 26 August 1993 | 1 year, 98 days | Ground Forces | |
2 |
Colonel general Momčilo Perišić (born 1944) |
26 August 1993 | 26 November 1998 | 5 years, 92 days | Ground Forces | |
3 |
Colonel general Dragoljub Ojdanić (1941–2020) |
26 November 1998 | 7 February 2000 | 1 year, 73 days | Ground Forces | |
4 |
Colonel general Nebojša Pavković (born 1946) |
7 February 2000 | 24 June 2002 | 2 years, 137 days | Ground Forces | |
5 |
Colonel general Branko Krga (born 1945) |
24 June 2002 | 23 December 2004 | 2 years, 182 days | Ground Forces | |
6 |
Lt. Col. General Dragan Paskaš (born 1951) |
23 December 2004 | 6 October 2005 | 287 days | Ground Forces | |
7 |
Lt. Col. General Ljubiša Jokić (born 1958) |
6 October 2005 | 3 June 2006 | 240 days | Air Force |