The Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Начелник Генералштаба, Načelnik Generalštaba; ; ) refers of the

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of the General Staff of the

Royal Yugoslav Army The Yugoslav Army ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslovenska vojska, JV, Југословенска војска, ЈВ), commonly the Royal Yugoslav Army, was the principal Army, ground force of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It existed from the establishment of ...

from 1918 to 1941, the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (JNA/; Macedonian language, Macedonian, Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian language, Croatian and ; , J ...

from 1945 to 1992 and the

Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro The Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Војска Србије и Црне Горе, Vojska Srbije i Crne Gore, included ground forces with internal and border troops, naval forces, air and air defense forces, and civil d ...

(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 and Navy (1918–1920)

Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces (1920–1941)

Yugoslav Army Outside the Homeland (1941–1942)

Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (1942–1945)

National Liberation Army (1941–1945)

Yugoslav People's Army (1945–1992)

The Chief of the General Staff ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Načelnik Generalštaba - NGŠ, Начелник Генералштаба - НГШ; ; ) was the

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of the

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of the

(JNA) during its existence from 1945 to 1992. He was appointed by the

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(after 1980

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) of the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

, who was the commander-in-chief. While the Federal Secretary of People's Defence (

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) 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.

Armed Forces of Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)

Following the

breakup of Yugoslavia After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, the constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart in the early 1990s. Unresolved issues from the breakup caused a series of inter-ethnic Yugoslav ...

and the secession of four out of six constituent republic in the SFR Yugoslavia the remaining two (

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and

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) 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 The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

. In 2006 both countries declared independence and parted ways.

Timeline

Notes

Sources

* Chief of the General Staff: 1876–2000, Ivetić Velimir, Belgrade 2000. {{Chief of military by country Military of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Chiefs of staff of the Yugoslav People's Army Chiefs of staff of the Military of Serbia and Montenegro

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