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General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia () is the general staff of the
Armed Forces of Croatia The Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske – OSRH) is the military service of Croatia. The President is the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, and exercises administrative powers in times of war by giv ...
, a joint body organized within the Ministry of Defence. It is responsible for development, organization, and equipping, training and functioning of the first strategic echelon (stand-by forces) and the other strategic echelon (reserve). General Staff is responsible for the command, preparation and use of the Armed Forces. General Staff commands the entire Armed Forces in accordance with the dictates of the Commander-in-Chief (
President of Croatia The president of Croatia, officially the President of the Republic of Croatia ( hr, Predsjednik Republike Hrvatske), is the head of state, commander-in-chief of the military and chief representative of the Republic of Croatia both within the ...
) and the Minister of Defense and perform other professional activities for the Commander-in-Chief and the Minister of Defense. The main headquarters of the General Staff is located in
Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...
.


Chief of General Staff

At the head of the General Staff is the Chief of Staff who is superior to commands, units and institutions of the Armed Forces. Chief of Staff is the chief military adviser to the Commander-in-Chief and the Minister of Defense. Chief of Staff can be appointed for a period of five years and may be appointed for no more than two times. The current Chief of the General Staff is Admiral
Robert Hranj Robert Hranj (5 September 1962, Varaždin) is the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia, Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Croatia. He was appointed to that position in February 2020 after Zoran Mi ...
, since 1 March 2020.


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