Gjorgji Bojadžiev ( mk, Ѓорѓи Бојаџиев, born in 1950, Novo Selo) was a

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who served as the Chief of General Staff of the

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(2004–2005).

Biography

Bojadžiev was born in the eastern Macedonian village of Novo Selo in 1950, then part of the

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. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

Education

He graduated from the Military Academy in

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in 1973, and from the Command and Staff College in

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in 1995. Bojadžiev went on a language course in

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, in 1999, and attended a military academy in

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from 2000 to 2001.

Military career

His first duty was commander of a platoon, then he became assistant commander for political education, and for some time was the commander of a division, then the Border Guard Brigade, and from 1 January 2004 was the head of the Operations Division on the ARM General Staff. Bojadziev became a lieutenant in 1973, the following year he received the rank lieutenant. In 1986 was promoted to Major, followed by Lieutenant Colonel, and in 2002 he became a

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. Following his appointment to Chief of General Staff, Bojadziev was promoted to

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. ''Dnevnik''. Retrieved 30 April 2016. He was replaced as the Chief of General Staff in 2005 by

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References

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