Miroslav Stojanovski ( mk, Мирослав Стојановски; born 10 July 1959 in
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
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) is a
Macedonian
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Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
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military officer who holds the rank of
lieutenant general
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and was the longest-serving
Chief of General Staff of the
Army of the Republic of Macedonia
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(2005–2011).
In 2013 he was appointed as the Macedonian military attache to
NATO
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and the
EU.
Мирослав Стојановски воено аташе во Брисел
. ''Republika''. Published 16 August 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
Military career
Positions:
*Commander of a military police platoon (1982–1984)
*Commander of the Military Police (1984–1989)
*Commander of counterterrorism regiment (1989–1991)
*Deputy Commander of Military Police Battalion (1991–1992)
*Head of Department of Military Police Department of Intelligence and Security in the Ministry of Defense (1992–1994)
*Commander of the Unit for Special Purposes, Ministry of Defense (1994–1998)
*General Staff Officer (1998-1999)
*Deputy Chief of the Department for Strategic Research Staff (1999–2000)
*Head of the Department of Physical Education in Military Academy
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(2000–2001)
*Commander of 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (2001–2003)
*Deputy Chief of Staff for operations (2003–2005)
* (2005-2011)
Ranks:
*Junior Lieutenant (1982)
*Lieutenant (1983)
*Captain (1986)
*Captain 1st Class (1990)
*Major (1991)
*Lieutenant Colonel (1994)
*Colonel (1998)
*Brigadier General (2001)
*Major General (2003)
*Lieutenant General (2006)
References
Sources
* Macedonian Wikipedia
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia
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Military personnel from Skopje
Yugoslav People's Army personnel
Army of North Macedonia personnel
1959 births
Living people