''Stožerni general'' (literally "Staff General", usually translated as "
General of the army") is the highest rank in the
Croatian Army
The Croatian Army ( hr, Hrvatska kopnena vojska or HKoV) is the largest and most significant component of the Croatian Armed Forces (CAF).
Role and deployment
The fundamental role and purpose of the Croatian Army is to protect vital national i ...
and the
Croatian Air Force
The Croatian Air Force ( hr, Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo or HRZ) is a branch of the Croatian Armed Forces whose primary task is to ensure the sovereignty of the airspace of the Republic of Croatia and to provide aviation support to other branc ...
branches 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 ...
. It corresponds to ''
Admiral flote'' ("
Admiral of the fleet") rank used in the
Croatian Navy
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.
''Stožerni general'' corresponds to other
five-star rank
A five-star rank is the highest military rank in many countries.Oxford English Dictionary (OED), 2nd Edition, 1989. "five" ... "five-star adj., ... (b) U.S., applied to a general or admiral whose badge of rank includes five stars;" The rank is t ...
s in other militaries, and is designated as
code OF-10 according to
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
rank classification.
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People awarded the rank
A total of six men have attained this rank since the foundation of the Croatian Armed Forces in 1991, none of whom have been in active duty since 2005.
*† Gojko Šušak died in office while serving as Croatian Defence Minister and was awarded the rank posthumously in 1998.
See also
*Croatian military ranks
The Croatian military ranks are the military insignia used by the Armed Forces of Croatia.
Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
Abolished ranks
Other ranks
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and en ...
*Five-star rank
A five-star rank is the highest military rank in many countries.Oxford English Dictionary (OED), 2nd Edition, 1989. "five" ... "five-star adj., ... (b) U.S., applied to a general or admiral whose badge of rank includes five stars;" The rank is t ...
References
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Military ranks of Croatia
Five-star officers