Chief of the Serbian General Staff

The Chief of the General Staff (Serbian: Начелник Генералштаба, romanized: Načelnik Generalštaba) is the chief of the General Staff and Serbian Armed Forces. The chief of staff is appointed by the President of Serbia, who is the commander-in-chief.

Chief of the General Staff Начелник Генералштаба Načelnik Generalštaba
Coat of Arms
Incumbent General Milan Mojsilović since 14 September 2018
Ministry of Defence
Member of	General Staff
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Appointer	President of Serbia
Formation	1876
First holder	General František Zach
Deputy	Joint Operations Commander
Website	Official website

The incumbent Chief of the General Staff is General Milan Mojsilović. He was appointed by President Aleksandar Vučić on 14 September 2018.[1]

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff is simultaneously the Joint Operations Commander in peacetime. The incumbent Joint Operations Commander is Lt. General Petar Cvetković.

Chiefs of the General Staff (1876–1918)

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Commander-in-Chief
Principality of Serbia
1		General František Zach (1807–1892)	1876	1877	0–1 years	Armed forces	Milan Obrenović IV
–		Colonel Jovan Dragašević (1836–1915) Acting	1877	1878	0–1 years	Armed forces	Milan Obrenović IV
–		General Kosta Protić (1831–1892) Acting	1878	1879	0–1 years	Armed forces	Milan Obrenović IV
2		General Milojko Lešjanin (1830–1896)	1879	1880	0–1 years	Armed forces	Milan Obrenović IV
–		General Jovan Anđelković (1840–1885) Acting	1880	1882	1–2 years	Armed forces	Milan Obrenović IV
Kingdom of Serbia
(2)		General Milojko Lešjanin (1830–1896)	1882	1885	2–3 years	Royal Serbian Army	Milan I
(2)		General Milojko Lešjanin (1830–1896)	1886	1888	1–2 years	Royal Serbian Army	Milan I
3		General Jovan Mišković (1844–1908)	1888	1890	1–2 years	Royal Serbian Army	Milan I Alexander I
–		Colonel Radomir Putnik (1847–1917) Acting	1890	1892	1–2 years	Royal Serbian Army	Alexander I
(3)		General Jovan Mišković (1844–1908)	1893	1896	2–3 years	Royal Serbian Army	Alexander I
–		General Jovan Atanacković (1848–1921) Acting	1897	1898	0–1 years	Royal Serbian Army	Alexander I
4		General Dimitrije Cincar-Marković (1849–1903)	1901	1902	0–1 years	Royal Serbian Army	Alexander I
–		Colonel Svetozar T. Nešić (1851–1927) Acting	1902	1903	0–1 years	Royal Serbian Army	Alexander I
5		General Radomir Putnik (1847–1917)	1903	1905	1–2 years	Royal Serbian Army	Peter I
–		Colonel Aleksandar Mašin (1857–1910) Acting	1905	1906	0–1 years	Royal Serbian Army	Peter I
–		Colonel Petar Bojović (1858–1945) Acting	1906	1908	1–2 years	Royal Serbian Army	Peter I
(5)		General (when appointed) Vojvoda (since 20 October 1912) Radomir Putnik (1847–1917)	1908	8 December 1915	6–7 years	Royal Serbian Army	Peter I
–		General Petar Bojović (1858–1945) Acting	1915	1916	0–1 years	Royal Serbian Army	Peter I
6		General Petar Bojović (1858–1945)	1916	1918	1–2 years	Royal Serbian Army	Peter I
7		Vojvoda Živojin Mišić (1855–1921) [lower-alpha 1]	1918	1918	0 years	Royal Serbian Army	Peter I

For period from 1918 to 2006, see Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia.

Chiefs of the General Staff (2006–present)

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Commander-in-Chief
1		Lt. General Zdravko Ponoš (born 1962) [lower-alpha 2]	4 June 2006	30 December 2008	2 years, 209 days	Serbian Army	Boris Tadić
–		Lt. General Miloje Miletić (born 1953) Acting	30 December 2008	15 February 2009	47 days	Serbian Army	Boris Tadić
2		General Miloje Miletić (born 1953)	15 February 2009	12 December 2011	2 years, 300 days	Serbian Army	Boris Tadić
3		General Ljubiša Diković (born 1960)	12 December 2011	14 September 2018	6 years, 276 days	Serbian Army	Boris Tadić Tomislav Nikolić Aleksandar Vučić
4		General Milan Mojsilović (born 1967)	14 September 2018	Incumbent	2 years, 143 days	Serbian Army	Aleksandar Vučić

Notes

1. Continued as Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia.
2. Dismissed by President Boris Tadić over dispute with Minister of Defence, Dragan Šutanovac.[2]

References

1. "General Milan Mojsilović novi načelnik Generalštaba". n1info.com (in Serbian). 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
2. "Ponoš dismissed as VS chief-of-staff" (in Serbian). B92. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

Sources

• Chief of the General Staff: 1876–2000, Ivetić Velimir, Belgrade 2000.