Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)

Chief of the General Staff
Chief of the General Staff
Начелник Генералштаба (Serbo-Croatian); Načelnik Generalštaba (Serbo-Croatian);
	Standard of the Chief of the General Staff (1995–2003)
	Longest in office; Colonel general Stane Potočar; 15 October 1972 – 10 July 1979
	Royal Yugoslav Army (1918–41); Yugoslav People's Army (1945–92); Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Type	Chief of staff
Status	Abolished
Abbreviation	NGŠ
Member of	General Staff
Reports to	Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia
Seat	Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building, Belgrade (1965–99)
Appointer	Head of state of Yugoslavia (1918–92); President of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Term length	No fixed length
Precursor	Chief of the Serbian General Staff
Formation	1 December 1918
First holder	Field Marshal Živojin Mišić
Final holder	Lt. Col. General Ljubiša Jokić
Abolished	3 June 2006
Superseded by	Chairman of the Chiefs of Joint Staff (BiH); Chief of the General Staff (Croatia); Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia); Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro); Chief of the Serbian General Staff; Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia)
Deputy	Deputy Chief of the General Staff

The Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Начелник Генералштаба / Načelnik Generalštaba; Slovene: Načelnik Generalštaba; Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот, romanized: Načalnik na Generalštabot) refers of the chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army from 1918 to 1941, the Yugoslav People's Army from 1945 to 1992 and the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003) from 1992 to 2006.

Chief of the General Staff
Начелник Генералштаба (Serbo-Croatian) Načelnik Generalštaba (Serbo-Croatian)
Standard of the Chief of the General Staff (1995–2003)
Longest in office Colonel general Stane Potočar 15 October 1972 – 10 July 1979
Royal Yugoslav Army (1918–41) Yugoslav People's Army (1945–92) Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Type	Chief of staff
Status	Abolished
Abbreviation	NGŠ
Member of	General Staff
Reports to	Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia
Seat	Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building, Belgrade (1965–99)
Appointer	Head of state of Yugoslavia (1918–92) President of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Term length	No fixed length
Precursor	Chief of the Serbian General Staff
Formation	1 December 1918
First holder	Field Marshal Živojin Mišić
Final holder	Lt. Col. General Ljubiša Jokić
Abolished	3 June 2006
Superseded by	Chairman of the Chiefs of Joint Staff (BiH) Chief of the General Staff (Croatia) Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia) Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro) Chief of the Serbian General Staff Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia)
Deputy	Deputy Chief of the General Staff

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Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)

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