Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)
Appearance
Chief of the General Staff | |
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Náčelník Generálneho štábu | |
since 7 May 2018 | |
Ministry of Defence of Slovakia | |
Reports to | The President Minister of Defence |
Seat | Bratislava, Slovakia |
Appointer | The President |
Formation | September 1, 1994 |
First holder | Colonel General Jozef Tuchyňa |
The Chief of the General Staff (Slovak: Náčelník Generálneho štábu) is the Chief of the General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces. He is appointed by the President of Slovakia, who is the commander-in-chief. The current Chief of the General Staff is Lieutenant General Daniel Zmeko.
List of chiefs of the general staff
[edit]For period from 1919 to 1992, see Chief of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia.
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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– | Lieutenant General Július Humaj (born 1949) Acting [a] | 1 January 1993 | 18 March 1993 | 76 days | Army | |
1 | Július Humaj (born 1949) [a] | Lieutenant General18 March 1993 | 31 August 1994 | 1 year, 166 days | Army | |
2 | Colonel General Jozef Tuchyňa (1941–2019) | 1 September 1994 | 19 August 1998 | 3 years, 352 days | Army | |
3 | Major General Marián Mikluš (born 1953) [b] | 19 August 1998 | 4 December 1998 | 107 days | Army | |
4 | General Milan Cerovský (born 1949) | 4 December 1998 | 21 December 2004 | 6 years, 17 days | Army | |
5 | Ľubomír Bulík (born 1957) | General21 December 2004 | 15 December 2011 | 6 years, 359 days | Army | |
6 | Peter Vojtek (born 1958) | Lieutenant General15 December 2011 | 6 May 2014 | 2 years, 142 days | Army | |
7 | Milan Maxim (born 1956) | General6 May 2014 | 7 May 2018 | 4 years, 1 day | Army | |
8 | Daniel Zmeko (born 1967) | Lieutenant General7 May 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 205 days | Army |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Commander of the Army of the Slovak Republic HQ.
- ^ Dismissed by the Minister of Defence Pavol Kanis.