Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)
| Chief of the General Staff | |
|---|---|
| Náčelník Generálneho štábu (Slovak) | |
Seal of the General Staff | |
since 7 May 2018 | |
| Ministry of Defence of Slovakia | |
| Reports to | The president Minister of Defence |
| Seat | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Appointer | The president |
| Precursor | Chief of the General Staff (Czechoslovakia) |
| Formation | 1 September 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
For period from 1919 to 1992, see Chief of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia.
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Defence branch | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| – | Lieutenant General Július Humaj (born 1949) [a] |
1 January 1993 | 18 March 1993 | 76 days | Army | ||
| 1 | 18 March 1993 | 31 August 1994 | 1 year, 166 days | ||||
| 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 | General Ľubomír Bulík (born 1957) |
21 December 2004 | 15 December 2011 | 6 years, 359 days | Army | ||
| 6 | Lieutenant General Peter Vojtek (born 1958) |
15 December 2011 | 6 May 2014 | 2 years, 142 days | Army | ||
| 7 | General Milan Maxim (born 1956) |
6 May 2014 | 7 May 2018 | 4 years, 1 day | Army | ||
| 8 | General Daniel Zmeko (born 1967) |
7 May 2018 | Incumbent | 7 years, 63 days | Army | ||
See also
Notes
- ^ Commander of the Army of the Slovak Republic HQ.
- ^ Dismissed by the Minister of Defence Pavol Kanis.