Chief of the General Staff (Yugoslavia)
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.
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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| Superseded by | Chairman of the Chiefs of Joint Staff (BiH) Chief of the General Staff (Croatia) Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia) Chief of the General Staff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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