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| Member of | General Staff |
| Reports to | Minister of Defence |
| Appointer | President of North Macedonia |
| Formation | 19 March 1992 |
| First holder | Major GeneralMitre Arsovski [mk] |
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TheChief of the General Staff of the Army of North Macedonia (Macedonian:Началник на Генералштабот на Армијата на Северна Македонија,romanized: Načalnik na Generalštabot na Armijata na Severna Makedonija) is the professional head of theArmy of North Macedonia, responsible for the administration and the operational control.
Eleven people served as Chief of the General Staff since the independence ofNorth Macedonia fromYugoslavia. The first Chief wasMajor generalMitre Arsovski (appointed on 16 March 1992), and the current Chief isLt. Col. GeneralVasko Gjurčinovski (appointed on 18 August 2018).
The shortest-serving Chief of the General Staff wasGeneralPande Petrovski (about 3 months), and the longest-serving was Lt. Col. GeneralMiroslav Stojanovski (over 6 years)
Chiefs of the General Staff have been:[1]
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | ![Mitre Arsovski [mk]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aNo_image.png) | Arsovski, MitreMajor general Mitre Arsovski [mk] (born 1936) | 16 March 1992 | 3 March 1993 | 352 days |
| 2 | | Bocinov, DragoljubColonel general Dragoljub Bocinov [mk] (1933–2003) | 3 March 1993 | 22 January 1996 | 2 years, 325 days |
| 3 | | Krstevski, TrajčeGeneral Trajče Krstevski [mk] (1938–2017) | 22 January 1996 | 11 February 2000 | 4 years, 20 days |
| 4 | | Andrevski, JovanColonel general Jovan Andrevski (born 1938) [a] | 11 February 2000 | 12 June 2001 | 1 year, 121 days |
| 5 | | Petrovski, PandeGeneral Pande Petrovski (1943–2006) | 12 June 2001 | 19 September 2001 | 99 days |
| 6 | | Stamboliski, MetodiGeneral Metodi Stamboliski (born 1947) | 19 September 2001 | 12 March 2004 | 2 years, 175 days |
| 7 | | Bojadžiev, GjorgjiMajor general Gjorgji Bojadžiev (1950–2024) | 12 March 2004 | 6 July 2005 | 1 year, 116 days |
| 8 | .jpg) | Stojanovski, MiroslavLt. Col. General Miroslav Stojanovski (born 1959) | 6 July 2005 | 18 August 2011 | 6 years, 43 days |
| 9 | .jpg) | Koteski, GorančoMajor general Gorančo Koteski (born 1965) | 18 August 2011 | 18 August 2015 | 4 years |
| 10 | | Veličkovski, MetodijaLt. Col. General Metodija Veličkovski (born 1966) | 18 August 2015 | 18 August 2018 | 3 years |
| 11 | .jpg) | Gjurčinovski, VaskoLt. Col. General Vasko Gjurčinovski (born 1970) | 18 August 2018 | 18 August 2024 | 6 years, 0 days |
| 12 | | Lafčiski, SaškoMajor General Saško Lafčiski (born 1977) | 18 August 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 102 days |
