Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)

The chief of the general staff () is the chief of the general staff of the Slovak Armed Forces, the military of the Slovak Republic. 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.

The post was created as part of the separation of the Slovak armed forces from those of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (CSFR). In June 1994 the commander of the Slovak Army, Julius Humaj, announced the transformation of the Army High Command (formerly Command East of the CSFR) into a general staff along Western lines. This was approved by the Slovak National Council on 26 August, with laws establishing that the chief of the general staff would be subordinate to the civilian defence minister.

List of chiefs of the general staff For period from 1919 to 1992, see Chief of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia. Portrait Name Term of office Defence branch Took office Left office Time in office – Lieutenant General 1 January 1993 18 March 1993 Army 1 18 March 1993 31 August 1994 2 Colonel GeneralJozef Tuchyňa 1 September 1994 19 August 1998 Army 3 Major General 19 August 1998 4 December 1998 Army 4 General 4 December 1998 21 December 2004 Army 5 General 21 December 2004 15 December 2011 Army 6 Lieutenant General 15 December 2011 6 May 2014 Air Force 7 General 6 May 2014 7 May 2018 Army 8 GeneralDaniel Zmeko 7 May 2018 7 May 2026 Army 9 Lieutenant GeneralMiroslav Lorinc 7 May 2026 Incumbent Air Force

See also Slovak Armed Forces

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