Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro)
| Chief of the General Staff | |
|---|---|
| Начелник Генералштаба(Montenegrin) | |
 Logo of the Armed Forces of Montenegro | |
| Ministry of Defence | |
| Member of | General Staff |
| Reports to | Minister of Defence |
| Appointer | King of Montenegro(historical) President of Montenegro(modern) |
| Formation | 6 August 1914(historical) 9 June 2006(modern) |
| First holder | GeneralJanko Vukotić(historical) Lt. Col. GeneralJovan Lakčević(modern) |
| Deputy | Deputy chief of the general staff |
TheChief of the General Staff(Montenegrin:Начелник Генералштаба,romanized:Načelnik Generalštaba) is thechiefof theGeneral StaffandArmed Forces of Montenegro.The chief of staff is appointed by thePresident of Montenegro,who is thecommander-in-chief.The position dates back to thePrincipality of Montenegro.The current Chief of the General Staff is Brigadier generalMilutin Đurović.
Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | 
|
GeneralJanko Vukotić (1866–1927) |
6 August 1914 | 20 January 1916 | 1 year, 167 days | |
For period from 1918 to 2006, seeChief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia.
Montenegro (2006–present)[edit]
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Defence branch | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Lt. Col. General Jovan Lakčević (born 1955) | 9 June 2006 | 6 February 2008 | 1 year, 242 days |  Montenegrin Ground Army | — | |
| 2 | Admiral Dragan Samardžić (born 1963) [a] | 6 February 2008 | 13 January 2017 | 8 years, 342 days |  Montenegrin Navy | — | |
| 3 | Colonel general Ljubiša Jokić (born 1958) | 13 January 2017 | 17 October 2017 | 277 days | Montenegrin Air Force | — | |
| – | Brigadier general Ilija Daković (born 1972) Acting | 17 October 2017 | 12 July 2018 | 268 days | Montenegrin Ground Army | – | |
| 4 | Brigadier general Dragutin Dakić (born 1968) | 12 July 2018 | 16 April 2021 | 2 years, 278 days | Montenegrin Ground Army | [1] | |
| 5 | Brigadier general Milutin Đurović (born 1974) | 16 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 81 days | Montenegrin Ground Army | [2] | |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^In the beginning, served as Acting Chief of the General Staff.
References[edit]
- ^NATO(9 September 2020)."Brigadier General Dragutin Dakić".NATO.int.Retrieved14 April2021.
- ^"Milutin Đurović izabran za novog načelnika Generalštaba Vojske Crne Gore".rtv.rs/(in Montenegrin). 16 April 2021.Retrieved16 April2021.
