Miroslav Stojanovski

Miroslav Stojanovski (Macedonian: Мирослав Стојановски; born 10 July 1959) is a Macedonian military officer who holds the rank of lieutenant general and was the longest-serving Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (2005–2011).

Miroslav Stojanovski
Stojanovski in 2009
Native name	Мирослав Стојановски
Birth name	Miroslav Stojanovski
Born	(1959-07-10) July 10, 1959 (age 66) Skopje, PR Macedonia, FPR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	SFR Yugoslavia (1974–1991) Republic of Macedonia (1991–present)
Branch	Yugoslav People's Army Army of the Republic of Macedonia
Years of service	1974–present
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	Army of the Republic of Macedonia
Battles / wars	Croatian War of Independence Battle of Vukovar
Awards	Legion of Merit[1]

In 2013 he was appointed as the Macedonian military attache to NATO and the EU.^[2]

Military career

Positions:

• Commander of a military police platoon (1982–1984)
• Commander of the Military Police (1984–1989)
• Commander of counterterrorism regiment (1989–1991)
• Deputy Commander of Military Police Battalion (1991–1992)
• Head of Department of Military Police Department of Intelligence and Security in the Ministry of Defense (1992–1994)
• Commander of the Unit for Special Purposes, Ministry of Defense (1994–1998)
• General Staff Officer (1998-1999)
• Deputy Chief of the Department for Strategic Research Staff (1999–2000)
• Head of the Department of Physical Education in Military Academy (2000–2001)
• Commander of 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (2001–2003)
• Deputy Chief of Staff for operations (2003–2005)
• Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (2005-2011)

Ranks:

• Junior Lieutenant (1982)
• Lieutenant (1983)
• Captain (1986)
• Captain 1st Class (1990)
• Major (1991)
• Lieutenant Colonel (1994)
• Colonel (1998)
• Brigadier General (2001)
• Major General (2003)
• Lieutenant General (2006)