Chief of the General Staff (Serbia and Montenegro)

The Chief of the General Staff (Serbian:Načelnik Generalštaba - NGŠ; Начелник Генералштаба - НГШ) was the chief of staff of the General Staff of Yugoslav Army (FRY) and General Staff of Military of Serbia and Montenegro. He was appointed by the President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (from 2003, President of Serbia and Montenegro), who was the commander-in-chief.

The first Chief of the General Staff was Colonel General Života Panić, the Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), who became chief of staff when JNA became JA (Yugoslav Army) in 1992. The Yugoslav Army later in 2003 was renamed to Military of Serbia and Montenegro, and it existed until the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2006. The last chief of staff was Lt. General Ljubiša Jokić, who was succeeded in his post by Chiefs of the General Staffs of new armies - Lt. General Zdravko Ponoš (Serbian Armed Forces) and Lt. General Jovan Lakčević (Military of Montenegro).

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Military of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992-2003)

#	Name	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Života Panić	1933–2003	Colonel General	20 May 1992	26 August 1993	Until 20 May 1992 Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army
2	Momčilo Perišić	1944–	Colonel General	26 August 1993	26 November 1998
3	Dragoljub Ojdanić	1941–	Major General	26 November 1998	7 February 2000
4	Nebojša Pavković	1946–	Colonel General	7 February 2000	24 June 2002
5	Branko Krga	1945–	Colonel General	24 June 2002	7 March 2003	Since 7 March 2003 Chief of the General Staff of the Military of Serbia and Montenegro

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Military of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006)

#	Name	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Branko Krga	1945–	Colonel General	7 March 2003	23 December 2004	Until 7 March 2003 Chief of the General Staff of the Military of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
2	Dragan Paskaš	1951–	Lt. General	23 December 2004	6 October 2005
3	Ljubiša Jokić	1958–	Lt. General	6 October 2005	3 June 2006

Source

• Chief of the General Staff: 1876-2000, Ivetić Velimir, Belgrade 2000.