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Chief of General Staff, Serbian Armed Forces General Milan Mojsilović


General Milan Mojsilović commenced his rich military career in 1986 as a soldier serving a compulsory military service at the School of Reserve Officers of Armoured and Mechanized Units of the Yugoslav People's Army.

He has advanced from the lowest soldiers rank to the rank of General of the Serbian Armed Forces. He performed duties from platoon leader to the commander of a service of the Serbian Armed Forces, mainly on command and operational posts in the commands and units.

He graduated from the Military Academy – Armoured and Mechanized Units, and later from the Command and Staff Course and the National Defence School in Belgrade. Of the most important international courses, he completed the four-month executive program at the European College of Security Studies.

He served in Banja Luka, Vršac, Kruševac, Pančevo, Belgrade, Vranje, Prokuplje, Kragujevac and Niš.

He served as Chief of the Operations Section of the SAF Operating Forces Command, as Deputy Commander of Joint Operations Command of the General Staff as well as Army Commander.

From 2013 to 2017 he served as the Head of the Military Representative Office in the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to NATO. Prior to his appointment as Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces  General Staff, he served from 2017 to 2018 as Assistant Defence Minister for Defence Policy.

General Milan Mojsilović is married to Slavica. They have a son, a daughter-in-law and a grandchildren Sofia and Anastasija. He is fond of alpine skiing, fishing and theater.

He is fluent in Russian and English.

Date and place of birth

August 3, 1967, Kosovska Mitrovica

Education

  • National Defence School, 2006
  • Command and Staff Course, 1998
  • Military Academy, Armoured and Mechanized Units, 1991

Major courses

  • Executive Program, European College of Security Studies, FR Germany, 2004

Duties to date

  • Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, 2018–Present
  • Assistant Defence Minister for Defence Policy, 2017–2018
  • Head of the Military Representative Office of the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to NATO, 2013–2017
  • Commander, Army, 2011–2013
  • Deputy Commander, Joint Operations Command, SAF General Staff, 2007–2011.
  • Assistant Commander Operations, Joint Operations Command, SAF General Staff, 2007.
  • Chief of Operations Subsection, Operating Forces Command, 2006–2007
  • Commander, 15th Armoured Brigade, Priština Corps, 2004–2006
  • Chief of Staff, 243rd Mechanized Brigade, Priština Corps, 2001–2004
  • Chief of Operations Subsection, 243rd Mechanized Brigade, Priština Corps, 1999–2001
  • Armoured battalion commander, 1996–1999
  • Chief of Military Academy class and lecturer, Armoured and Mechanized Units Training Centre, Military Academy, 1994–1996
  • Company commander, Armoured and Mechanized Units Training Centre, 1993–1994
  • Tank platoon leader, Armoured and Mechanized Units Training Centre, 1991–1993

Promotions

  • General, 2019
  • Lieutenant General, 2018
  • Major General, 2011
  • Brigadier General, 2009
  • Colonel, 2004
  • Lieutenant Colonel, 2001
  • Major, 1999
  • Captain 1st Class, 1997
  • Captain, 1995
  • Lieutenant, 1992
  • Second Lieutenant, 1991

Decorations

  • Military Memorial Medal for 30 Years of Diligent Military Service, 2022
  • Military Memorial for Participation in Joint Tactical Exercise with Live Fire "Lightning Strike", 2021
  • Military Memorial for 20 Years of Defence Against NATO Aggression, 2019
  • Military Memorial Medal for 20 Years of Diligent Service, 2016
  • Military Memorial Medal for Participation in Combat Operations in Serbia, 2016
  • Military Memorial Medal for Participation in Combat Operations in FRY, 2015
  • Military Memorial Medal for Participation in Combat Operations in SFRY, 2015
  • Military Memorial for Marking Serbian Armed Forces Jubilee, 2015
  • Military Memorial Medal for Exceptional Results Achieved as an Officer, 2011
  • Gold Medal for Diligent Service, 2011
  • Order of Merit in the Field of Security and Defence, 1st class, 2005
  • Order of Merit in the Field of Security and Defence, 1st class, 2000
  • Memorial Medal for 50 Years of YPA, 1991

Contact information

Address: 38 Neznanog junaka St., Belgrade
Phone: +381 (0) 11 2063-901 
Fax: +381 (0) 11 3005-584
Email: vojska.srbije@vs.rs