Chief of the Albanian General Staff

Emblem of the Albanian General Staff

The Chief of the General Staff (Albanian: Shef i Shtabit të Përgjithshëm) is the chief of the General Staff and Albanian Armed Forces. The chief of staff is appointed by the President of Albania, who is the commander-in-chief. The position dates back to the Provisional Government of Albania. The current Chief of the General Staff is Major General Jeronim Bazo.

List of chiefs of the general staff

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Ali Shefqet Shkupi		1883–1953	Lt. Colonel	4 May 1913	November 1920
2	Ali Riza Kolonja		1880–1930	Brigadier General	November 1920	December 1921
3	Xhavid Leskoviku		1882–1945?	Major	December 1921	June 1923
4	Bajram Fevziu		1884–1928	Major	June 1923	24 December 1924
5	Gustav von Myrdacz		1874–1945	Divisional General	18 January 1925	7 April 1939
6	Spiro Moisiu		1900–1981	Major General	10 July 1943	August 1946	Chief of the General Staff of the Albanian National Liberation Army
7	Mehmet Shehu		1913–1981	Colonel General	August 1946	28 January 1948
8	Beqir Balluku		1917–1974	Lt. General	28 January 1948	1952	Executed for high treason in 1974
9	Petrit Dume		1920–1975	Lt. General	1952	1954	1st Term
10	Arif Hasko			Lt. General	1954	1956
11	Petrit Dume		1920–1975	Lt. General[1]	1956	July 1974	2nd Term. Dismissed and executed for high treason in 1975
12	Sami Meçollari		1937–		July 1974	December 1974
13	Veli Llakaj		1935–		1975	1982
14	Kiço Mustaqi		1938–		1982	February 1991
15	Halim Abazi		1944–	Colonel	February 1991	June 1991
16	Kostaq Karoli		1945–	General	June 1991	August 1992
17	Ilia Vasho		1944–	General	1992	1994
18	Sheme Kosovo		1949–	General	1994	March 1997
19	Adem Çopani		1944–	Major General	March 1997	August 1997	Served during the Albanian Rebellion of 1997
20	Aleks Andoni		1956–	Brigadier General	1997	2000
21	Pëllumb Qazimi		1957–	General	2000	2006
22	Luan Hoxha		1960–	Lt. General	October 2006	June 2008
23	Maksim Malaj		1958–	Major General	June 2008	July 2011
24	Xhemal Gjunkshi		1963–	Major General	8 August 2011	8 November 2013
25	Jeronim Bazo		1960–	Major General	8 November 2013	Present

See also

• Albanian General Staff
• Albanian Armed Forces

References

1. On 1 May 1966, military ranks were abolished in the Albanian Armed Forces, following the example of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In 1991 the rank system was reestablished under President Ramiz Alia.

External links

• Former Chiefs of the Albanian General Staff 1913–2013