| Post: | Chief |
| Body: | the General Staff |
| Flag: | Standard of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Yugoslavia (1995–2003).svg |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Flagcaption: | Standard of the Chief of the General Staff |
| Type: | Chief of staff |
| Status: | Abolished |
| Department: | |
| Member Of: | General Staff |
| Reports To: | Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia |
| Termlength: | No fixed length |
| Precursor: | Chief of the Serbian General Staff |
| Formation: | 1 December 1918 |
| First: | Field Marshal Živojin Mišić |
| Last: | Lt. Col. General Ljubiša Jokić |
| Abolished: | 3 June 2006 |
| Superseded By: | Chairman of the Chiefs of Joint Staff (BiH) Chief of the General Staff (Croatia) Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia) Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro) Chief of the Serbian General Staff Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia) |
| Abbreviation: | NGŠ |
| Deputy: | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
The Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslavia (separator=" / "|Начелник Генералштаба|Načelnik Generalštaba; Slovenian: Načelnik Generalštaba; Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот|Načalnik na Generalštabot) refers of the chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army from 1918 to 1941, the Yugoslav People's Army from 1945 to 1992 and the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (officially named the Armed Forces of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003) from 1992 to 2006.
† denotes people who died in office.
See also: Supreme Headquarters (Yugoslav Partisans).
The Chief of the General Staff (Načelnik Generalštaba - NGŠ|Начелник Генералштаба - НГШ; Macedonian: Началник на Генералштабот; Slovenian: Načelnik Generalštaba) was the chief of staff of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) during its existence from 1945 to 1992. He was appointed by the President (after 1980 Presidency) of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, who was the commander-in-chief. While the Federal Secretary of People's Defence (defence minister) headed the Federal Secretariat of People's Defence (Savezni sekretarijat za narodnu odbranu - SSNO) and it was the most effective military person, the Chief of the General Staff (which was the formational part of SSNO) was the most professional and staff body.
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Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and the secession of four out of six constituent republic in the SFR Yugoslavia the remaining two (Serbia and Montenegro) established a federation in 1992 called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia). This lasted until 2003 when it was reconstituted as a state union called Serbia and Montenegro. In 2006 both countries declared independence and parted ways.
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