{{Infobox official post | post = Chief | body = the National Guard General Staff | native_name = Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Εθνικής Φρουράς | flag = Flag of the Cypriot National Guard General Staff.svg | flagsize = | flagborder = | flagcaption = Flag of the Cypriot National Guard General Staff | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = Chief of the National Guard Coat of Arms | image = | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = Lt. General Georgios Tsitsikostas | acting = | incumbentsince = 8 September 2023 | type = | status = | department = [[Υπουργείο Άμυνας (Κύπρος) | residence = | appointer = | appointer_qualified = | termlength = | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | formation = 1964 | first = Georgios Karagiannis | deputy = | salary = | website = Official website }} The Chief of the National Guard General Staff (Greek: Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Εθνικής Φρουράς, abbrev. Α/ΓΕΕΦ) is the professional head of the Cypriot National Guard. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Cypriot military. Due to the close links between the Republic of Cyprus and Greece, the office is always filled by a retired lieutenant general of the Hellenic Army. The current Chief of the National Guard is Lieutenant General Georgios Tsitsikostas.
List of Chiefs
[edit]Since its creation in 1964, these people have served as Chief of the National Guard:[1]
No. | Picture | Chief of the National Guard | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgios Karagiannis | Lieutenant general1964 | 1964 | 0 years | |
2 | Ilias Prokos | Lieutenant general1964 | 1967 | 2–3 years | |
3 | Georgios Moronis | Lieutenant general1967 | 1969 | 1–2 years | |
4 | Ilias Gerakinis | Lieutenant general1969 | 1970 | 0–1 years | |
5 | Charalambos Charalambopoulos | Lieutenant general1970 | 1973 | 2–3 years | |
6 | Georgios Denisis | Lieutenant general1973 | 1974 | 0–1 years | |
7 | Efthymios Karagiannis | Lieutenant general1974 | 1975 | 0–1 years | |
8 | Ioannis Komninos | Lieutenant general1975 | 1981 | 5–6 years | |
9 | Nikolaos Papanagiotou | Lieutenant general1981 | 1985 | 3–4 years | |
10 | Dimitrios Matafias | Lieutenant general1985 | 1986 | 0–1 years | |
11 | Georgios Politis (born 1920) | Lieutenant general1986 | 1988 | 1–2 years | |
12 | Panagiotis Markopoulos (1916–1996) | Lieutenant general1988 | 1991 | 2–3 years | |
13 | Georgios Seiradakis | Lieutenant general1991 | 1993 | 1–2 years | |
14 | Nikolaos Vorvolakos (1931–2014) | Lieutenant generalFebruary 1993 | April 1998 | 5 years | |
15 | Dimitrios Dimou | Lieutenant generalApril 1998 | May 2000 | 2 years | |
16 | Evangelos Florakis (1943–2002) | Lieutenant generalMay 2000 | 10 July 2002 † | 2 years | |
17 | Athanasios Nikolodimos | Lieutenant generalJuly 2002 | 2006 | 3–4 years | |
18 | Konstantinos Bisbikas | Lieutenant general2006 | 2009 | 2–3 years | |
19 | Petros Tsalikidis | Lieutenant general2009 | 2011 | 1–2 years | |
20 | Stylianos Nasis | Lieutenant general2011 | 2014 | 2–3 years | |
21 | Georgios Basiakoulis | Lieutenant general2014 | March 2017 | 2–3 years | |
22 | Ilias Leontaris | Lieutenant general31 March 2017 | 18 March 2020 | 7 years | |
23 | Demokritos Zervakis | Lieutenant general18 March 2020 | 8 September 2023 | 4 years | |
24 | Georgios Tsitsikostas | Lieutenant general8 September 2023 | Incumbent | 0 years |
References
[edit]- ^ "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί Εθνικής Φρουράς". army.gov.cy (in Greek). Retrieved 13 January 2019.