Metodi Stamboliski
Metodi Stamboliski is a former Macedonian general who served as the Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia.
Biography
Stamboliski was born on 10 April 1947 in the village of Mačevo, located in the eastern Republic of Macedonia. He had two sisters and three brothers, one of whom also became an officer in the Yugoslav People's Army.Education
He graduated from a high school in the town of Berovo in 1966 and later attended the academy of the Yugoslav People's Army Ground Forces in Belgrade, specializing in artillery.Military career
Stamboliski became an artillery platoon command and eventually rose up to command an artillery regiment in the JNA. After the formation of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia, he became the chief of the operations management in the General Staff. In 1995 Stamboliski was appointed the commander of the 3rd Army Corps in Skopje, and the following year he commanded the 2nd Army Corps in Bitola. Stamboliski was promoted to brigadier general by a presidential decree on 18 August 1997. On February 11 of that year, he was given command of the border guard brigade and later promoted to major general. He became a lieutenant general on 18 June 2001 and took office as the Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia on 9 August 2001. Stamboliski was promoted to general by presidential decree.In 2004, Stamboliski was replaced as the Chief of General Staff by Gjorgji Bojadžiev.