title: Miroslav Stojanovski
text: # Miroslav Stojanovski
  
  Miroslav Stojanovski (Macedonian: Мирослав Стојановски; born 10 July 1959 in Skopje) is a Macedonian military officer who holds the rank of lieutenant general and was the longest-serving Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (2005–2011).
  
  In 2013 he was appointed as the Macedonian military attache to NATO and the EU.
  
  ## Military career
  
  Positions:
  
  * Commander of a military police platoon (1982–1984)
  * Commander of the Military Police (1984–1989)
  * Commander of counterterrorism regiment (1989–1991)
  * Deputy Commander of Military Police Battalion (1991–1992)
  * Head of Department of Military Police Department of Intelligence and Security in the Ministry of Defense (1992–1994)
  * Commander of the Unit for Special Purposes, Ministry of Defense (1994–1998)
  * General Staff Officer (1998-1999)
  * Deputy Chief of the Department for Strategic Research Staff (1999–2000)
  * Head of the Department of Physical Education in Military Academy (2000–2001)
  * Commander of 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (2001–2003)
  * Deputy Chief of Staff for operations (2003–2005)
  * Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (2005-2011)
  
  Ranks:
  
  * Junior Lieutenant (1982)
  * Lieutenant (1983)
  * Captain (1986)
  * Captain 1st Class (1990)
  * Major (1991)
  * Lieutenant Colonel (1994)
  * Colonel (1998)
  * Brigadier General (2001)
  * Major General (2003)
  * Lieutenant General (2006)
  