Chief of the National Guard General Staff

Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Εθνικής Φρουράς

Flag of the Cypriot National Guard General Staff

Incumbent
Lt. General Georgios Tsitsikostas

since 8 September 2023

Ministry of Defense [el]
Formation| 1964
First holder| Georgios Karagiannis
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

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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

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| Karagiannis, GeorgiosLieutenant general
Georgios Karagiannis| 1964| 1964| 0 years

| Prokos, IliasLieutenant general
Ilias Prokos| 1964| 1967| 2–3 years

| Moronis, GeorgiosLieutenant general
Georgios Moronis| 1967| 1969| 1–2 years

| Gerakinis, IliasLieutenant general
Ilias Gerakinis| 1969| 1970| 0–1 years

| Charalambopoulos, CharalambosLieutenant general
Charalambos Charalambopoulos| 1970| 1973| 2–3 years

| Denisis, GeorgiosLieutenant general
Georgios Denisis| 1973| 1974| 0–1 years

| Karagiannis, EfthymiosLieutenant general
Efthymios Karagiannis| 1974| 1975| 0–1 years

| Komninos, IoannisLieutenant general
Ioannis Komninos| 1975| 1981| 5–6 years

| Papanagiotou, NikolaosLieutenant general
Nikolaos Papanagiotou| 1981| 1985| 3–4 years
10|

| Matafias, DimitriosLieutenant general
Dimitrios Matafias| 1985| 1986| 0–1 years
11|

| Politis, GeorgiosLieutenant general
Georgios Politis [el]
(born 1920)| 1986| 1988| 1–2 years
12|

| Markopoulos, PanagiotisLieutenant general
Panagiotis Markopoulos
(1916–1996)| 1988| 1991| 2–3 years
13|

| Seiradakis, GeorgiosLieutenant general
Georgios Seiradakis| 1991| 1993| 1–2 years
14|

| Vorvolakos, NikolaosLieutenant general
Nikolaos Vorvolakos
(1931–2014)| February 1993| April 1998| 5 years
15|

| Dimou, DimitriosLieutenant general
Dimitrios Dimou| April 1998| May 2000| 2 years
16|

| Florakis, EvangelosLieutenant general
Evangelos Florakis
(1943–2002)| May 2000| 10 July 2002 †| 2 years
17|

| Nikolodimos, AthanasiosLieutenant general
Athanasios Nikolodimos| July 2002| 2006| 3–4 years
18|

| Bisbikas, KonstantinosLieutenant general
Konstantinos Bisbikas| 2006| 2009| 2–3 years
19|

| Tsalikidis, PetrosLieutenant general
Petros Tsalikidis| 2009| 2011| 1–2 years
20|

| Nasis, StylianosLieutenant general
Stylianos Nasis| 2011| 2014| 2–3 years
21|

| Basiakoulis, GeorgiosLieutenant general
Georgios Basiakoulis| 2014| March 2017| 2–3 years
22|

| Leontaris, IliasLieutenant general
Ilias Leontaris| 31 March 2017| 18 March 2020| 2–3 years
23|

| Zervakis, DemokritosLieutenant general
Demokritos Zervakis| 18 March 2020| 8 September 2023| 5 years
24|

| Tsitsikostas, GeorgiosLieutenant general
Georgios Tsitsikostas| 8 September 2023| Incumbent| 1 years

## References

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1. ^ "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί Εθνικής Φρουράς". army.gov.cy (in Greek). Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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