Lieutenant general Gorancho Koteski

Lieutenant general Gorancho Koteski

Born:
18th August 1965, Prilep, Republic of Macedonia

Education:

Land Forces Secondary military school, Sarajevo 1980-1984
Land Forces Military Academy, Belgrade and Sarajevo 1984-1987
Battalion commander Military school in Mellrishtad and Munster and German language course in Hurth, Germany 1996-1997
Command Staff College in Skopje, Macedonia 1998-1999
English language course in Canada 2000
NATO Defense College (NDC) in Rome, Italy 2001-2002
Master`s degree in strategic and defence studies at the Security, Defence and Peace Department at the Faculty of Philosophy, “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, in 2014

Military career:

Cadets’ platoon commander 1987-1992
Honor guard company commander 1992-1994
Deputy Honor guard battalion commander 1994-1995
Honor guard battalion commander 1995-1997
Cadets’ Battalion Commander 1999-2002
Commander of the Special Forces and Services Training Centre and Army post ,,Ilinden” Commander 2002-2003
Military attaché in Germany 2003-2008
2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade Deputy Commander 2008-2009
Adjutant of the President of the Republic of Macedonia 2009-2011
Joint Operations Command Commander 2011
Chief of the General Staff of the Army of Republic of Macedonia 2011.08.18.