Chief of the National Guard General Staff

Chief of the National Guard General Staff
Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Εθνικής Φρουράς
Flag of the Cypriot National Guard General Staff
Incumbent Lt. General Demokritos Zervakis since 18 March 2020
Ministry of Defence
Reports to	Minister of Defence
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 Ilias Leontaris.

List of Chiefs

Since its creation in 1964, these people have served as Chief of the National Guard:

№		Chief of the National Guard	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Karagiannis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Karagiannis	1964	1964	0 years
2	Prokos, IliasLieutenant general Ilias Prokos	1964	1967	2–3 years
3	Moronis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Moronis	1967	1969	1–2 years
4	Gerakinis, IliasLieutenant general Ilias Gerakinis	1969	1970	0–1 years
5	Charalambopoulos, CharalambosLieutenant general Charalambos Charalambopoulos	1970	1973	2–3 years
6	Denisis, GeorgiosLieutenant general Georgios Denisis	1973	1974	0–1 years
7	Karagiannis, EfthymiosLieutenant general Efthymios Karagiannis	1974	1975	0–1 years
8	Komninos, IoannisLieutenant general Ioannis Komninos	1975	1981	5–6 years
9	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 (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	7 years
23	Zervakis, DemokritosLieutenant general Demokritos Zervakis	18 March 2020	Incumbent	4 years