*** Welcome to piglix ***

Supreme Command of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina


The Supreme Command of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Štab Vrhovne Komande Armije Republike Bosne i Hercegovine) was the supreme command of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and it was headquartered in the Presidency Building in Sarajevo.

The main staff was transformed from the Bosnian territorial defence chiefs of staff and Patriotic League general staff

Sefer Halilović served as the supreme ABiH commander until 8 June 1993 and his title was Chief of Staff of the Main Staff of the ARBiH. On this date, the President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alija Izetbegović, issued a decision “restructuring […] the […] supreme command headquarters of the armed forces” (“8 June 1993 decision”).This decision provides:

The decision further “appointed” Rasim Delić to the post of Commander of the Main Staff of the ARBiH and “appointed” Sefer Halilović as Chief of Staff of the Main Staff.In addition, the decision established two Deputy Commander positions to which Stjepan Šiber and Jovan Divjak were appointed, but were already serving in the Main Staff.

Approximately six weeks later, on 18 July 1993, President Alija Izetbegović issued a decision further restructuring the ABiH (“18 July decision”). According to this decision, during a state of war the Presidency of the Republic was the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces of the Republic.The decision provides that “The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Army consists of the Main Staff and eight Corps.", although only 7 corpses were formed. All the Corps were directly subordinate to the Commander of the Main Staff.

On 24 October 1994 the Main Staff was renamed the General Staff.

The Main Staff/General Staff of the ARBiH had various administrations which oversaw the work of their counterparts services in the Army Corpses and subordinate units within the Corpses that were the brigades and in the brigades the battalions, along with independent battalions.


...
Wikipedia

...