Ljubiša Jokić


Ljubiša Jokić is the former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro.
He completed Air Force High School in Mostar and graduated from Air Force Military Academy - aircraft pilot program in Pula. After Academy, he continued with further education and development programs for expanding himself. He attended General Staff Academy in and he graduated in 1995. As the crown of his education he graduated from in 1999.
For the excellent results as flying teacher obtained, he was reward with the Flying Instructor title, as well as he was awarded with Gold Flight Medal.
After Air Force Academy, he started as flying teacher till 1989 when he was appointed as Commander of a basic flight unit. 5 years later, he was appointed as Squadron Commander. He replaced flying duties in 1997, with taking over air traffic control and he became Chief of air - traffic control on airport Podgorica. He returned to military part of job during the period from 1999 to 2003, when he was designated as Air Brigade Commander as well as Military Airport Air Base Commander.
Since April 2003, he has been in charge for many very important areas that were of the crucial significance and relevance for the country. He was appointed as Head of Military Cabinet of the President of and, at the same time, as Defense Supreme Counsel Secretary of and. At the end of 2004 he got a very important role in transformation process of the Army in and he was named as Deputy of Minister of Defense for Human Resources. The top of his military career is title Head of General Staff of Serbia and Montenegro .
From July 2007 to December 2011 he has been Montenegro military representative to NATO and EU military committee.
In March 2012 he is appointed as Senior Military Adviser in Permanent Mission of Montenegro at OSCE and Military Attaché in Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
From August 2016 he is appointed as Senior Military Adviser MOD.
From January 2017 to October 2017 he is appointed as Head of General Staff of Montenegro.

Early life and education

He was born in Plav, Yugoslavia, now Montenegro. He finished Air force academy and other army schools. He was a pilot and flight instructor.

Career

In his career, he performed duties of commander of air force brigade, commander of the Golubovci Airbase, chief of the military cabinet of the president of Serbia and Montenegro, secretary of the Supreme defence council of Serbia and Montenegro and assistant of the defense minister.