ZAGREB, Jan 3 (Hina) - Croatian Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff General Petar Stipetic was sent into retirement on Monday, December 30, after which (the President's Office) stated that Stipetic had been promoted in special procedure to
the rank of Staff General of the Army along with 16 other high-ranking officers.
ZAGREB, Jan 3 (Hina) - Croatian Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff General
Petar Stipetic was sent into retirement on Monday, December 30,
after which (the President's Office) stated that Stipetic had been
promoted in special procedure to the rank of Staff General of the
Army along with 16 other high-ranking officers. #L#
The office of the Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff will be held, until
his official appointment, by General Josip Lucic, a former Deputy
Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff, which is the standard legal
procedure, officials at the Defence Ministry said.
The transfer of office between generals Stipetic and Lucic took
place on New Year's Eve, December 31.
(hina) rml sb