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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 Georgios Tsitsikostas.

Chief of the National Guard General Staff
Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Εθνικής Φρουράς
Flag of the Cypriot National Guard General Staff
Incumbent Lt. General Georgios Tsitsikostas since 8 September 2023
Ministry of Defense [el]
Formation	1964
First holder	Georgios Karagiannis
Website	Official website

List of Chiefs

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Since its creation in 1964, these people have served as Chief of the National Guard:^[1]

No.	Chief of the National Guard	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Lieutenant general Georgios Karagiannis	1964	1964	0 years
2	Lieutenant general Ilias Prokos	1964	1967	2–3 years
3	Lieutenant general Georgios Moronis	1967	1969	1–2 years
4	Lieutenant general Ilias Gerakinis	1969	1970	0–1 years
5	Lieutenant general Charalambos Charalambopoulos	1970	1973	2–3 years
6	Lieutenant general Georgios Denisis	1973	1974	0–1 years
7	Lieutenant general Efthymios Karagiannis	1974	1975	0–1 years
8	Lieutenant general Ioannis Komninos	1975	1981	5–6 years
9	Lieutenant general Nikolaos Papanagiotou	1981	1985	3–4 years
10	Lieutenant general Dimitrios Matafias	1985	1986	0–1 years
11	Lieutenant general Georgios Politis [el] (born 1920)	1986	1988	1–2 years
12	Lieutenant general Panagiotis Markopoulos (1916–1996)	1988	1991	2–3 years
13	Lieutenant general Georgios Seiradakis	1991	1993	1–2 years
14	Lieutenant general Nikolaos Vorvolakos (1931–2014)	February 1993	April 1998	5 years
15	Lieutenant general Dimitrios Dimou	April 1998	May 2000	2 years
16	Lieutenant general Evangelos Florakis (1943–2002)	May 2000	10 July 2002 †	2 years
17	Lieutenant general Athanasios Nikolodimos	July 2002	2006	3–4 years
18	Lieutenant general Konstantinos Bisbikas	2006	2009	2–3 years
19	Lieutenant general Petros Tsalikidis	2009	2011	1–2 years
20	Lieutenant general Stylianos Nasis	2011	2014	2–3 years
21	Lieutenant general Georgios Basiakoulis	2014	March 2017	2–3 years
22	Lieutenant general Ilias Leontaris	31 March 2017	18 March 2020	7 years
23	Lieutenant general Demokritos Zervakis	18 March 2020	8 September 2023	4 years
24	Lieutenant general Georgios Tsitsikostas	8 September 2023	Incumbent	1 years

References

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^ "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί Εθνικής Φρουράς". army.gov.cy (in Greek). Retrieved 13 January 2019.