Chief of General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces

Lieutenant General Miroslav Hlaváč

 

Education:

•    1979 - 1983
Military Secondary School, Martin
•    1986 - 1991
Military University of Ground Forces, Vyskov
•    1995
Fire Support Training Centre, Harde, The Netherlands, Forward Artillery Observer Course
•    1997 - 1998
Senior Officers’ course, Military Academy, Brno
•    2003 - 2004
Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
•    2007
Royal College of Defence Studies, UK

Service career:

•    1983 - 1985
Leader, Artillery Reconnaissance Platoon, Klatovy
•    1991 - 1995
Commander, Artillery Battery, Bratislava, Mikulov
•    1995 - 1997
Deputy Chief of Staff, Artillery Battalion, Uherske Hradiste
•    1997 - 1998
Senior Officer, Liaison Officers Group, 7th Mechanised Brigade, Kroměříž
•    1998 – 2000
Commander, Artillery Battalion, Jince
•    2000 - 2001
Chief, Ops Section, 1st Artillery Training Base, Jince
•    2001 - 2002
Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Artillery Training Centre, Jince
•    2002 - 2003
Chief of Staff, 1st Artillery Training Centre, Jince
•    2004 - 2007
Deputy Commander, 13th Artillery Brigade, Jince
•    2007 - 2010
Chief, G3 Training, Joint Force Command, Olomouc
•    2010 - 2016
Commander, 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade, Zatec
•    2016 - 2017
Director, Land Forces Development Department, MoD Capabilities Planning Division
•    2017 - 2018
Deputy Director, MoD Capabilities Development and Planning Division
•    May 2018
promoted Brigadier General
•    2018 - 2023
Deputy Chief of General Staff – Chief of Staff
•    May 2019
promoted Major General
•    October 2020
promoted Lieutenant General
•    2023 - 2026
First Deputy Chief of General Staff
•    2026
Chief of General Staff

 
Operational deployments:

•    1996
artillery control officer, IFOR, Bosnia and Herzegovina
•    1996 - 1997
chief, fire support group, IFOR and SFOR, Bosnia and Herzegovina 7
•    2001
Senior training officer, HQ MND SW, SFOR Bosnia and Herzegovina
•    2006
Commander, Multinational Task Force Centre, KFOR, Kosovo
•    2009
Senior officer, CZE/SVK BG EU stand-up team, OHQ, Germany
•    2011
Commander, Czech Armed Forces 7th Provincial Reconstruction Team Logar, ISAF, Afghanistan

Decorations:

•    Czech Armed Forces Service Medal, 1st grade
•    Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence, 1st grade
•    NATO Non-Article 5 Medal KFOR 
•    NATO Non-Article 5 Medal the Balkans
•    NATO In service of Peace and Freedom Medal
•    UN Medal
•    Homeland Service Medal
•    Service Abroad Medal of the Minister of Defence, KFOR, 3rd grade
•    Service Abroad Medal of the Minister of Defence, ISAF, 3rd grade

Language:

 •    English

Updated: July 21, 2026