Brigadier Ladislav Lipic, Chief of General Staff Slovenian Armed Forces
Ladislav Lipic was born on November 30, 1951 in Murska Sobota. He
studied at the School of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana,
where he received his BSc in Defense Studies. In the period from 1997
to 1990 he worked in the Murska Sobota Municipal Territorial Defense
HQ as Assistant for Organizational and Mobilization Affairs. In the
fall of 1990 he was assigned to the duty of Assistant to the Commander
for Logistics, the region of Vzhodnostajersko, with the HQ in Maribor.
In 1994 he was appointed Commander of the Territorial Defense for
the Vzhodnostajersko region. In November 1997 he became Chief of the
Logistics Section of the Slovenian Armed Forces and in November 2000
he was appointed Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Slovenian Armed
Forces.
Brigadier Ladislav Lipic was one of the initiators of the national
protection in the Pomurje region and was awarded a MSNZ Badge which is
awarded in recognition of participation in the organization of
national protection ? Manevrska struktura narodne zascite MSNZ. In
addition, he actively participated in the War for Independence of the
Republic of Slovenia in 1991.
During the period mentioned above he commanded a very successful
joint tactical exercise DRAVA 96. In 1998 he was Co-Director of the
CAE 98 exercise, a joint NATO and PfP member countries exercise that
took place in Slovenia. At the same time he was also Chief of
Logistical Support of the exercise. As Head of seminar entitled:
Logistics Information Exchange? that served as preparation for CAE 98
exercise and in cooperation with the USA Logistics Management
Institute, he and his colleagues set the fundamentals that facilitate
the implementation of tasks that pertain to role of an international
exercise host nation.
He also completed the following military professional E&T
programs: Course for the elements that deal with organizational and
mobilization affairs, The Infantry Reserve Officer School, and Platoon
Leader, Company Commander and Battalion Commander courses.
While in the Territorial Defense reserve component, he was platoon
leader, company commander and battalion commander. In 1998 he was
promoted to the rank of Brigadier of the Slovenian Armed Forces.
On March 1st he has been appointed Chief of Staff of the Slovenian
Army.
He received several appraisals and recognitions for his work.
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