Sifet Podžic
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Sifet Podžić is the current Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He has also served as the ambassador to Bulgaria
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Education
- Military high school, Land Forces - Sarajevo
- Land Forces Academy , infantry branch, in Belgrade and Sarajevo
- Command and staff course organized by the MPRI program
- Completed many courses organized by MPRI program
- English language course IMET program in the Center for professional development in Pazaric
- Courses and seminars in country and abroad
Work experience
- Performed commanding and operational duties in the JNA, AR BiH & VF BiH.
- Significant duties: Deputy Commander of the Federal Reaction Forces, Chief of Staff 5 Corps VF BiH and commander of 5th Corps.VF BiH
Promotions
- 1st Lieutenant (1984)
- Captain (1987)
- Captain first class (1989)
- Colonel (1995)
- Brigadier (1998)
- Lieutenant General (2004)