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Military ranks of North Macedonia

Military ranks and insignia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 23, 2025
Entity authorityQ3113124 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Military ranks of North Macedonia are the ranks used by the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia. The ranks are divided into four main groups, depending on the position and function: Generals, officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers. Being a landlocked country, North Macedonia does not have a navy.

The current system of ranks and insignia was introduced in 1991 thus replacing the former Yugoslav People's Army insignia, on which it is based.

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Historic ranks

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

References

"УРЕДБА ЗА ОЗНАКИТЕ ЗА УНИФОРМИТЕ НА АРМИЈАТА НА РЕПУБЛИКА СЕВЕРНА МАКЕДОНИЈА" [Regulation on the Markings for the Uniforms of the Army of the Republic Northern of Macedonia]. dejure.mk (in Macedonian).

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“Military ranks of North Macedonia” enters the record as military ranks and insignia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Military, ranks and North can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 23, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3113124. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1991.

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