Servicemen receive certificates of promotion on being promoted to general officer ranks

Five colonels have taken over the brigadier's stars and the certificates of promotion during an official promotion ceremony held today at the Grassalkovich Palace, Bratislava. At the ceremony, President of the Slovak Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the Slovak Armed Forces Zuzana Čaputová promoted Col Pavol Tököly, Col Róber Tóth, Col Roman Jantoš, Col Branislav Benka and Col Ladislav Dovhun to Brigadier (NATO rank code of OF-6), whilst concurrently promoting Brig Ivan Pach and Brig Štefan Kovács to Major General (OF-7) and Maj Gen Ľubomír Svoboda to Lieutenant General (OF-8).

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď made it clear that these officers and generals were promoted on the merit of their dedicated service to the country. “Their long-time distinguished record of service to the benefit of the State and our citizens speaks in favour of these servicemen. I want to thank them for the huge amount of high quality work they have done and I wish them a lot of new strength and every success with all the tasks that lie ahead of them,” said the head of the MOD.

He further noted that the Government-approved proposal for officer and general officer appointments and promotions is fully compliant with the needs of the Slovak Armed Forces to staff key positions within the command structures as well as with the requirement to keep balance in the Officers Corps.