Metodija Velichkovski (Macedonian: Методија Величковски, born 11 May 1966, Skopje) is a Macedonian military officer who holds the rank of lieutenant general and has been the current Chief of General Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia since 18 August 2015.
[1][2] Velichkovski was born in Skopje, then part of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, on 11 May 1966.
In Germany he attended a battalion commanders school (1999) and the George C. Marshall Center.
Velichkovski also graduated from the Command and Staff College in Skopje (2000) and from the School of National Security and Defense in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Along with his native Macedonian, Velichkovski speaks German, English, and Bulgarian.