Vasileios Tellidis

Vassilios or Vasileios Tellidis (Greek: Βασίλειος Τελλίδης; born 29 September 1958) is a Hellenic Army officer who in 2015–2017 served as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff.

Vasileios Tellidis was born in Kokkinochoma, Kavala Prefecture, on 29 September 1958.

[1] As a senior officer, he graduated from the Supreme War School of Greece, the Collège interarmées de Défense, and the National Defence School of Greece.

He then served briefly as Director of the HNDGS 3rd Branch, before being appointed First Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (2011–12).

[1] Along with the chiefs of staff of the Navy and the Air Force, he was dismissed by decision of the KYSEA on 16 January 2017 and replaced by Lt. General Alkiviadis Stefanis, until then commander of the III Army Corps.