Alan Geder

Major General
Alan Geder
Chief of the General Staff of Slovenia
In office
22 February 2018 – 28 November 2018
Preceded byAndrej Osterman
Succeeded byAlenka Ermenc
Personal details
Born (1958-08-21) 21 August 1958 (age 67)
Lendava, Yugoslavia
Military service
Allegiance Slovenia
Branch/service
Years of service
1988 – present
RankMajor General
Battles/wars

Major General Alan Geder (born 21 August 1958) is a military leader of Slovenia who served as a commander during the Slovenian War for Independence and acted as Chief of the General Staff in 2018.

Biography

Geder was born on 21 August 1958 in Lendava, Yugoslavia. He would study in the faculty of sport at Ljubljana University between 1980 and 1984, before going on to joining the Territorial Defence of the Republic of Slovenia in 1988.[1][2][3]

Alan Geder in 2010

In 1991, Geder actively participated in the Slovenian War for Independence, and serving as a commanding officer during the engagements in the area of Gederovci and Gornja Radgona. After the country gained independence, Geder would join the Slovenian Armed Forces.[1][2][3]

From 2004 to 2005, Geder would study at the Army War College, in the United States, and in 2010 he would be promoted to a Major General.[1][2][4] From 2011 to 2015 he would serve as a national military representative to NATO and the European Union.[3]

Geder would become Slovenia's Chief of the General Staff on 22 February 2018; he would be replacing Andrej Osterman who was sacked after failing a NATO readiness test, who Geder was previously deputy to.[5] While serving in this office, he would make a push to increase the salary of the armed forces after several years of budget cuts in the preceding years.[6] This wage increase push came on the back of comments Geder made about staffing and equipment deficits the military was facing, during which he claimed that military needed an additional 1238 troops to meet staffing demands.[7][8] He would also continue to work on displaying Slovenia's commitment to NATO, as showcased by his focus on NATO operations when he met with, then Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Petr Pavel.[9] Geder would be replaced on 28 November 2018 by Alenka Ermenc, who became the first female Chief of the General Staff for a NATO country.[10][11][12]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Major General Alan Geder, Chief of the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces". NATO. March 23, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Alan Geder, veteran vojne za Slovenijo, je bil slavnostni govornik osrednje občinske slovesnosti v Lendavi ob 30. obletnici samostojnosti RS". Nova24TV (in Slovenian). 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. ^ a b c "Chief of the General Staff". Slovenian Ministry of Defense. March 28, 2018. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  4. ^ Odgers, Michael (September 14, 2010). "Slovenia hosts exchange training with Colorado Guard". National Guard. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  5. ^ Romac, Denis (February 25, 2018). "Zašto je Slovenska vojska u rasulu?". Deutsche Welle (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  6. ^ Karba, Dejan (September 20, 2018). "Je devetnajstodstotno povišanje vojaških plač v nevarnosti?". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  7. ^ Mihajlovic, Novica (April 18, 2018). "Vse se začne in konča pri denarju in ljudeh". www.delo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  8. ^ "Geder: Za normalno delovanje Slovenske vojske nam manjka 1238 ljudi". Hudo Slovenija (in Slovenian). 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  9. ^ "Chairman of the NATO Military Committee: Slovenia is a steadfast Ally". NATO. April 12, 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  10. ^ Lansford, Tom (2021-05-31). Political Handbook of the World 2020-2021. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-5443-8473-3.
  11. ^ Quarterly Current Affairs - October to December 2018 for Competitive Exams Vol 4. Disha Publications. ISBN 978-93-88373-56-2.
  12. ^ Anapol, Avery (2018-11-27). "Slovenia becomes first NATO country to appoint a woman head of its armed forces". TheHill. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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