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Vasileios Tellidis - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Vasileios Tellidis
- Vassilios or Vasileios Tellidis (Greek: ?as??e??? ?e???d??) 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.
- He attended the Hellenic Army Academy, from which he graduated in 1980 as a Cavalry–Armour Second Lieutenant.
- As an armour officer, he attended the various schools of his arm of service, as well as the Armoured Cavalry Branch Training School in France.
- In addition, he received training as a paratrooper.
- 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 served in various armour units as a company officer, staff officer, and commander.
- In 2005–08 he was defence attaché in France, after which he served as head of the Directorate of Defence Planning and Programming at the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) until 2011.
- 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).
- In 2012–13 he served as commander of the Supreme Military Command of the Interior and Islands, then in 2013–14 as Inspector-General of the Army, in 2014–15 as commander of the First Army, before being appointed on 25 February 2015 to the post of Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff.
- 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.Lt.
- General Tellidis is married and has two sons.
- He speaks English and French.
