Stožerni general is the highest rank in the Croatian Ground Army

Croatian ground army

The Croatian Army is a branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.The fundamental role and purpose of the Croatian Army is to protect vital national interests of the Republic of Croatia and defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state.Basic tasks of the Croatian Army...

 (HKoV) and the Croatian Air Force and Defense

Croatian Air Force and Defense

Croatian Air Force and Air Defence is a branch of the Croatian Armed Forces.-Aviation history:Some of the first aviation pioneers were from Croatia or of Croatian descent. Faust Vrančić designed and successfully tested the parachute in 1617. First Croat flying in a balloon was Krsto Mazarović over...

 (HRZ) branches of the Croatian Armed Forces

Croatian Armed Forces

The Croatian Armed Forces were the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which were formed in 1944 with the uniting of the Croatian Home Guard and the Ustaše militia forces....

 (OSRH). It corresponds to Admiral flote

Admiral flote

Admiral flote is the fifth and highest Admiral of the Croatian Navy. This officer is referred to as, and is considered the equivalent of, a five-star Fleet Admiral. The insignia for a Croatian Senior Admiral is two thick rank stripes on both the sleeve and shoulder board...

("Admiral of the Fleet") rank used in the Croatian Navy (HRM).

Stožerni general corresponds to other five-star ranks in other militaries, and is designated as code OF-10

Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers

Rank comparison chart of all armies of NATO member states.- Officers :- Warrant officers :Warrant officers rank below officers and above enlisted servicemen....

 according to NATO rank classification.

People awarded the rank

A total of six men have attained this rank since the foundation of the Croatian Armed Forces in 1991, none of whom have been in active duty since 2005.

	Retired	Lifespan
Petar Stipetić	2003	b. 1937
Martin Špegelj Martin Špegelj Martin Špegelj was the second Defense Minister of Croatia and, later, the chief of staff of the newborn Croatian army and inspector-general of the army. His efforts to organize and equip the army from scratch were seen as instrumental in helping Croatia survive the first year of the Croatian War of...	1992	b. 1927
Anton Tus Anton Tus Anton Tus is a retired Croatian general who served as head of the Yugoslav Air Force between 1985 and 1991 and was the first Chief of Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces from 1991 to 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence....	2005	b. 1931
Janko Bobetko Janko Bobetko Janko Bobetko was a Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff during the Croatian War of Independence from 1992 until his retirement in 1995. Bobetko had been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia but died before he could be tried...	1995	1919–2003
Zvonimir Červenko Zvonimir Červenko Zvonimir Červenko was a Croatian general and the chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia between 1995 and 1996.-Prewar life:...	1996	1926–2001
Gojko Šušak Gojko Šušak Gojko Šušak was the Croatian Minister of Defence from 1991 to 1998. A Bosnian Croat emigreé to Canada, he entered the political life of Croat diaspora in North America, subsequently becoming a close friend and associate to Franjo Tuđman, the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union, a nationalistic... †	–	1945–1998

• ^† Gojko Šušak died in office while serving as Croatian Defence Minister
  Ministry of Defence (Croatia)
  The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of the nation's military. The ministry was established in 1990.-Ministers:-References:...
  
  and was awarded the rank posthumously in 1998.