Athens News Agency: News in English, 04-05-09
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[01] Gov't announces new army chief
[01] Gov't announces new army chief
09/05/2004 12:42:51
The high-ranking Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence
(KYSEA) on Saturday appointed Lt.-Gen. Nikolaos Douvas as the new chief
of the Armys General Staff, following this weeks resignation of
Lt.-Gen. Panayiotis Harvalas.
Douvas was next in line for the promotion.
The KYSEA session was chaired by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis at
his Maximos Mansion office.
Lt.-Gen. Harvalas tendered his resignation to the defence minister on
Thursday following a fatal accident at a NW Greece army camp the same
week, which cost the life of two NCOs. A total of five servicemen have
been killed in two accidents over the past month.
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