Athanasios Tselios
Native name	Αθανάσιος Τσέλιος
Born	17 July 1956 Petroporos, Trikala, Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance	Third Hellenic Republic
Service/branch	Hellenic Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Commander of the Hellenic Military Academy 7th Mechanized Infantry Brigade Army NCO School 16th Mechanized Infantry Division IV Army Corps Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff
Awards	Grand Commander of the Order of Honour Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix Medal of Military Merit 1st Class
Alma mater	Hellenic Military Academy

Athanasios Tselios (Greek: Αθανάσιος Τσέλιος; born July 17, 1956) is a retired Hellenic Army officer and former Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (9 March 2013 – 24 February 2014).

Born in Petroporos, Trikala Prefecture, he graduated from the Hellenic Military Academy in 1979 as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant. He followed a career in the Hellenic Army's special forces, commanding the Special Forces Training Centre in 2004–06. He went on to command the Hellenic Military Academy in 2006–07, the 7th Mechanized Infantry Brigade in 2007–08, the Army NCO Academy in 2008–10, the 16th Mechanized Infantry Division in 2010–11 and the IV Army Corps in 2011–13. He was appointed Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff on 9 March 2013.^[1]

On 19 February 2014, the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence decided his retirement, with the rank of full General, and his replacement by the commander of First Army, Lt. Gen. Christos Manolas, with the transfer ceremony to take place on 24 February.^[2]^[3]

Gen. Athanasios Tselios is married and has a daughter.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Αρχηγός ΓΕΣ" (in Greek). Hellenic Army. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ "Νέος αρχηγός ΓΕΣ ο αντιστράτηγος Χρίστος Μανωλάς" (in Greek). Ta Nea. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
^ "Με απόφαση ΚΥΣΕΑ ο κ. Χρ. Μανωλάς νέος αρχηγός ΓΕΣ" (in Greek). Kathimerini. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

Military offices Preceded byLt General Konstantinos Ginis Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff 9 March 2013 – 24 February 2014 Succeeded byLt General Christos Manolas

v t e Chiefs of the Hellenic Army General Staff
Sapountzakis Danglis Nider^§ Kontogiannis^§ Dousmanis Metaxas^† Dousmanis Moschopoulos Stratigos^† Charalambis A. Vlachopoulos Gouvelis Dousmanis Exadaktylos^§ Makrykostas Dousmanis N. Vlachopoulos Klados Mazarakis-Ainian Sarigiannis Mazarakis-Ainian N. Vlachopoulos Merentitis^† Mazarakis-Ainian K. Manetas Th. Manetas Katheniotis Chasapidis Papagos Pallis Batas Maraveas Skoulas Bourdaras Laios^† Liosis^† Ventiris Liosis^† Dromazos Spiliotopoulos Ventiris Giatzis Kosmas Grigoropoulos Tsakalotos Tsingounis Gikas Nikolopoulos Seiradakis Kardamakis Sakellariou Gennimatas Spandidakis Angelis ^‡ Tsoumbas ^‡ Zagorianakos ^‡ Mastrantonis ^‡ Galatsanos ^‡ Davos ^‡ Gratzios Karagiannis Panagopoulos Kourkafas Pentheroudakis Vellidis Veryvakis Skarvelis Kapravelos K. Voulgaris Paragioudakis Panagiotakis Antonakopoulos Charvalas Douvas Grapsas D. Voulgaris Frangos Ziazias Ginis Tselios Manolas Tellidis Stefanis Kambas Lelousis
^§ Substitute Chiefs of the General Staff for the Rear Areas/Interior (as opposed to the Field Staff) ^† Deputy Chiefs substituting during vacancies ^‡ Under the title "Chief of the Army"