MAJOR GENERAL Stergios Kazakis
Major General Stergios KAZAKIS was born on November 10, 1967. He entered the Hellenic Military Academy in 1987 and graduated in 1991 with the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Artillery.
As a junior officer, he served in various Artillery Units (Field and Anti-Aircraft), holding roles as a Battery Commander, Operations-Intelligence Officer, and instructor at the Artillery School.
As a senior officer, he was appointed Deputy Commander of the Air Defence Guided Missile Artillery Battalion “OSA-AK” from 2005 to 2007, and Commander of the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion from 2009 to 2011.
Additionally, as a senior officer, from 2004 to 2005, he served as Staff Officer at the 3rd Army Corps (Plans and Operations) at the 95th Infantry Division, from 2007 to 2009 as an instructor at the Army Command and Staff College (ACSC), from 2011 to 2014 as a staff officer at the NRDC-TUR (G5 Policy & Doctrine), from 2014 to 2017 as an instructor at the Supreme Joint War College, from 2017 to 2019 as Director of Fire Support at the NRDC-GRC (ACOS JFIRES), from 2019 to 2020 as Commander of Artillery at the 16th Mechanized Infantry Division «DIDΙMOTICHO», from 2020 to 2021 as Department Head at the Army General Staff – Army Planning and Operations Division, and from 2021 to 2023 as Commander of the
In 2021, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and appointed as the Commander of the Rear Logistics Support Unit (COM HQ REAR/JLSG/NRDC-ITA) in Italy, serving from 2021 to 2023. From March 2023 to March 2024, he held the position of Commander of the Artillery School, and from March 2024 to February 2025, he served as the Director of Information Operations at the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS), A5 Division.
In 2025, he was promoted to Major General and appointed Commander at the Nato Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI).
Major General Stergios KAZAKIS has successfully attended all the required Artillery schools. He also attended the Advanced MLRS School in the United States at Fort Sill in 1998, the Artillery Commanders Course at the Artillery School in 2000, the Army Command and Staff College (ACSC) in 2002, and the Supreme Joint War College in 2004. In 2008, he attended the Advanced Psychological Operations School in the U.S. (Fort Bragg). In 2015, he graduated from the NATO Joint Operational Planning School, and in 2017 from the National Defence School.
He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom (2009-2010) and a Master’s degree in International Relations (MSc) from the University of Macedonia (2016-2017).
Major General Stergios KAZAKIS has received all the prescribed decorations, medals, and commendations for his service.
He is fluent in English and also proficient in Turkish and Italian at a professional level.
He is married and has one daughter.
