John Shalikashvili |
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Official portrait, 1993 |
| Nickname(s) | "General Shali" |
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| Born | (1936-06-27)27 June 1936
Warsaw, Poland |
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| Died | 23 July 2011(2011-07-23) (aged 75)
Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, U.S. |
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| Allegiance | United States |
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| Branch | United States Army |
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| Years of service | 1958–1997 |
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| Rank | General |
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| Commands | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Operation Provide Comfort
9th Infantry Division
1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery |
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| Battles / wars | Vietnam War
Operation Provide Comfort
Iraqi no-fly zones
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis |
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| Awards | Defense Distinguished Service Medal (4)
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (3)
Bronze Star Medal (V)
Meritorious Service Medal (4)
Air Medal
Joint Service Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom |
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| Alma mater | Bradley University
George Washington University |
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| Spouse(s) |
Gunhild Bartsch
(m. 1963 ; died 1965 )Joan Zimpelman (m. 1966 ) |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Other work | Visiting professor, Stanford University
Director, Frank Russell Trust Company
Director, L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
Director, Plug Power Inc.
Director, United Defense Industries, Inc. |
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John Malchase David Shalikashvili (Georgian: ჯონ მალხაზ დავით შალიკაშვილი, romanized: jon malkhaz davit shalik'ashvili, IPA: [ʃalikʼaʃʷili]; 27 June 1936 – 23 July 2011) was a United States Army general who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1992 to 1993 and the 13th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1993 to 1997. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, in the family of émigré Georgian officer Dimitri Shalikashvili and his naturalized-Polish wife Maria Rüdiger-Belyaeva. In 1996, he was the first recipient of the Naval War College Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award.
Shalikashvili was the first, and as of 2023 only, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff not born in the United States. He served in every level of unit command from platoon to division. Shalikashvili died of a stroke in 2011 at the age of 75.