Force Commander Major General Roman Urbanč
Biography
- Major General Roman Urbanč was born in 1967. He joined the Slovenian Armed Forces in 1994. He graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology and the Faculty of Economics, and obtained a Master's degree in Defence Studies from the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
| 1986 - 1987 | Officer training, NBC Defence School, Kruševac, Serbia (YUG) |
| 1989 | Command Staff Course |
| 1987 - 1991 | Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Chemical Engineering - Paper Engineering |
| 1999 - 2000 | Senior Staff Course (Command and Staff School) |
| 2000-2003 | Faculty of Economics, Economics - Marketing |
| 2008 - 2009 | General Staff Course (Command and Staff School) |
| 2014 | International Capstone Course (IASD, Rome, Italy) |
| 2016 | MA in Defence Studies (Faculty of Social Sciences |
ASSIGNMENTS IN THE SAF
| 1988 | Platoon Leader (CPS NBC Company, Krško, Training Centre, Cerklje ob Krki) |
| 1994 | Company Commander (24th Armoured Mechanized Battalion, Cerklje ob Krki) |
| 1997 | Assistant to Commander, Armoured Mechanized Unit (2nd Regional Command; Novo mesto) |
| 1998 | Staff Officer, S3, and Deputy Commander (24th Armoured Battalion; Cerklje ob Krki) |
| 1999 | Battalion Commander (24th Armoured Battalion; Cerklje ob Krki) |
| 2001 | Training Battalion Commander (122th Training Battalion; Novo mesto) |
| 2003 | Battalion Commander (45th Armoured Battalion; Pivka) |
| 2005 | Branch Chief, J7 (Education and Training/SAF General Staff, Ljubljana) |
| 2007 | Deputy Commander (1st Brigade; Ljubljana) |
| 2009 | Branch Chief, InfoOps (EUFOR HQ; Sarajevo) |
| 2010 | Deputy National Military Representative (SHAPE; Belgium) |
| 2013 | Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations (General Staff; Ljubljana) |
| 2015 | Brigade Commander (1st Brigade; Ljubljana) |
| 2017 | National Military Representative at SHAPE and Deputy Military Representative to NATO and the EU (Belgium) |
| 2021 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces |
| Since August 2022 | Force Commander of the Slovenian Armed Forces |
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
| Silver Medal of Civil Protection |
| Commemoration Medal 1991 War for Slovenia (5th and 10th anniversaries) |
| Bronze Plaque of the 3rd Operational Command |
| Bronze Medal of the Slovenian Armed Forces |
| Silver Badge of the 72nd Brigade |
| Commendation of the Chief of the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces |
| Gold Badge of the 122nd Training Battalion |
Bronze Medal of General Maister |
| Gold Medal of the 1st Brigade |
| Silver Order of Merit |
| Silver Plaque of the 17th Military Police Battalion |
| EU Memorial Badge |
| Silver Medal of the Slovenian Armed Forces |
| In the Service of Peace Medal (EUFOR) |
| Medal for Cooperation of the Italian Minister of Defence |
| Medal for Cooperation of the Austrian Minister of Defence and Sports |