John Shalikashvili

John Malchase David Shalikashvili (, ; 27 June 1936 – 23 July 2011) was a United States Army general. He was the 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.

Shalikashvili was the first, and as of 2023 only, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff not born in the United States. 

Shalikashvili died of a stroke on 23 July 2011 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state at the age of 75.

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Shalikashvili calls for rethinking 'don't ask, don't tell'
Andrew Marble, "In Memoriam: How General John Shalikashvili 'Paid It Forward' to 500,000 Others," Joint Forces Quarterly 63 (October 2011), 4–5.
The Life and Legacy of Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Q&A with Shali biographer Andrew Marble (August 2011)

Arlington National Cemetery

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