John Shalikashvili, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Shalikashvili

United States general

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1936

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 23-Jul-2011

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John Malchase David Shalikashvili (Georgian: ??? ?????? ????? ???????????, IPA: [?alik'a?vili]; June 27, 1936 – July 23, 2011) was a United States Army general who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1992 to 1993 and 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 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 foreign-born man to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
He served in every level of unit command from platoon to division.
Shalikashvili died of a stroke in 2011 at the age of 75.