Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization | |
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Начальник Объединенного штаба Объединенных вооруженных сил стран-участниц Варшавского договора | |
Longest serving Army General Anatoly Gribkov 23 April 1976 – 24 January 1989 | |
General Staff | |
Member of | Warsaw Pact General Staff |
Reports to | Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces |
Seat | Moscow, Soviet Union |
Formation | 14 May 1955; 69 years ago (1955-05-14) |
First holder | Aleksei Antonov |
Final holder | Vladimir Lobov |
Abolished | 1 July 1991; 32 years ago (1991-07-01) |
The Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Russian: Начальник Объединенного штаба Объединенных вооруженных сил стран-участниц Варшавского договора) was a post in command of Combined Staff of the military forces of the Warsaw Pact. Furthermore, the Chief of Combined Staff was also a First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. The post, which was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991, was always held by a Soviet officer.
List of officeholders
No. | Portrait | Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
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1 | Antonov, AlekseiArmy General Aleksei Antonov (1896–1962) | 14 May 1955 | 16 June 1962 † | 7 years, 33 days | Soviet Army | [1] | |
2 | Batov, PavelArmy General Pavel Batov (1897–1985) | 16 June 1962 | October 1965 | 3 years, 3 months | Soviet Army | [2] | |
3 | Kazakov, Mikhail IlyichArmy General Mikhail Kazakov (1901–1979) | October 1965 | August 1968 | 2 years, 10 months | Soviet Army | [3] | |
4 | Shtemenko, SergeiArmy General Sergei Shtemenko (1907–1976) | August 1968 | 23 April 1976 † | 7 years, 8 months | Soviet Army | [4] | |
5 | Gribkov, AnatolyArmy General Anatoly Gribkov (1919–2008) | 23 April 1976 | 24 January 1989 | 12 years, 276 days | Soviet Army | – | |
6 | Lobov, VladimirArmy General Vladimir Lobov (born 1935) [a] | 24 January 1989 | 1 July 1991 | 2 years, 158 days | Soviet Army | – |
See also
- Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe – NATO counterpart
- Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Notes
- ^ Afterwards served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Union in 1991
References
- ^ "GEN. A.I. ANTONOV OF SOVIET IS DEAD; Chief of Staff of the Warsaw Treaty Forces Was 65 Link With the Past Denounced Beria". The New York Times. 20 June 1962. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Theodore Shabad (30 October 1962). "Moscow Picks Batov; Soviet Bloc Chief of Staff Named; Move Is Linked to Cuban Crisis". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Warsaw Pact Gets New Staff Chief". The New York Times. Reuters. 24 November 1965. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "GENERAL SHTEMENKO OF WARSAW PACT, 68". The New York Times. Associated Press. 24 April 1976. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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