Chief Of Combined Staff Of The Unified Armed Forces Of The Warsaw Treaty Organization
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.
| Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization | |
|---|---|
| Начальник Объединенного штаба Объединенных вооруженных сил стран-участниц Варшавского договора | |
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| 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 |
| First holder | Aleksei Antonov |
| Final holder | Vladimir Lobov |
| Abolished | 1 July 1991 |
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Army General Aleksei Antonov (1896–1962) | 14 May 1955 | 16 June 1962 † | 7 years, 33 days |  Soviet Army | ||
| 2 | Army General Pavel Batov (1897–1985) | 16 June 1962 | October 1965 | 3 years, 3 months | Soviet Army | ||
| 3 | Army General Mikhail Kazakov (1901–1979) | October 1965 | August 1968 | 2 years, 10 months | Soviet Army | ||
| 4 | Army General Sergei Shtemenko (1907–1976) | August 1968 | 23 April 1976 † | 7 years, 8 months | Soviet Army | ||
| 5 | Army General Anatoly Gribkov (1919–2008) | 23 April 1976 | 24 January 1989 | 12 years, 276 days | Soviet Army | – | |
| 6 | Army General Vladimir Lobov (born 1935) | 24 January 1989 | 1 July 1991 | 2 years, 158 days | Soviet Army | – |
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