| 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 |
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[edit]
| 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 | [1] | |
| 2 | Army General Pavel Batov (1897–1985) | 16 June 1962 | October 1965 | 3 years, 3 months | Soviet Army | [2] | |
| 3 | Army General Mikhail Kazakov (1901–1979) | October 1965 | August 1968 | 2 years, 10 months | Soviet Army | [3] | |
| 4 | Army General Sergei Shtemenko (1907–1976) | August 1968 | 23 April 1976 † | 7 years, 8 months | Soviet Army | [4] | |
| 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) [a] | 24 January 1989 | 1 July 1991 | 2 years, 158 days | Soviet Army | – |
See also[edit]
- Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe – NATO counterpart
- Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Notes[edit]
- ^ Afterwards served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Union in 1991
References[edit]
- ^ "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.