Chief of Staff of the Italian Army
Chief of Staff of the Italian Army | |
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Capo di stato maggiore dell'Esercito Italiano | |
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Abbreviation | CSME |
Member of | Army Staff |
Reports to | Chief of the Defence Staff |
Formation | 1 September 1882 |
First holder | Enrico Cosenz |
The Chief of Staff of the Italian Army refers to the Chiefs of Staffs of the Royal Italian Army from 1882 to 1946 and the Italian Army from 1946 to the present.
List of chiefs of staff[]
Chiefs of Staff of the Royal Italian Army (1882–1946)[]
No. | Portrait | Chiefs of Staff of the Royal Italian Army | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Enrico Cosenz (1820–1898) | Lieutenant General1 September 1882 | 1 December 1893 | 11 years, 91 days | |
2 | (1829–1911) | Lieutenant General1 December 1893 | 1 June 1896 | 2 years, 183 days | |
3 | Tancredi Saletta (1840–1909) | Lieutenant General1 June 1896 | 27 June 1908 | 12 years, 23 days | |
4 | Alberto Pollio (1852–1914) | Lieutenant General1 July 1908 | 1 July 1914 † | 6 years | |
5 | Luigi Cadorna (1850–1928) [a] | Lieutenant General10 July 1914 | 9 November 1917 | 3 years, 122 days | |
6 | Armando Diaz (1861–1928) | Lieutenant General9 November 1917 | 24 November 1919 | 2 years, 15 days | |
7 | Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) | General of the Army24 November 1919 | 3 February 1921 | 1 year, 71 days | |
8 | (1866–1937) | Lieutenant General3 February 1921 | 1 May 1923 | 2 years, 87 days | |
9 | (1865–1943) | Lieutenant General1 May 1923 | 4 May 1925 | 2 years, 3 days | |
(7) | Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) | General of the Army4 May 1925 | 1 February 1927 | 1 year, 273 days | |
(9) | (1865–1943) | Lieutenant General1 February 1927 | 25 February 1928 | 1 year, 14 days | |
10 | (1866–1953) | Generale di Corpo d'Armata29 July 1928 | 4 February 1929 | 190 days | |
11 | (1872–1935) | Generale di Corpo d'Armata4 February 1929 | 1 October 1934 | 5 years, 239 days | |
12 | Federico Baistrocchi (1871–1947) | Generale Designato d'Armata1 October 1934 | 7 October 1936 | 2 years, 6 days | |
13 | Alberto Pariani (1876–1955) | Generale Designato d'Armata7 October 1936 | 3 November 1939 | 3 years, 27 days | |
14 | Rodolfo Graziani (1882–1955) | Marshal of Italy3 November 1939 | 24 March 1941 | 1 year, 141 days | |
15 | Mario Roatta (1887–1968) | Generale di Corpo d'Armata24 March 1941 | 20 January 1942 | 302 days | |
16 | Vittorio Ambrosio (1879–1958) | Generale Designato d'Armata20 January 1942 | 1 February 1943 | 1 year, 12 days | |
17 | Ezio Rosi (1881–1963) | Generale Designato d'Armata2 February 1943 | 18 May 1943 | 105 days | |
– | Giuseppe De Stefanis (1885–1965) Acting | Generale di Corpo d'Armata19 May 1943 | 31 May 1943 | 12 days | |
(15) | Mario Roatta (1887–1968) | Generale di Corpo d'Armata1 June 1943 | 18 November 1943 | 170 days | |
18 | Paolo Berardi (1885–1953) | Generale di Corpo d'Armata18 November 1943 | 10 February 1945 | 1 year, 84 days | |
19 | (1890–1967) | Generale di Brigata10 February 1945 | 4 July 1945 | 144 days | |
20 | Raffaele Cadorna Jr. (1889–1973) | Generale di Divisione4 July 1945 | 13 June 1946 | 344 days |
Chiefs of Staff of the Italian Army (1946–present)[]
No. | Name | Portrait | Birth–Death | Rank | Took office | Left office | Note |
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1 | Raffaele Cadorna Jr. | ![]() |
1889–1973 | Divisional General | 1946 | 1947 | |
2 | Luigi Efisio Marras | ![]() |
1888–1991 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1947 | 1950 | |
3 | ![]() |
1888–1957 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1950 | 1952 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1952 | 1954 | |||
5 | Giorgio Liuzzi | ![]() |
1895–1983 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1954 | 1959 | |
6 | ![]() |
Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1959 | 1960 | |||
7 | ![]() |
1899–1983 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1960 | 1962 | ||
8 | ![]() |
1905–1980 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1962 | 1966 | ||
9 | ![]() |
1907–1973 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1966 | 1967 | ||
10 | Guido Vedovato | ![]() |
Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1966 | 1968 | ||
11 | ![]() |
1907–1996 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1968 | 1970 | ||
12 | ![]() |
Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1970 | 1973 | |||
13 | ![]() |
1914–1992 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1973 | 1975 | ||
14 | ![]() |
Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1975 | 1977 | |||
15 | ![]() |
Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1977 | 1981 | |||
16 | ![]() |
1922–2014 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1981 | 1985 | ||
17 | ![]() |
Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1985 | 1987 | |||
18 | ![]() |
Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1987 | 1989 | |||
19 | Domenico Corcione | ![]() |
1929–2020 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1989 | 1990 | Later served as the Minister of Defence from 1995 to 1996 |
20 | ![]() |
1931–2008 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1990 | 1993 | ||
21 | ![]() |
1934–2013 | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 1993 | 1997 | ||
22 | ![]() |
Lt. General | 1997 | 2001 | |||
23 | ![]() |
Lieutenant General | 2001 | 2003 | |||
24 | ![]() |
Lieutenant General | 2003 | 2005 | |||
25 | ![]() |
1944– | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 2005 | 2007 | ||
26 | ![]() |
1945– | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 2007 | 2009 | ||
27 | ![]() |
1946– | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 2009 | 2011 | ||
28 | Claudio Graziano | 1953– | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 2011 | 2015 | ||
29 | Danilo Errico | ![]() |
1953– | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 2015 | 27 February 2018 | [1] |
30 | Salvatore Farina | ![]() |
1957– | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 27 February 2018 | 26 February 2021 | |
31 | ![]() |
1960– | Generale di Corpo d'Armata | 26 February 2021 | Incumbent |
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "I Capi di SME". Retrieved 9 September 2016.
External links[]
Categories:
- Military of Italy
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