Chief of the General Staff (Czechoslovakia)
Chief of the General Staff | |
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Czech: Náčelník Generálního štábu Slovak: Náčelník Generálneho štábu | |
![]() Colonel General 19 April 1968 – 26 November 1979 | |
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Type | Chief of staff |
Member of | General Staff |
Reports to | Minister of Defence of Czechoslovakia |
Seat | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Appointer | President of Czechoslovakia |
Term length | No fixed length |
Precursor | Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff |
Formation | 17 December 1919 |
First holder | Divisional General Maurice Pellé |
Final holder | Lieutenant General |
Abolished | 31 December 1992 |
Superseded by | Chief of the General Staff (Czech Republic) Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia) |
Deputy | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
The Chief of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia refers to the chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak Army and the Czechoslovak People's Army, during the existence of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1992.
List of chiefs of the general staff[]
Czechoslovak Armed Forces (1919–1939)[]
- Chief of the Main Staff
No. | Portrait | Chief of the Main Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Maurice Pellé (1863–1924) | Divisional General17 December 1919 | 31 December 1920 | 1 year, 14 days | ![]() | |
2 | Eugène Mittelhauser (1873–1949) | Divisional General1 January 1921 | 31 December 1925 | 4 years, 364 days | ![]() | |
3 | Jan Syrový (1888–1970) [a] | General of the Army1 January 1926 | 11 November 1933 | 7 years, 314 days | ![]() | |
4 | Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972) | General of the Army11 November 1933 | 23 September 1938 | 4 years, 316 days | ![]() | |
5 | (1893–1970) | Brigadier General23 September 1938 | 4 October 1938 | 11 days | ![]() | |
(4) | Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972) | General of the Army20 December 1938 | 1 March 1939 | 71 days | ![]() |
- Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972) | General of the Army23 September 1938 | 20 December 1938 | 88 days | ![]() |
Czechoslovak military administration (France, 1940)[]
No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Bedřich Neumann (1891–1964) | Brigadier General1 February 1940 | 12 June 1940 | 88 days | ![]() |
Ministry of National Defense (United Kingdom, 1940–1945)[]
- Chief of Staff
No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Jaroslav Čihák (1891–1944) | Brigadier General23 July 1940 | 13 January 1941 | 174 days | ![]() | |
2 | (1893–1957) | Brigadier General13 January 1941 | 12 April 1945 | 4 years, 89 days | ![]() |
- Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Sergěj Ingr (1894–1956) | General of the Army19 September 1944 | 5 April 1945 | 198 days | ![]() | |
2 | Ludvík Svoboda (1895–1979) | General of the Army12 April 1945 | 31 December 1945 | 263 days | ![]() |
Czechoslovak Armed Forces (1945–1950)[]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the Main Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | (1894–1952) | General of the Army12 April 1945 | 1 August 1948 | 3 years, 142 days | ![]() | |
2 | (1892–1980) | General of the Army1 August 1948 | 26 April 1950 | 1 year, 237 days | ![]() |
Czechoslovak Army (1950–1954)[]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | (1897–1980) | General of the Army26 April 1950 | 31 January 1952 | 1 year, 280 days | ![]() | |
2 | (1903–1988) | Colonel General31 January 1952 | 1 June 1954 | 2 years, 121 days | ![]() |
Czechoslovak People's Army (1954–1990)[]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | (1903–1988) | Colonel General1 June 1954 | 28 July 1958 | 4 years, 57 days | ![]() | |
2 | (1913–1979) | General of the Army28 July 1958 | 19 April 1968 | 9 years, 266 days | ![]() | |
3 | (1924–2013) | Colonel General19 April 1968 | 26 November 1979 | 11 years, 221 days | ![]() | |
4 | (born 1927) | Colonel General26 November 1979 | 13 October 1987 | 7 years, 321 days | ![]() | |
5 | (born 1935) | Colonel General13 October 1987 | 27 December 1989 | 2 years, 75 days | ![]() | |
6 | (born 1941) | Lieutenant General27 December 1989 | 14 March 1990 | 77 days | ![]() |
Czechoslovak Army (1990–1992)[]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | (born 1941) | Lieutenant General14 March 1990 | 1 May 1991 | 1 year, 48 days | ![]() | |
2 | (born 1927) | Lieutenant General1 May 1991 | 31 December 1992 | 1 year, 244 days | ![]() |
Trivia[]
The first two Chiefs of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia were French, as the General Staff was founded by the .
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Also served as the Minister of Defence from 18 March 1926 to 11 October 1926.
External links[]
Categories:
- Chiefs of the General Staff (Czechoslovakia)
- Chiefs of defence
- Military of Czechoslovakia
- 1919 establishments in Czechoslovakia
- 1992 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia