Chiefs of Staff (Canada)

The Chiefs of Staff Committee was a collection of the heads of each military service in Canada prior to the beginning of unification: the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Chiefs of Staff Committee consisted of the Chief of the Naval Staff, the Chief of the General Staff, the Chief of the Air Staff and a Chairman who held a rank one level higher (full Air Chief Marshal, Admiral or General) than the service heads.^[1] While Unification did not officially take place until 1968, the committee was replaced by the Armed Forces Council in 1964 after the publication of a Defence White Paper which proposed significant changes to the command structure of Canada's armed forces. The position of Chairman was replaced by the position of Chief of the Defence Staff with greatly expanded powers and functions.

List of chairmen[]

No.	Portrait	Chairmen of the Chiefs of Staff Committee	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Home province	Defence branch	Appointed by	Prime Minister	Ref.
1		Foulkes, CharlesGeneral Charles Foulkes (1903–1969)	1951	1960	8–9 years	Ontario	Canadian Army	Vanier, GeorgesGeorges Vanier	Louis Saint Laurent	[2]
2		Miller, Frank RobertGeneral Frank Robert Miller (1908–1997)	1960	1964	3–4 years	British Columbia	Royal Canadian Air Force	Vanier, GeorgesGeorges Vanier	Lester B. Pearson	[3]

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