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General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus
Belarusian: Генеральны штаб Узброеных Сіл Рэспублікі Беларусь
Emblem of the General Staff
Flag of the General Staff

Current Chief of the General Staff Oleg Belokonev.
Agency overview
Formed1991; 33 years ago (1991)
HeadquartersMinsk, Belarus
Ministers responsible
Agency executive

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is the central body of military management and operational control of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The Chief of the General Staff is appointed by the President of Belarus, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is Major General Oleg Belokonev, who also serves as First Deputy Minister of Defence. The General Staff is part of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.[1]

Structure

The following departments are under the control of the general staff:[2]

  • Main Operations Directorate
  • Main Intelligence Directorate
  • Main Organizational Mobilization Directorate
  • Main Ideology Directorate
  • Main Policy Directorate
  • Information-Analytical Department
  • Department of Communications
  • Department of Territorial Defense
  • Department of Missile Forces and Artillery
  • Department of the Egineering Troops
  • Financial department
  • Department of Electronic Warfare
  • Department of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection
  • Navigational and Topographical Department

List of chiefs of the general staff

No. Portrait Chief of the General Staff Took office Left office Time in office
1
Nikolay Churkin
Churkin, NikolayLieutenant General
Nikolay Churkin		199219942 years
2
Leonid Maltsev
Maltsev, LeonidLieutenant General
Leonid Maltsev
(born 1949)		199419951 year
3
Aleksandr Petrovich Chumakov
Chumakov, Aleksandr PetrovichLieutenant General
Aleksandr Petrovich Chumakov
(born 1941)		199519961 year
4
Mikhail Kozlov
Kozlov, MikhailLieutenant General
Mikhail Kozlov		199720014 years
5
Sergey Gurulev [be]
Gurulev, SergeyMajor General
Sergey Gurulev [be]		200120098 years
6
Petr Tihonovsky
Tihonovsky, PetrMajor General
Petr Tihonovsky		2009January 11, 20145 years
7
Oleg Belokonev
Belokonev, OlegMajor General
Oleg Belokonev
(born 1965)		January 11, 2014January 20, 20206 years
8
Alexander Volfovich
Volfovich, AlexanderMajor General
Alexander Volfovich
(born 1967)		January 20, 2020Incumbent4 years, 236 days

References

  1. ^ "Вопросы центральных органов военного управления Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь" [On the central bodies of military management of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus]. National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. ^ http://beloffice-g2n.zohosites.com/mobile/%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1.html
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