General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus
Appearance
Belarusian: Генеральны штаб Узброеных Сіл Рэспублікі Беларусь | |
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![]() Current Chief of the General Staff Oleg Belokonev. | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1991 |
Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
Ministers responsible | |
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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 |
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1 | Nikolay Churkin | Lieutenant General1992 | 1994 | 2 years | |
2 | Leonid Maltsev (born 1949) | Lieutenant General1994 | 1995 | 1 year | |
3 | Aleksandr Petrovich Chumakov (born 1941) | Lieutenant General1995 | 1996 | 1 year | |
4 | Mikhail Kozlov | Lieutenant General1997 | 2001 | 4 years | |
5 | Sergey Gurulev | Major General2001 | 2009 | 8 years | |
6 | Petr Tihonovsky | Major General2009 | January 11, 2014 | 5 years | |
7 | Oleg Belokonev (born 1965) | Major GeneralJanuary 11, 2014 | January 20, 2020 | 6 years | |
8 | Alexander Volfovich (born 1967) | Major GeneralJanuary 20, 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 236 days |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ http://beloffice-g2n.zohosites.com/mobile/%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1.html