Chief of the General Staff (Czechoslovakia)

Chief of the General Staff
Czech: Náčelník Generálního štábu Slovak: Náčelník Generálneho štábu
Longest in office Colonel General Karel Rusov 19 April 1968 – 26 November 1979
Czechoslovak Army (1918–1954; 1990–1992) Czechoslovak People's Army (1954–1990)
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
Formation	17 December 1919
First holder	Divisional General Maurice Pellé
Final holder	Lieutenant General Karel Pezl
Abolished	31 December 1992
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
1		Pellé, MauriceDivisional General Maurice Pellé (1863–1924)	17 December 1919	31 December 1920	1 year, 14 days
2		Pellé, MauriceDivisional General Eugène Mittelhauser (1873–1949)	1 January 1921	31 December 1925	4 years, 364 days
3		Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army Jan Syrový (1888–1970)	1 January 1926	11 November 1933	7 years, 314 days
4		Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972)	11 November 1933	23 September 1938	4 years, 316 days
5		Kajdoš, VladimírBrigadier General Vladimír Kajdoš (1893–1970)	23 September 1938	4 October 1938	11 days
4		Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972)	20 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
1		Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972)	23 September 1938	20 December 1938	88 days

Czechoslovak military administration (France, 1940)

No.	Portrait	Chief of Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Neumann, BedřichBrigadier General Bedřich Neumann (1891–1964)	1 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
1		Čihák, JaroslavBrigadier General Jaroslav Čihák (1891–1944)	23 July 1940	13 January 1941	174 days
2		Sklenovský, BrunoBrigadier General Bruno Sklenovský (1893–1957)	13 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
1		Ingr, SergějGeneral of the Army Sergěj Ingr (1894–1956)	19 September 1944	5 April 1945	198 days
2		Svoboda, LudvíkGeneral of the Army Ludvík Svoboda (1895–1979)	12 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
1	Bohumil Boček [cs]	Boček, BohumilGeneral of the Army Bohumil Boček (1894–1952)	12 April 1945	1 August 1948	3 years, 142 days
2		Drgáč, ŠimonGeneral of the Army Šimon Drgáč (1892–1980)	1 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
1		Procházka, JaroslavGeneral of the Army Jaroslav Procházka (1897–1980)	26 April 1950	31 January 1952	1 year, 280 days
2		Kratochvíl, VáclavColonel General Václav Kratochvíl (1903–1988)	31 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
1		Kratochvíl, VáclavColonel General Václav Kratochvíl (1903–1988)	1 June 1954	28 July 1958	4 years, 57 days
2		Kratochvíl, VáclavGeneral of the Army Otakar Rytíř (1913–1979)	28 July 1958	19 April 1968	9 years, 266 days
3		Rusov, KarelColonel General Karel Rusov (1924–2013)	19 April 1968	26 November 1979	11 years, 221 days
4		Blahník, MiloslavColonel General Miloslav Blahník (born 1927)	26 November 1979	13 October 1987	7 years, 321 days
5		Vacek, MiroslavColonel General Miroslav Vacek (born 1935)	13 October 1987	27 December 1989	2 years, 75 days
6		Slimák, AntonLieutenant General Anton Slimák (born 1941)	27 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
1		Slimák, AntonLieutenant General Anton Slimák (born 1941)	14 March 1990	1 May 1991	1 year, 48 days
2		Pezl, KarelLieutenant General Karel Pezl (born 1927)	1 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 French Military Mission to Czechoslovakia.

See also

• Chief of the General Staff (Czech Republic)
• Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)

External links

• Chiefs of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia 1919–1992