Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization

The Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Russian: Начальник Объединенного штаба Объединенных вооруженных сил стран-участниц Варшавского договора) was a post in command of Combined Staff of the military forces of the Warsaw Pact. Furthermore, the Chief of Combined Staff was also a First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. The post, which was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991, was always held by a Soviet officer.

Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization Начальник Объединенного штаба Объединенных вооруженных сил стран-участниц Варшавского договора
General Staff
Member of	Warsaw Pact General Staff
Seat	Moscow, Soviet Union
Formation	14 May 1955 (1955-05-14)
First holder	Aleksei Antonov
Final holder	Vladimir Lobov
Abolished	1 July 1991 (1991-07-01)

List

No.	Portrait	Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Antonov, AlekseiArmy General Aleksei Antonov (1896–1962)	14 May 1955	16 June 1962 †	7 years, 33 days	Soviet Army
2		Batov, PavelArmy General Pavel Batov (1897–1985)	16 June 1962	October 1965	3 years, 3 months	Soviet Army
3		Kazakov, Mikhail IlyichArmy General Mikhail Kazakov (1901–1979)	October 1965	August 1968	2 years, 10 months	Soviet Army
4		Shtemenko, SergeiArmy General Sergei Shtemenko (1907–1976)	August 1968	23 April 1976 †	7 years, 8 months	Soviet Army
5		Gribkov, AnatolyArmy General Anatoly Gribkov (1919–2008)	23 April 1976	24 January 1989	12 years, 276 days	Soviet Army
6		Lobov, VladimirArmy General Vladimir Lobov (born 1935) [lower-alpha 1]	24 January 1989	1 July 1991	2 years, 158 days	Soviet Army

Notes

1. Afterwards served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Union in 1991

See also

• Warsaw Pact
• Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization