Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)
The Chief of the Defence Staff of Italy is the service head of the Italian Armed Forces.
Chief of the Defence Staff
Capo di stato maggiore della difesa | |
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Flag of the Chief of the Defence Staff | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Reports to | Minister of Defence |
Nominator | Minister of Defence |
Appointer | President of Italy in consultation with the Council of Ministers |
Constituting instrument | Decree 66, articles 25, 26 & 27 |
Formation | 4 May 1925 |
First holder | Pietro Badoglio |
History
The post was established in 1925 as Chief of the General staff. From 1947 it assumed its present name.
The Chief of the Defense staff, since 1998, to exercise his duties, uses two joint bodies:
- Stato maggiore della Difesa (Defense Staff)
- Comando operativo di vertice interforze (Joint-top operational command)
List of chiefs of the defence staff
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) [lower-alpha 1] | Marshal of Italy4 May 1925 | 4 December 1940 | 15 years, 214 days | Royal Army | |
2 | Ugo Cavallero (1880–1943) [lower-alpha 2] | Marshal of Italy5 December 1940 | 1 February 1943 | 2 years, 58 days | Royal Army | |
3 | Vittorio Ambrosio (1879–1958) [lower-alpha 3] | General2 February 1943 | 18 November 1943 | 289 days | Royal Army | |
4 | Giovanni Messe (1883–1968) [lower-alpha 4] | Marshal of Italy19 November 1943 | 1 May 1945 | 1 year, 163 days | Co-belligerent Army |
Italian Republic (1945−present)
No. | Portrait | Chief of the Defence Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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5 | Claudio Trezzani (1881–1955) | General2 May 1945 | 1 December 1950 | 5 years, 213 days | Army | |
6 | Luigi Efisio Marras (1888–1991) | Lieutenant General2 December 1950 | 15 April 1954 | 3 years, 134 days | Army | |
7 | Giuseppe Mancinelli (1895–1976) | Lieutenant General16 April 1954 | 31 March 1959 | 4 years, 349 days | Army | |
8 | Aldo Rossi (1898–1990) | Lieutenant General1 April 1959 | 31 January 1966 | 6 years, 305 days | Army | |
9 | Aldo Aloia (1905–1980) | Lieutenant General1 February 1966 | 24 February 1968 | 2 years, 23 days | Army | |
10 | Guido Vedovato (1906–2001) | Lieutenant General25 February 1968 | 14 January 1970 | 1 year, 323 days | Army | |
11 | Enzo Marchesi (1907–1996) | Lieutenant General15 January 1970 | 31 July 1972 | 2 years, 198 days | Army | |
12 | Eugenio Henke (1909–1990) | Vice Admiral1 August 1972 | 31 January 1975 | 2 years, 183 days | Navy | |
13 | Andrea Viglione (1914–1992) | Lieutenant General1 February 1975 | 31 January 1978 | 2 years, 364 days | Army | |
14 | Francesco Cavalera (1919–2013) | Lieutenant General1 February 1978 | 31 January 1980 | 1 year, 364 days | Air Force | |
15 | Giovanni Torrisi (1917–1992) | Vice Admiral1 February 1980 | 2 September 1981 | 1 year, 213 days | Navy | |
16 | Vittorio Santini (1920–2012) | Lieutenant General3 September 1981 | 12 October 1983 | 2 years, 39 days | Army | |
17 | Lamberto Bartolucci (1924–2020) | Lieutenant General13 October 1983 | 8 January 1986 | 2 years, 88 days | Air Force | |
18 | Riccardo Bisogniero (1923–2018) | Lieutenant General9 January 1986 | 31 March 1988 | 2 years, 82 days | Army | |
19 | Mario Porta (1925–2018) | Vice Admiral1 April 1988 | 31 March 1990 | 1 year, 364 days | Navy | |
20 | Domenico Corcione (1929–2020) | Lieutenant General1 April 1990 | 31 December 1993 | 3 years, 274 days | Army | |
21 | Guido Venturoni (born 1934) | Admiral1 January 1994 | 14 February 1999 | 5 years, 44 days | Navy | |
22 | Mario Arpino (born 1937) | General15 February 1999 | 31 March 2001 | 2 years, 44 days | Air Force | |
23 | Rolando Mosca Moschini (born 1939) | General1 April 2001 | 9 March 2004 | 2 years, 343 days | Army | |
24 | Giampaolo Di Paola (born 1944) | Admiral10 March 2004 | 11 February 2008 | 3 years, 338 days | Navy | |
25 | Vincenzo Camporini (born 1946) | General12 February 2008 | 17 January 2011 | 2 years, 339 days | Air Force | |
26 | Biagio Abrate (born 1949) | General18 January 2011 | 30 January 2013 | 2 years, 12 days | Army | |
27 | Luigi Binelli Mantelli (born 1950) | Admiral31 January 2013 | 27 February 2015 | 2 years, 28 days | Navy | |
28 | Claudio Graziano (born 1953) | General28 February 2015 | 5 November 2018 | 3 years, 250 days | Army | |
29 | Enzo Vecciarelli (born 1957) | General6 November 2018 | Incumbent | 1 year, 274 days | Air Force |
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Notes
- Resigned due to setbacks in the Greco-Italian War
- Dismissed due to setbacks in the North African Campaign and on the Eastern Front
- Served at the time of the fall of the Fascist regime and the Armistice of Cassibile
- Chief of Staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army
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