Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
The Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Russian: Главнокомандующие Объединёнными вооружёнными силами стран-участниц Варшавского договора) was a post in overall command of the military forces of the Warsaw Pact. Furthermore, the Supreme Commander was also a First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union. The post, which was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991, was always held by a Soviet officer.
| Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Главнокомандующие Объединёнными вооружёнными силами стран-участниц Варшавского договора | |
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| Ministry of Defense | |
| Member of | Warsaw Pact Ministry of Defense |
| Seat | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Formation | 14 May 1955 |
| First holder | Ivan Konev |
| Final holder | Pyotr Lushev |
| Abolished | 1 July 1991 |
List
| No. | Portrait | Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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| 1 | Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev (1897–1973) | 14 May 1955 | 1960 | 4–5 years | .svg.png){kind=small} | |
| 2 | Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko (1903–1976) [lower-alpha 1] | 1960 | 12 April 1967 | 6–7 years | | |
| 3 | Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Yakubovsky (1912–1976) | 12 April 1967 | 30 November 1976 † | 9 years, 232 days | | |
| 4 | Marshal of the Soviet Union Viktor Kulikov (1921–2013) | 7 January 1977 | February 1989 | 12 years | | |
| 5 | Army General Pyotr Lushev (1923–1997) | February 1989 | 1 July 1991 | 2 years, 5 months | |
Notes
- Afterwards served as the Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1976
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See also
- Supreme Allied Commander Europe – NATO counterpart
- Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
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