Chief of the General Staff (Austria)

The Chiefs of the General Staff of Austria refers to the Chiefs of the General Staffs of the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1867 to 1918 and the Austrian Federal Army from 1920 to 1938 and from 1956 to the present.

List of chiefs of the general staff

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army (1867–1918)

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Franz von John		1815–1876	Feldmarschalleutnant	1867	1869	1st Term
2	Josef Wilhelm von Gallina		1820–1883	Feldmarschalleutnant	1869	1874
3	Franz von John		1815–1876	Feldzeugmeister	1874	1876	2nd Term. Died in office
4	Anton von Schönfeld		1827–1898	Feldmarschalleutnant	1876	1881
5	Friedrich von Beck-Rzikowsky		1830–1920	Colonel General	1881	1906
6	Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf		1852–1925	Generalfeldmarschall	1906	1911	1st Term
7	Blasius Schemua		1856–1920	Major General	1911	1912
8	Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf		1852–1925	Generalfeldmarschall	1912	1917	2nd Term
9	Arthur Arz von Straußenburg		1857–1935	Colonel General	1917	1918

Army Inspectors of the Austrian Federal Army (1922–1937) # Name Image Born–Died Rank Start End Note 1 Rudolf Vidossich Colonel 1922 1923 2 Theodor Körner 1873–1957 Major General 1923 1924 Later served as the President of Austria from 1951 to 1957 3 Josef Schneider Major General 1924 1924 4 Thomas Buzek General 1925 1926 5 Richard Schilhawsky 1879–1960 General 1926 1929 6 Ludwig von Eimannsberger 1878–1945 General 1929 1930 7 Siegmund Knaus 1879–1971 General of the Infantry 1930 1932 8 Sigismund Schilhawsky General of the Infantry 1932 1937 General Inspector of Troops of the Austrian Federal Army (1937–1938) # Name Image Born–Died Rank Start End Note 1 Sigismund Schilhawsky General of the Infantry 1937 1938

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Austrian Federal Army (1936–1938) # Name Image Born–Died Rank Start End Note 1 Alfred Jansa 1884–1963 Feldmarschalleutnant 1936 1938 Dismissed according to paragraph 8 of the Berchtesgaden agreement of 12 February 1938 2 Franz Böhme 1885–1947 Major General 1938 1938 Appointed according to paragraph 8 of the Berchtesgaden agreement of 12 February 1938

General Inspectors of Troops of the Austrian Federal Army (1956–2002)

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Erwin Fussenegger		1908–1986	General	1956	1970
2	Otto Seitz		1911–1974	General of the Infantry	1970	1971
3	Anton Leeb		1913–2008	General of the Infantry	1971	1977
4	Hubert Wingelbauer		1915–1987	General of the Infantry	1977	1981
5	Heinz Scharff			General	1981	1986
6	Othmar Tauschitz			General	1986	1990
7	Karl Majcen		1934–	General	1990	1999
8	Horst Pleiner		1941–	General	1999	2002

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Austrian Federal Army (2002–present)

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Roland Ertl		1945–	General	2002	2007
2	Edmund Entacher		1949–	General	2007	2011	1st Term
	Othmar Commenda		1954–	Lt. General	2011	2011	1st Term. Acting Chief of the General Staff
3	Edmund Entacher		1949–	General	2011	2013	2nd Term
4	Othmar Commenda		1954–	General	2013	Present	2nd Term

See also

• Supreme commanders of the Imperial and Royal Armed Forces
• Minister of War (Austria-Hungary)
• Austrian Minister of Defence (Austria-Hungary)
• List of Defense Ministers of Austria