The Chief of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia refers to the Chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak Army, from the creation of the First Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 until the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic in 1992.
List of chiefs of the general staff[]
Chiefs of the Main Staff of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces (1919–1939)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Maurice Pellé | 1863–1924 | Divisional General | 17 December 1919 | 31 December 1920 | ||
2 | Eugène Mittelhausser | 1873–1949 | Divisional General | 1 January 1921 | 31 December 1925 | ||
3 | Jan Syrový | 1888–1970 | General of the Army | 1 January 1926 | 11 November 1933 | Also served as the Minister of Defence from 18 March 1926 to 11 October 1926 | |
4 | Ludvík Krejčí | 1890–1972 | General of the Army | 11 November 1933 | 23 September 1938 | 1st Term | |
5 | Vladimír Kajdoš | 1893–1970 | Brigadier General | 23 September 1938 | 4 October 1938 | ||
6 | Ludvík Krejčí | 1890–1972 | General of the Army | 20 December 1938 | 1 March 1939 | 2nd Term |
Commander-in-Chief of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces (1938)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Ludvík Krejčí | 1890–1972 | General of the Army | 23 September 1938 | 20 December 1938 |
Chief of Staff of the Czechoslovak military administration (France, 1940)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Bedřich Neumann | 1891–1964 | Brigadier General | 1 February 1940 | 12 June 1940 |
Chiefs of Staff of the Ministry of National Defense (United Kingdom, 1940–1945)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Jaroslav Čihák | 1891–1944 | Brigadier General | 23 July 1940 | 13 January 1941 | ||
2 | Bruno Sklenovský | 1893–1957 | Brigadier General | 13 January 1941 | 12 April 1945 |
Commanders-in-Chief of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces (United Kingdom, 1944–1945)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Sergej Ingr | 1894–1956 | General of the Army | 19 September 1944 | 5 April 1945 | ||
2 | Ludvík Svoboda | 1895–1979 | General of the Army | 12 April 1945 | 31 December 1945 |
Chiefs of the Main Staff of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces (1945–1950)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Bohumil Boček | 1894–1952 | General of the Army | 12 April 1945 | 1 August 1948 | ||
2 | Šimon Drgáč | 1892–1980 | General of the Army | 1 August 1948 | 26 April 1950 |
Chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak Army (1950–1952)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Jaroslav Procházka | 1897–1980 | General of the Army | 26 April 1950 | 31 January 1952 |
Chiefs of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak People's Army (1952–1991)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Václav Kratochvíl | 1903–1988 | Colonel General | 31 January 1952 | 28 July 1958 | ||
2 | Otakar Rytíř | 1913–1979 | General of the Army | 28 July 1958 | 19 April 1968 | ||
3 | Karel Rusov | 1924–2013 | Colonel General | 19 April 1968 | 26 November 1979 | ||
4 | Miloslav Blahník | 1927– | Colonel General | 26 November 1979 | 13 October 1987 | ||
5 | Miroslav Vacek | 1935– | Colonel General | 13 October 1987 | 27 December 1989 | ||
6 | Anton Slimák | 1941– | Lt. General | 27 December 1989 | 1 May 1991 |
Chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak Army (1991–1992)[]
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Karel Pezl | 1927– | Lt. General | 1 May 1991 | 31 December 1992 |
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[]
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