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)
General Inspector of Troops of the Austrian Federal Army (1937–1938)
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Chiefs of the General Staff of the Austrian Federal Army (1936–1938)
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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
References
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