Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)

Standard of the Chief of the Defence Staff of Italy

The Chief of the Defence Staff of Italy refers to the Chiefs of the Defence Staff of the Italian Armed Forces. The post was established in 1925.

List of chiefs of defence staff

#NameImageBorn–DiedRankStartEndNote
1 Pietro Badoglio 1871–1956 Marshal of Italy 4 May 1925 4 December 1940
2 Ugo Cavallero 1880–1943 Marshal of Italy 5 December 1940 1 February 1943
3 Vittorio Ambrosio 1879–1958 General of the Army 2 February 1943 18 November 1943
4 Giovanni Messe 1883–1968 Marshal of Italy 19 November 1943 1 May 1945 Chief of Staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army
5 Claudio Trezzani General of the Army 2 May 1945 1 December 1950
6 Luigi Efisio Marras 1888–1991 Generale di Corpo d'Armata 2 December 1950 15 April 1954
7 Giuseppe Mancinelli 1895–1976 Generale di Corpo d'Armata 16 April 1954 31 March 1959
8 Aldo Rossi 1898–? Generale di Corpo d'Armata 1 April 1959 31 January 1966
9 Aldo Aloia 1905–1980 Generale di Corpo d'Armata 1 February 1966 24 February 1968
10 Guido Vedovato Generale di Corpo d'Armata 25 February 1968 14 January 1970
11 Enzo Marchesi 1907–1996 Generale di Corpo d'Armata 15 January 1970 31 July 1972
12 Eugenio Henke 1909–1990 Squadron vice-admiral 1 August 1972 31 January 1975
13 Andrea Viglione 1914–1992 Generale di Corpo d'Armata 1 February 1975 31 January 1978
14 Francesco Cavalera 1919– Air Squadron General 1 February 1978 31 January 1980
15 Giovanni Torrisi 1917–1992 Squadron vice-admiral 1 February 1980 2 September 1981
16 Vittorio Santini 1920–2012 Generale di Corpo d'Armata 3 September 1981 12 October 1983
17 Lamberto Bartolucci 1924– Air Squadron General 13 October 1983 8 January 1986
18 Riccardo Bisogniero 1923– Generale di Corpo d'Armata 9 January 1986 31 March 1988
19 Mario Porta 1925– Squadron vice-admiral 1 April 1988 31 March 1990
20 Domenico Corcione 1929– Generale di Corpo d'Armata 1 April 1990 31 December 1993
21 Guido Venturoni 1934– Squadron vice-admiral 1 January 1994 14 February 1999
22 Mario Arpino 1937– General 15 February 1999 31 March 2001
23 Rolando Mosca Moschini 1939– General 1 April 2001 9 March 2004
24 Giampaolo Di Paola 1944– Admiral 10 March 2004 11 February 2008
25 Vincenzo Camporini 1946– General 12 February 2008 17 January 2011
26 Biagio Abrate 1949– General 18 January 2011 30 January 2013
27 Luigi Binelli Mantelli 1950– Admiral 31 January 2013 27 February 2015
28 Claudio Graziano 1953– Generale di Corpo d'Armata 28 February 2015 Present

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