Polish General Staff
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Badge for officers with an academic degree serving in the Polish General Staff (1918–1939).
Polish General Staff, also the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (Polish: Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego) is the highest professional body within the Polish Armed Forces. Organizationally, it is a part of the Ministry of National Defence.
It was created in 1918, and for a time bore the name Main Staff (Sztab Główny).
Currently the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (Szef Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego) is General Mieczysław Gocuł, since 7 May 2013.
Chiefs
- gen. ppor. Tadeusz Rozwadowski (28 October – 15 November 1918)
- gen. broni Stanisław Szeptycki (16 November 1918 – 7 February 1919)
- gen. ppor. Stanisław Haller (8 February 1919 – 22 July 1920)
- gen. por. Tadeusz Rozwadowski (22 July 1920 – 1 April 1921)
- gen. dyw. Władysław Sikorski (1 April 1921 – 16 December 1922)
- Pierwszy Marszałek Polski Józef Piłsudski (17 December 1922 – 9 June 1923)
- gen. dyw. Stanisław Haller (9 June 1923 – 16 December 1925)
- gen. bryg. Edmund Kessler (16 December 1925 – 12 May 1926)
- gen. dyw. Stanisław Haller (12 May 1926 – 15 May 1926)
- gen. bryg. Stanisław Burhardt-Bukacki (17 May 1926 – 28 June 1926)
- gen. bryg. Tadeusz Piskor (28 June 1926 – 5 December 1931)
- gen. bryg. Janusz Gąsiorowski (3 December 1931 – 7 June 1935)
- gen. bryg. Wacław Stachiewicz (7 June 1935 – 18 September 1939)
- płk Aleksander Kędzior (7 November 1939 – 5 June 1940)
- gen. bryg. Tadeusz Klimecki (June 1940 – 4 July 1943)
- gen. dyw. Stanisław Kopański (21 July 1943 – 3 September 1946)
Republic of Poland / People's Republic of Poland
- gen. broni Władysław Korczyc (1 January 1945 – 18 January 1954)
- acting gen. dyw. Borys Pigarewicz (1952–1954)
- gen. broni Jerzy Bordziłowski (23 March 1954 – 6 February 1965)
- gen. dyw. Wojciech Jaruzelski (6 January 1965 – 10 April 1968)
- gen. dyw. Bolesław Chocha (11 April 1968 – 11 January 1973)
- gen. broni Florian Siwicki (12 January 1973 – 21 November 1983)
- gen. broni Józef Użycki (22 November 1983 – 24 September 1990)
- gen. dyw. Zdzisław Stelmaszuk (25 September 1990 – 4 August 1992)
- gen. broni Tadeusz Wilecki (5 August 1992 – 9 March 1997)
- gen. broni Henryk Szumski (10 March 1997 – 29 September 2000)
- gen. Czesław Piątas (30 September 2000 – 31 January 2006)
- acting gen. broni Mieczysław Cieniuch (31 January 2006 – 27 February 2006)
- gen. Franciszek Gągor (27 February 2006 – 10 April 2010)
- acting gen. broni Mieczysław Stachowiak (10 April 2010 – 7 May 2010)
- gen. Mieczysław Cieniuch (7 May 2010 – 6 May 2013)
- gen. Mieczysław Gocuł (7 May 2013 – present)
See also
References
External links
- (in Polish) Homepage
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