Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization

The Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization was a post in overall command of the military forces of the Warsaw Pact. Furthermore, the Supreme Commander was also a First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union. The post, which was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991, was always held by a Soviet officer.

List

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Ivan Konev		1897–1973	Marshal of the Soviet Union	1955	1960
2	Andrei Grechko		1903–1976	Marshal of the Soviet Union	1960	1967	Afterwards served as the Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1976
3	Ivan Yakubovsky		1912–1976	Marshal of the Soviet Union	1967	1976	Died in office
4	Viktor Kulikov		1921–2013	Marshal of the Soviet Union	1977	1989
5	Pyotr Lushev		1923–1997	Army General	1989	1991

See also

• Warsaw Pact
• Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization