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

№		Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Konev, IvanMarshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev (1897–1973)	14 May 1955	1960	4–5 years
2		Grechko, AndreiMarshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko (1903–1976) [lower-alpha 1]	1960	12 April 1967	6–7 years
3		Yakubovsky, IvanMarshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Yakubovsky (1912–1976)	12 April 1967	30 November 1976 †	7003352000000000000♠9 years, 232 days
4		Kulikov, ViktorMarshal of the Soviet Union Viktor Kulikov (1921–2013)	7 January 1977	February 1989	12 years
5		Lushev, PyotrArmy General Pyotr Lushev (1923–1997)	February 1989	1 July 1991	2 years, 5 months

Notes

See also

• Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO counterpart
• Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization