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

The Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization was a post in command of Combined Staff of the military forces of the Warsaw Pact. Furthermore, the Chief of Combined Staff was also a First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. The post, which was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991, was always held by a Soviet officer.

List
No. Portrait Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed ForcesTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branch
1
Antonov, AlekseiArmy General
Aleksei Antonov
(1896–1962)		14 May 195516 June 1962 †7 years, 33 days Soviet Army
2
Batov, PavelArmy General
Pavel Batov
(1897–1985)		16 June 1962October 19653 years, 3 months Soviet Army
3
Kazakov, Mikhail IlyichArmy General
Mikhail Kazakov
(1901–1979)		October 1965August 19682 years, 10 months Soviet Army
4
Shtemenko, SergeiArmy General
Sergei Shtemenko
(1907–1976)		August 196823 April 1976 †7 years, 8 months Soviet Army
5
Gribkov, AnatolyArmy General
Anatoly Gribkov
(1919–2008)		23 April 197624 January 198912 years, 276 days Soviet Army
6
Lobov, VladimirArmy General
Vladimir Lobov
(born 1935)
[lower-alpha 1]		24 January 19891 July 19912 years, 158 days Soviet Army

Notes
  1. Afterwards served as the Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Union in 1991

See also
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