Chief of the General Staff (Austria)
Appearance
Chief of the General Staff | |
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Chef des Generalstabes des Bundesheeres (German) | |
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since 20 October 2022 | |
General staff of the Bundesheer Ministry of Defense | |
Style | Mr. Chief of the General Staff (formal) |
Status | Head of a general staff |
Member of | General staff |
Reports to | Minister of Defense |
Seat | Rossauer Barracks, Innere Stadt, Vienna |
Precursor | Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff |
First holder | Rudolf Vidossich as Army Inspector of the Bundesheer (1922) |
Website | Official website |
The Chief of the Austrian General Staff (German: Chef des Generalstabes des Bundesheeres) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Austrian Armed Forces and is responsible for maintaining control over the service branches.
List of chiefs of the general staff
Army Inspectors (1922–1937)
No. | Portrait | Army Inspector | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Rudolf Vidossich (1872–1929) | Oberstbrigadier1922 | 1923 | 0–1 years | |
2 | Theodor Körner (1873–1957) [a] | Major General1923 | 1924 | 0–1 years | |
3 | Josef Schneider | Major General1924 | December 1924 | 0 years | |
4 | Thomas Buzek | GeneralJanuary 1925 | 1926 | 0–1 years | |
5 | Richard Schilhawsky (1879–1960) | General1926 | 1929 | 2–3 years | |
6 | Ludwig von Eimannsberger (1878–1945) | General1929 | 1930 | 0–1 years | |
7 | Siegmund Knaus (1879–1971) | General of the Infantry1930 | 1932 | 1–2 years | |
8 | Sigismund Schilhawsky | General of the Infantry1932 | 1937 | 4–5 years |
General Inspector of Troops (1937–1938)
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Chiefs of the General Staff (1936–1938)
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General Inspectors of Troops (1956–2002)
No. | Portrait | General Inspectors of Troops | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Erwin Fussenegger (1908–1986) | General31 August 1956 | 16 December 1970 | 14 years, 107 days | |
2 | Otto Seitz (1911–1974) | General of the Infantry1 January 1971 | 30 November 1971 | 349 days | |
3 | Anton Leeb (1913–2008) | General of the Infantry30 November 1971 | 31 December 1977 | 6 years, 31 days | |
4 | Hubert Wingelbauer (1915–1987) | General of the Infantry1 January 1978 | 31 December 1980 | 3 years, 0 days | |
5 | Heinz Scharff (1920–2014) | General1 January 1981 | 31 December 1986 | 6 years, 0 days | |
6 | Othmar Tauschitz (1925–2022) | General1 January 1987 | 1 October 1990 | 4 years, 273 days | |
7 | Karl Majcen (born 1934) | General1 October 1990 | 20 December 1999 | 9 years, 80 days | |
8 | Horst Pleiner (born 1941) | General1 January 2000 | 1 December 2002 | 2 years, 334 days |
Chiefs of the General Staff (2002–present)
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Roland Ertl (born 1945) | General1 December 2002 | 30 November 2007 | 4 years, 364 days | — | |
2 | Edmund Entacher (born 1949) | General30 November 2007 | 24 January 2011 | 3 years, 55 days | — | |
– | Othmar Commenda (born 1954) Acting | Lieutenant General24 January 2011 | 7 November 2011 | 287 days | [1] | |
(2) | Edmund Entacher (born 1949) | General7 November 2011 | 23 March 2013 | 1 year, 136 days | [2] | |
3 | Othmar Commenda (born 1954) | General22 May 2013 | 24 July 2018 | 5 years, 63 days | [1] | |
4 | Robert Brieger (born 1955) | Major general24 July 2018 | 6 May 2022 | 3 years, 286 days | [3][4] | |
5 | Rudolf Striedinger (born 1961) | Major general20 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 311 days | [5] |
See also
Notes
- ^ Later served as the President of Austria from 1951 to 1957.
- ^ Dismissed according to paragraph 8 of the Berchtesgaden agreement of 12 February 1938.
- ^ Appointed according to paragraph 8 of the Berchtesgaden agreement of 12 February 1938.
References
- ^ a b Böhmer, Christian (22 May 2013). "„Commander" Commenda soll fürs Heer begeistern". Kurier (in German). KURIER Medienhaus. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Entacher wird in den Ruhestand verabschiedet". BVZ (in German). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Commendas Nachfolger als Generalstabschef steht fest". ORF (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Verteidigungsministerin Tanner verabschiedet Generalstabschef Brieger". bundesheer.at (in German). Bundesheer. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "General Rudolf Striedinger tritt Amt als neuer Generalstabschef an". ots.at (in German). Wien. PK/PK. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.