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.
| Chief of the General Staff | |
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| Chef des Generalstabes des Bundesheeres (German) | |
 Roundel of Austria | |
 Flag of Austrian general | |
| 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 |
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List of chiefs of the general staff edit
Army Inspectors (1922–1937) edit
| No. | Portrait | Army Inspector | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oberstbrigadier Rudolf Vidossich (1872–1929) | 1922 | 1923 | 0–1 years | |
| 2 | Major General Theodor Körner (1873–1957) [a] | 1923 | 1924 | 0–1 years | |
| 3 | Major General Josef Schneider | 1924 | December 1924 | 0 years | |
| 4 | General Thomas Buzek | January 1925 | 1926 | 0–1 years | |
| 5 | General Richard Schilhawsky (1879–1960) | 1926 | 1929 | 2–3 years | |
| 6 | General Ludwig von Eimannsberger (1878–1945) | 1929 | 1930 | 0–1 years | |
| 7 | General of the Infantry Siegmund Knaus (1879–1971) | 1930 | 1932 | 1–2 years | |
| 8 | General of the Infantry Sigismund Schilhawsky | 1932 | 1937 | 4–5 years |
General Inspector of Troops (1937–1938) edit
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Chiefs of the General Staff (1936–1938) edit
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General Inspectors of Troops (1956–2002) edit
| No. | Portrait | General Inspectors of Troops | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Erwin Fussenegger (1908–1986) | 31 August 1956 | 16 December 1970 | 14 years, 107 days | |
| 2 | General of the Infantry Otto Seitz (1911–1974) | 1 January 1971 | 30 November 1971 | 349 days | |
| 3 | General of the Infantry Anton Leeb (1913–2008) | 30 November 1971 | 31 December 1977 | 6 years, 31 days | |
| 4 | General of the Infantry Hubert Wingelbauer (1915–1987) | 1 January 1978 | 31 December 1980 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 5 | General Heinz Scharff (1920–2014) | 1 January 1981 | 31 December 1986 | 6 years, 0 days | |
| 6 | General Othmar Tauschitz (1925–2022) | 1 January 1987 | 1 October 1990 | 4 years, 273 days | |
| 7 | General Karl Majcen (born 1934) | 1 October 1990 | 20 December 1999 | 9 years, 80 days | |
| 8 | General Horst Pleiner (born 1941) | 1 January 2000 | 1 December 2002 | 2 years, 334 days |
![Karl Majcen [de]](/wiki/File:Karl_Majcen_(cropped).jpg)
Chiefs of the General Staff (2002–present) edit
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Roland Ertl (born 1945) | 1 December 2002 | 30 November 2007 | 4 years, 364 days | — | |
| 2 | General Edmund Entacher (born 1949) | 30 November 2007 | 24 January 2011 | 3 years, 55 days | — | |
| – | Lieutenant General Othmar Commenda (born 1954) Acting | 24 January 2011 | 7 November 2011 | 287 days | [1] | |
| (2) | General Edmund Entacher (born 1949) | 7 November 2011 | 23 March 2013 | 1 year, 136 days | [2] | |
| 3 | General Othmar Commenda (born 1954) | 22 May 2013 | 24 July 2018 | 5 years, 63 days | [1] | |
| 4 | Major general Robert Brieger (born 1955) | 24 July 2018 | 6 May 2022 | 3 years, 286 days | [3][4] | |
| 5 | Major general Rudolf Striedinger (born 1961) | 20 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 179 days | [5] |
![Edmund Entacher [de]](/wiki/File:Edmund_Entacher.jpg)
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ 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 edit
- ^ 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.