Chief of the General Staff (Austria)

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The Chief of the General Staff or General Inspector of Troops has been the head of the Austrian Federal Army throughout the modern era.

List of chiefs of the general staff

Army Inspectors of the Austrian Federal Army (1922–1937)

# Name Image Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Rudolf Vidossich No image.png Colonel 1922 1923
2 Theodor Körner 90px 1873–1957 Major General 1923 1924 Later served as the President of Austria from 1951 to 1957
3 Josef Schneider No image.png Major General 1924 1924
4 Thomas Buzek No image.png General 1925 1926
5 Richard Schilhawsky No image.png 1879–1960 General 1926 1929
6 Ludwig von Eimannsberger 90px 1878–1945 General 1929 1930
7 Siegmund Knaus 90px 1879–1971 General of the Infantry 1930 1932
8 Sigismund Schilhawsky No image.png General of the Infantry 1932 1937

General Inspector of Troops of the Austrian Federal Army (1937–1938)

# Name Image Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Sigismund Schilhawsky No image.png General of the Infantry 1937 1938

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Austrian Federal Army (1936–1938)

# Name Image Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Alfred Jansa No image.png 1884–1963 Feldmarschalleutnant 1936 1938 Dismissed according to paragraph 8 of the Berchtesgaden agreement of 12 February 1938
2 Franz Böhme Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J21813, Franz Böhme.jpg 1885–1947 Major General 1938 1938 Appointed according to paragraph 8 of the Berchtesgaden agreement of 12 February 1938

General Inspectors of Troops of the Austrian Federal Army (1956–2002)

# Name Image Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Erwin Fussenegger No image.png 1908–1986 General 1956 1970
2 Otto Seitz No image.png 1911–1974 General of the Infantry 1970 1971
3 Anton Leeb No image.png 1913–2008 General of the Infantry 1971 1977
4 Hubert Wingelbauer No image.png 1915–1987 General of the Infantry 1977 1981
5 Heinz Scharff No image.png General 1981 1986
6 Othmar Tauschitz No image.png General 1986 1990
7 Karl Majcen No image.png 1934– General 1990 1999
8 Horst Pleiner No image.png 1941– General 1999 2002

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Austrian Federal Army (2002–present)

# Name Image Born–Died Rank Start End Note
1 Roland Ertl No image.png 1945– General 2002 2007
2 Edmund Entacher No image.png 1949– General 2007 2011 1st Term
Othmar Commenda 90px 1954– Lt. General 2011 2011 1st Term. Acting Chief of the General Staff
3 Edmund Entacher No image.png 1949– General 2011 2013 2nd Term
4 Othmar Commenda 90px 1954– General 2013 Present 2nd Term

See also

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