Chief of the General Staff (Austria)

The Chief of the General Staff is the head of the General Staff of the Bundesheer (which is the professional leadership of the Austrian Armed Forces).

Chief of the General Staff of the Bundesheer
Chef des Generalstabes des Bundesheeres
Roundel of Austria
Incumbent
Robert Brieger
since 24 July 2018
General staff of the Bundesheer
Ministry of Defense
StyleMr. Chief of the General Staff
(formal)
StatusHead of a general staff
Member ofGeneral staff
Reports toMinister of Defense
SeatRossauer Barracks, Innere Stadt, Vienna
PrecursorChief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff
First holderRudolf Vidossich
as Army Inspector of the Bundesheer (1922)

List of chiefs of the general staff

Army Inspectors (1922–1937)
No. Portrait Army InspectorTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Vidossich, RudolfOberstbrigadier
Rudolf Vidossich
(1872–1929)		192219230–1 years
2
Körner, TheodorMajor General
Theodor Körner
(1873–1957)
[lower-alpha 1]		192319240–1 years
3
Schneider, JosefMajor General
Josef Schneider		1924December 19240 years
4
Buzek, ThomasGeneral
Thomas Buzek		January 192519260–1 years
5
Schilhawsky, RichardGeneral
Richard Schilhawsky
(1879–1960)		192619292–3 years
6
Schilhawsky, RichardGeneral
Ludwig von Eimannsberger
(1878–1945)		192919300–1 years
7
Knaus, SiegmundGeneral of the Infantry
Siegmund Knaus
(1879–1971)		193019321–2 years
8
Schilhawsky, SigismundGeneral of the Infantry
Sigismund Schilhawsky		193219374–5 years

General Inspector of Troops (1937–1938)

No. Portrait General Inspector of TroopsTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Bahnbrück, SigismundGeneral of the Infantry
Sigismund Ritter Schilhawsky von Bahnbrück
(1881–1957)		193712 March 19380–1 years

Chiefs of the General Staff (1936–1938)

No. Portrait Chief of the General StaffTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Jansa, AlfredLieutenant field marshal
Alfred Jansa
(1884–1963)
[lower-alpha 2]		1 April 193612 February 19381 year, 317 days
2
Böhme, FranzMajor General
Franz Böhme
(1885–1947)
[lower-alpha 3]		12 February 193812 March 193828 days

General Inspectors of Troops (1956–2002)
No. Portrait General Inspectors of TroopsTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Fussenegger, ErwinGeneral
Erwin Fussenegger
(1908–1986)		31 August 195616 December 197014 years, 107 days
2
Seitz, OttoGeneral of the Infantry
Otto Seitz
(1911–1974)		1 January 197130 November 1971349 days
3
Leeb, AntonGeneral of the Infantry
Anton Leeb
(1913–2008)		30 November 197131 December 19776 years, 31 days
4
Wingelbauer, HubertGeneral of the Infantry
Hubert Wingelbauer
(1915–1987)		1 January 197831 December 19803 years, 0 days
5
Scharff, HeinzGeneral
Heinz Scharff
(1920–2014)		1 January 198131 December 19866 years, 0 days
6
Tauschitz, OthmarGeneral
Othmar Tauschitz		1 January 19871 October 19904 years, 273 days
7
Majcen, KarlGeneral
Karl Majcen
(born 1934)		1 October 199020 December 19999 years, 80 days
8
Pleiner, HorstGeneral
Horst Pleiner
(born 1941)		1 January 20001 December 20022 years, 334 days

Chiefs of the General Staff (2002–present)
No. Portrait Chief of the General StaffTook officeLeft officeTime in officeRef.
1
Ertl, RolandGeneral
Roland Ertl
(born 1945)		1 December 200230 November 20074 years, 364 days—
2
Entacher, EdmundGeneral
Edmund Entacher
(born 1949)		30 November 200724 January 20113 years, 55 days—
–
Commenda, OthmarLieutenant General
Othmar Commenda
(born 1954)
Acting		24 January 20117 November 2011287 days—
(2)
Entacher, EdmundGeneral
Edmund Entacher
(born 1949)		7 November 201123 March 20131 year, 136 days[1]
3
Commenda, OthmarGeneral
Othmar Commenda
(born 1954)		22 May 201324 July 20185 years, 63 days—
4
Brieger, RobertMajor general
Robert Brieger
(born 1955)		24 July 2018Incumbent3 years, 265 days[2]

See also

Notes
  1. Later served as the President of Austria from 1951 to 1957.
  2. Dismissed according to paragraph 8 of the Berchtesgaden agreement of 12 February 1938.
  3. Appointed according to paragraph 8 of the Berchtesgaden agreement of 12 February 1938.

References
  1. "Entacher wird in den Ruhestand verabschiedet". BVZ (in German). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. "Commendas Nachfolger als Generalstabschef steht fest". ORF (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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