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Belarusian: Генеральны штаб Узброеных Сіл Рэспублікі Беларусь | |
Viktor Gulevich | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 1991 |
Headquarters | Minsk, Belarus |
Ministers responsible | |
Agency executive |
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is the central body of military management and operational control of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The Chief of the General Staff is appointed by the President of Belarus, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The General Staff is part of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus. [1]
The current Chief of the General Staff is Viktor Gulevich, who also serves as First Deputy Minister of Defence.[ citation needed ] His deputy is Major General Ruslan Kosygin. [2]
The following departments are under the control of the general staff: [3]
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
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1 | Lieutenant General Nikolay Churkin (born 1949) | 1992 | 1994 | 1–2 years | Armed Forces of Belarus | - | |
2 | Leonid Maltsev (born 1949) | Lieutenant General1994 | 1995 | 0–1 years | Armed Forces of Belarus | - | |
3 | Aleksandr Chumakov (born 1941) | Lieutenant General1995 | 1996 | 0–1 years | Armed Forces of Belarus | - | |
4 | Mikhail Kozlov (born 1949) | Lieutenant General1997 | 2001 | 3–4 years | Armed Forces of Belarus | - | |
5 | Sergey Gurulev (born 1953) | Lieutenant General2001 | 2009 | 7–8 years | Armed Forces of Belarus | - | |
6 | Major General Petr Tihonovsky (born 1958) | 2009 | 11 January 2014 | 4–5 years | Armed Forces of Belarus | - | |
7 | Oleg Belokonev (born 1965) | Major General11 January 2014 | 20 January 2020 | 6 years, 9 days | Armed Forces of Belarus | [4] | |
8 | Alexander Volfovich (born 1967) | Major General20 January 2020 | 11 March 2021 | 1 year, 50 days | Armed Forces of Belarus | [5] | |
9 | Viktor Gulevich (born 1969) | Major General11 March 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 310 days | Armed Forces of Belarus | [6] [7] [8] |
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