General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus

General Staff of the Armed Forces

Генеральны штаб Узброеных Сіл Рэспублікі Беларусь Генеральный штаб Вооружённых сил Республики Беларусь
General Staff emblem
Official flag
Agency overview
Formed	May 1992
Preceding agency	General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (1946–1991)
Headquarters	Minsk, Belarus
Minister responsible	Lt. Gen. Viktor Khrenin, Minister of Defense
Agency executive	Maj. Gen. Pavel Muraveiko, Chief of the General Staff
Parent agency	Ministry of Defense
Website	www.mil.ru

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 General Staff was established originally as the Main Staff in May 1992, when the Byelorussian Military District of the Soviet Union was dissolved. ^[2]

The current Chief of the General Staff is Pavel Muraveiko, who also serves as First Deputy Minister of Defence. ^[3]

Structure

See also: Chief of the General Staff (Belarus)

The following departments are under the control of the general staff: ^[4]

• Main Operations Directorate
• Main Intelligence Directorate
• Main Organizational Mobilization Directorate
• Main Ideology Directorate
• Main Policy Directorate
• Information-Analytical Department
• Department of Communications
• Department of Territorial Defense
• Department of Missile Forces and Artillery
• Department of the Engineering Troops
• Financial Department
• Department of Electronic Warfare
• Department of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection
• Navigational and Topographical Department

References

1. "Вопросы центральных органов военного управления Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь" [On the central bodies of military management of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus]. National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus (in Russian). Retrieved 1 October 2017.
2. Muzyka, Konrad (August 2021). "The Belarusian Armed Forces: Structures, Capabilities, and Defence Relations with Russia" (PDF). International Centre for Defence and Security.
3. "Lukashenko replaces chief of Belarusian military's General Staff". Ukrainska Pravda . May 23, 2024.
4. http://beloffice-g2n.zohosites.com/mobile/%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1.html ^{[ bare URL ]}