# Chief of the General Staff (Austria)

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.

## List of chiefs of the general staff
### Army Inspectors (1922–1937)

| No. | Army Inspector | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Vidossich, RudolfOberstbrigadier Rudolf Vidossich (1872–1929) | 1922 | 1923 | 0–1 years |
| 2 | Körner, TheodorMajor General Theodor Körner (1873–1957) | 1923 | 1924 | 0–1 years |
| 3 | Schneider, JosefMajor General Josef Schneider | 1924 | December 1924 | 0 years |
| 4 | Buzek, ThomasGeneral Thomas Buzek | January 1925 | 1926 | 0–1 years |
| 5 | Schilhawsky, RichardGeneral Richard Schilhawsky (1879–1960) | 1926 | 1929 | 2–3 years |
| 6 | Schilhawsky, RichardGeneral Ludwig von Eimannsberger (1878–1945) | 1929 | 1930 | 0–1 years |
| 7 | Knaus, SiegmundGeneral of the Infantry Siegmund Knaus (1879–1971) | 1930 | 1932 | 1–2 years |
| 8 | Schilhawsky, SigismundGeneral of the Infantry Sigismund Schilhawsky | 1932 | 1937 | 4–5 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)1 April 193612 February 19381 year, 317 days 2 Böhme, FranzMajor General Franz Böhme (1885–1947)12 February 193812 March 193828 days |

### General Inspectors of Troops (1956–2002)

| No. | General Inspectors of Troops | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Fussenegger, ErwinGeneral Erwin Fussenegger [de] (1908–1986) | 31 August 1956 | 16 December 1970 | 14 years, 107 days |
| 2 | Seitz, OttoGeneral of the Infantry Otto Seitz [de] (1911–1974) | 1 January 1971 | 30 November 1971 | 349 days |
| 3 | Leeb, AntonGeneral of the Infantry Anton Leeb [de] (1913–2008) | 30 November 1971 | 31 December 1977 | 6 years, 31 days |
| 4 | Wingelbauer, HubertGeneral of the Infantry Hubert Wingelbauer [de] (1915–1987) | 1 January 1978 | 31 December 1980 | 3 years, 0 days |
| 5 | Scharff, HeinzGeneral Heinz Scharff [de] (1920–2014) | 1 January 1981 | 31 December 1986 | 6 years, 0 days |
| 6 | Tauschitz, OthmarGeneral Othmar Tauschitz [de] (1925–2022) | 1 January 1987 | 1 October 1990 | 4 years, 273 days |
| 7 | Majcen, KarlGeneral Karl Majcen [de] (born 1934) | 1 October 1990 | 20 December 1999 | 9 years, 80 days |
| 8 | Pleiner, HorstGeneral Horst Pleiner [de] (born 1941) | 1 January 2000 | 1 December 2002 | 2 years, 334 days |

### Chiefs of the General Staff (2002–present)

| No. | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| 1 | Ertl, RolandGeneral Roland Ertl [de] (born 1945) | 1 December 2002 | 30 November 2007 | 4 years, 364 days | — |
| 2 | Entacher, EdmundGeneral Edmund Entacher [de] (born 1949) | 30 November 2007 | 24 January 2011 | 3 years, 55 days | — |
| – | Commenda, OthmarLieutenant General Othmar Commenda (born 1954) Acting | 24 January 2011 | 7 November 2011 | 287 days | |
| (2) | Entacher, EdmundGeneral Edmund Entacher [de] (born 1949) | 7 November 2011 | 23 March 2013 | 1 year, 136 days | |
| 3 | Commenda, OthmarGeneral Othmar Commenda (born 1954) | 22 May 2013 | 24 July 2018 | 5 years, 63 days | |
| 4 | Brieger, RobertMajor general Robert Brieger (born 1955) | 24 July 2018 | 6 May 2022 | 3 years, 286 days | |
| 5 | Striedinger, RudolfMajor general Rudolf Striedinger [de] (born 1961) | 20 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 4 days | |