# Chief of the General Staff (Czechoslovakia)

The Chief of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia (Czech: Náčelník Generálního štábu Československo) refers to the chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak Army and the Czechoslovak People's Army, during the existence of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1992. The first two Chiefs of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia were French, as the General Staff was founded by the French Military Mission to Czechoslovakia [cs].

## List of chiefs of the general staff
### Czechoslovak Armed Forces (1919–1939)
#### Chief of the Main Staff

| No. | Chief of the Main Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | Pellé, MauriceDivisional General Maurice Pellé (1863–1924) | 17 December 1919 | 31 December 1920 | 1 year, 14 days | French Army |
| 2 | Pellé, MauriceDivisional General Eugène Mittelhauser (1873–1949) | 1 January 1921 | 31 December 1925 | 4 years, 364 days | French Army |
| 3 | Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army Jan Syrový (1888–1970) | 1 January 1926 | 11 November 1933 | 7 years, 314 days | Czechoslovak Army |
| 4 | Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972) | 11 November 1933 | 23 September 1938 | 4 years, 316 days | Czechoslovak Army |
| 5 | Kajdoš, VladimírBrigadier General Vladimír Kajdoš [cs] (1893–1970) | 23 September 1938 | 4 October 1938 | 11 days | Czechoslovak Army |
| (4) | Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972) | 20 December 1938 | 1 March 1939 | 71 days | Czechoslovak Army |

#### Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | | Syrový, JanGeneral of the Army Ludvík Krejčí (1890–1972) | 23 September 1938 | 20 December 1938 | 88 days | Czechoslovak Army |

### Czechoslovak military administration (France, 1940)

| No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | | Neumann, BedřichBrigadier General Bedřich Neumann (1891–1964) | 1 February 1940 | 12 June 1940 | 88 days | Czechoslovak Army |

### Ministry of National Defense (United Kingdom, 1940–1945)
#### Chief of Staff

| No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | | Čihák, JaroslavBrigadier General Jaroslav Čihák (1891–1944) | 23 July 1940 | 13 January 1941 | 174 days | Czechoslovak Army |
| 2 | | Sklenovský, BrunoBrigadier General Bruno Sklenovský [cs] (1893–1957) | 13 January 1941 | 12 April 1945 | 4 years, 89 days | Czechoslovak Army |

#### Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

| No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | | Ingr, SergějGeneral of the Army Sergěj Ingr (1894–1956) | 19 September 1944 | 5 April 1945 | 198 days | Czechoslovak Army |
| 2 | | Svoboda, LudvíkGeneral of the Army Ludvík Svoboda (1895–1979) | 12 April 1945 | 31 December 1945 | 263 days | Czechoslovak Army |

### Czechoslovak Armed Forces (1945–1950)

| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Main Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | | Boček, BohumilGeneral of the Army Bohumil Boček [cs] (1894–1952) | 12 April 1945 | 1 August 1948 | 3 years, 142 days | Czechoslovak Army |
| 2 | | Drgáč, ŠimonGeneral of the Army Šimon Drgáč [cs] (1892–1980) | 1 August 1948 | 26 April 1950 | 1 year, 237 days | Czechoslovak Army |

### Czechoslovak Army (1950–1954)

| No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | | Procházka, JaroslavGeneral of the Army Jaroslav Procházka [cs] (1897–1980) | 26 April 1950 | 31 January 1952 | 1 year, 280 days | Czechoslovak Army |
| 2 | | Kratochvíl, VáclavColonel General Václav Kratochvíl [cs] (1903–1988) | 31 January 1952 | 1 June 1954 | 2 years, 121 days | Czechoslovak Army |

### Czechoslovak People's Army (1954–1990)

| No. | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | Kratochvíl, VáclavColonel General Václav Kratochvíl [cs] (1903–1988) | 1 June 1954 | 28 July 1958 | 4 years, 57 days | Czechoslovak People's Army |
| 2 | Kratochvíl, VáclavGeneral of the Army Otakar Rytíř [cs] (1913–1979) | 28 July 1958 | 19 April 1968 | 9 years, 266 days | Czechoslovak People's Army |
| 3 | Rusov, KarelColonel General Karel Rusov [cs] (1924–2013) | 19 April 1968 | 26 November 1979 | 11 years, 221 days | Czechoslovak People's Army |
| 4 | Blahník, MiloslavColonel General Miloslav Blahník [cs] (1927–2017) | 26 November 1979 | 13 October 1987 | 7 years, 321 days | Czechoslovak People's Army |
| 5 | Vacek, MiroslavColonel General Miroslav Vacek (1935–2022) | 13 October 1987 | 27 December 1989 | 2 years, 75 days | Czechoslovak People's Army |
| 6 | Slimák, AntonLieutenant General Anton Slimák [he] (1941–2020) | 27 December 1989 | 14 March 1990 | 77 days | Czechoslovak People's Army |

### Czechoslovak Army (1990–1992)

| No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
| 1 | | Slimák, AntonLieutenant General Anton Slimák [he] (1941–2020) | 14 March 1990 | 1 May 1991 | 1 year, 48 days | Czechoslovak Army |
| 2 | | Pezl, KarelLieutenant General Karel Pezl [cs] (1927–2022) | 1 May 1991 | 31 December 1992 | 1 year, 244 days | Czechoslovak Army |