General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus
Belarusian: Генеральны штаб Узброеных Сіл Рэспублікі Беларусь
Emblem of the General Staff
Flag of the General Staff

Viktor Gulevich
Agency overview
Formed1991 (1991)
HeadquartersMinsk, Belarus
Ministers responsible
Agency executive

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. His deputy is Major General Ruslan Kosygin.[2]

Structure

The following departments are under the control of the general staff:[3]

  • 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

List of chiefs of the general staff

No. Portrait Chief of the General StaffTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branchRef.
1
Nikolay Churkin [be]
Churkin, NikolayLieutenant General
Nikolay Churkin
(born 1949)		199219941–2 years Armed Forces of Belarus-
2
Leonid Maltsev
Maltsev, LeonidLieutenant General
Leonid Maltsev
(born 1949)		199419950–1 years Armed Forces of Belarus-
3
Aleksandr Chumakov
Chumakov, Aleksandr PetrovichLieutenant General
Aleksandr Chumakov
(born 1941)		199519960–1 years Armed Forces of Belarus-
4
Mikhail Kozlov [be]
Kozlov, Mikhail FyodorovichLieutenant General
Mikhail Kozlov
(born 1949)		199720013–4 years Armed Forces of Belarus-
5
Sergey Gurulev [be]
Gurulev, SergeyLieutenant General
Sergey Gurulev
(born 1953)		200120097–8 years Armed Forces of Belarus-
6
Petr Tihonovsky [be]
Tihonovsky, PetrMajor General
Petr Tihonovsky
(born 1958)		200911 January 20144–5 years Armed Forces of Belarus-
7
Oleg Belokonev
Belokonev, OlegMajor General
Oleg Belokonev
(born 1965)		11 January 201420 January 20206 years, 9 days Armed Forces of Belarus[4]
8
Alexander Volfovich
Volfovich, AlexanderMajor General
Alexander Volfovich
(born 1967)		20 January 202011 March 20211 year, 50 days Armed Forces of Belarus[5]
9
Viktor Gulevich
Gulevich, ViktorMajor General
Viktor Gulevich
(born 1969)		11 March 2021Incumbent2 years, 310 days Armed Forces of Belarus[6][7]
[8]

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. ↑ "Косыгин: наш ответ на провокации Запада однозначно будет адекватным и жестким". BELTA. 6 July 2022.
  3. ↑ http://beloffice-g2n.zohosites.com/mobile/%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B1.html
  4. ↑ "Начальником Генштаба Вооруженных сил назначен Олег Белоконев". 12 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Belarus' new defense minister, chief of General Staff introduced to Defense Ministry team". eng.belta.by. Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Лукашенко назначил Виктора Гулевича начальником Генштаба Вооруженных сил Белоруссии". ТАСС. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  7. ↑ "Лукашенко назначил начальника генерального штаба Белоруссии". regnum.ru. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
  8. ↑ "Лукашенко назначил Гулевича начальником Генштаба Вооруженных сил Беларуси". Российская газета. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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