Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization explained

Post:Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces
Body:the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Insignia:Warsaw Pact Logo.svg
Department:Ministry of Defense
Member Of:Warsaw Pact
Ministry of Defense
Seat:Moscow, Soviet Union
First:Ivan Konev
Last:Pyotr Lushev
Deputy:Chief of Combined Staff

The Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (ru|Главнокомандующие Объединёнными вооружёнными силами стран-участниц Варшавского договора|Glavnokomanduyushchiye Obyedinonnymi vooruzhonnymi silami stran-uchastnits Varshavskogo dogovora) was a post in overall command of the military forces of the Warsaw Pact. Furthermore, the Supreme Commander was also a First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union. The post, which was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991, was always held by a Soviet military officer.

List of officeholders

Timeline

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See also