Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)

Standard of the Chief of the Defence Staff of Italy

The Chief of the Defence Staff of Italy refers to the Chiefs of the Defence Staff of the Italian Armed Forces. The post was established in 1925.

List of chiefs of defence staff

#	Name	Image	Born–Died	Rank	Start	End	Note
1	Pietro Badoglio		1871–1956	Marshal of Italy	4 May 1925	4 December 1940
2	Ugo Cavallero		1880–1943	Marshal of Italy	5 December 1940	1 February 1943
3	Vittorio Ambrosio		1879–1958	General of the Army	2 February 1943	18 November 1943
4	Giovanni Messe		1883–1968	Marshal of Italy	19 November 1943	1 May 1945	Chief of Staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army
5	Claudio Trezzani			General of the Army	2 May 1945	1 December 1950
6	Luigi Efisio Marras		1888–1991	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	2 December 1950	15 April 1954
7	Giuseppe Mancinelli		1895–1976	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	16 April 1954	31 March 1959
8	Aldo Rossi		1898–?	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	1 April 1959	31 January 1966
9	Aldo Aloia		1905–1980	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	1 February 1966	24 February 1968
10	Guido Vedovato			Generale di Corpo d'Armata	25 February 1968	14 January 1970
11	Enzo Marchesi		1907–1996	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	15 January 1970	31 July 1972
12	Eugenio Henke		1909–1990	Squadron vice-admiral	1 August 1972	31 January 1975
13	Andrea Viglione		1914–1992	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	1 February 1975	31 January 1978
14	Francesco Cavalera		1919–	Air Squadron General	1 February 1978	31 January 1980
15	Giovanni Torrisi		1917–1992	Squadron vice-admiral	1 February 1980	2 September 1981
16	Vittorio Santini		1920–2012	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	3 September 1981	12 October 1983
17	Lamberto Bartolucci		1924–	Air Squadron General	13 October 1983	8 January 1986
18	Riccardo Bisogniero		1923–	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	9 January 1986	31 March 1988
19	Mario Porta		1925–	Squadron vice-admiral	1 April 1988	31 March 1990
20	Domenico Corcione		1929–	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	1 April 1990	31 December 1993
21	Guido Venturoni		1934–	Squadron vice-admiral	1 January 1994	14 February 1999
22	Mario Arpino		1937–	General	15 February 1999	31 March 2001
23	Rolando Mosca Moschini		1939–	General	1 April 2001	9 March 2004
24	Giampaolo Di Paola		1944–	Admiral	10 March 2004	11 February 2008
25	Vincenzo Camporini		1946–	General	12 February 2008	17 January 2011
26	Biagio Abrate		1949–	General	18 January 2011	30 January 2013
27	Luigi Binelli Mantelli		1950–	Admiral	31 January 2013	27 February 2015
28	Claudio Graziano		1953–	Generale di Corpo d'Armata	28 February 2015	Present

See also

• Italian Armed Forces
• Royal Italian Army
• Italian Army
  • Chief of Staff of the Italian Army

References