Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
The Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization 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 was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991.
List
# | Name | Image | Born–Died | Rank | Start | End | Note |
1 | Ivan Konev | 1897–1973 | Marshal of the Soviet Union | 1955 | 1960 | ||
2 | Andrei Grechko | 1903–1976 | Marshal of the Soviet Union | 1960 | 1967 | Afterwards served as the Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1976 | |
3 | Ivan Yakubovsky | 1912–1976 | Marshal of the Soviet Union | 1967 | 1976 | ||
4 | Viktor Kulikov | 1921–2013 | Marshal of the Soviet Union | 1977 | 1989 | ||
5 | Pyotr Lushev | 1923–1997 | Army General | 1989 | 1991 | ||
See also
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