Chief of the General Staff (Transnistria)

The chief of the general staff of the Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublika (Russian: Начальник Главного штаба Вооруженных Сил Приднестровской Молдавской Республики) is the highest-ranking military officer of the Armed Forces of Transnistria. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Transnistria military. The current chief of the general staff is Major General Pavel Vladimirovich Mikhailov [ru].

Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces
Начальники Главного штаба вооружённых сил
Emblem of the armed forces
Incumbent Colonel Sergey Gerasyutenko [ru] since 6 September 2016
Armed Forces of Transnistria
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Appointer	The president
Formation	22 January 1993
First holder	Vladimir Evgenievich Prosovetskiy

List of commanders

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Prosovetskiy, VladimirMajor general Vladimir Evgenievich Prosovetskiy	22 January 1993	14 August 1998	5 years, 6 months	-
2		Lepikhov, NikolayMajor general Nikolay Ivanovich Lepikhov [ru] (1947–2006)	August 1998	13 May 2006 †	7 years, 8 months	-
3		Atamanyuk, VladimirMajor general Vladimir Ivanovich Atamanyuk [ru] (born 1943)	10 June 2006	17 January 2012	5 years, 7 months	[1]
4		Orzhekhovsky, ValeryColonel Valery Antonovich Orzhekhovsky	17 January 2012	July 2013	1 year, 5 months	[2]
5		Gomenyuk, OlegMajor general Oleg Vladimirovich Gomenyuk [ru] (born 1960)	July 2013	30 December 2015	2 years, 5 months	[3]
6		Paulesko, RuslanMajor general Ruslan Vasilyevich Paulesko	19 January 2016	18 August 2016	6 months	[4]
7		Gerasyutenko, SergeyColonel Sergey Gerasyutenko [ru] (born 1960)	6 September 2016	7 September 2020	4 years	[5]
7		Mikhailov, PavelMajor General Pavel Vladimirovich Mikhailov [ru] (born 1963)	September 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 10 months