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 (Russian: Главнокомандующие Объединёнными вооружёнными силами стран-участниц Варшавского договора, romanized: 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.

Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Главнокомандующие Объединёнными вооружёнными силами стран-участниц Варшавского договора
Longest serving Marshal Viktor Kulikov 7 January 1977 – February 1989
Ministry of Defense
Member of	Warsaw Pact Ministry of Defense
Seat	Moscow, Soviet Union
Formation	14 May 1955; 70 years ago (1955-05-14)
First holder	Ivan Konev
Final holder	Pyotr Lushev
Abolished	1 July 1991; 34 years ago (1991-07-01)
Deputy	Chief of Combined Staff

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Ref.
1		Konev, IvanMarshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev (1897–1973)	14 May 1955	April 1960	4 years, 10 months	Soviet Army	[1]
2		Grechko, AndreiMarshal of the Soviet Union Andrei Grechko (1903–1976) [a]	April 1960	12 April 1967	7 years	Soviet Army	–
3		Yakubovsky, IvanMarshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Yakubovsky (1912–1976)	12 April 1967	30 November 1976 †	9 years, 232 days	Soviet Army	[2]
4		Kulikov, ViktorMarshal of the Soviet Union Viktor Kulikov (1921–2013)	7 January 1977	February 1989	12 years	Soviet Army	[3][4]
5		Lushev, PyotrArmy General Pyotr Lushev (1923–1997)	February 1989	1 July 1991	2 years, 5 months	Soviet Army	–

Timeline

See also

• Supreme Allied Commander Europe – NATO counterpart
• Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization – head of the Combined Staff of the Warsaw Treaty Organization

Notes

1. Afterwards served as the Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1967 to 1976