Chief of the General Staff (Czechoslovakia)

Chief of the General Staff
Czech: Náčelník Generálního štábu Slovak: Náčelník Generálneho štábu
Longest in office Colonel General Karel Rusov [cs] 19 April 1968 – 26 November 1979
Czechoslovak Army (1918–54; 1990–92)  Czechoslovak People's Army (1954–90)
Type	Chief of staff
Member of	General Staff
Reports to	Minister of Defence of Czechoslovakia
Seat	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Appointer	President of Czechoslovakia
Term length	No fixed length
Precursor	Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff
Formation	17 December 1919
First holder	Divisional General Maurice Pellé
Final holder	Lieutenant General Karel Pezl [cs]
Abolished	31 December 1992
Superseded by	Chief of the General Staff (Czech Republic) Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)
Deputy	Deputy Chief of the General Staff

The Chief of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia refers to the chief of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak Army and the Czechoslovak People's Army, during the existence of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1992. The first two Chiefs of the General Staff of Czechoslovakia were French, as the General Staff was founded by the French Military Mission to Czechoslovakia [cs].