Austro-Hungarian General Staff

Imperial and Royal General Staff
k.u.k. Generalstab
General Staff building on Ringstraße, Vienna
Active	1867–1918
Country	Austria-Hungary
Allegiance	Armed Forces
Branch	Active duty
Type	Staff
Part of	Ministry of War
Garrison/HQ	Ringstraße, Vienna
Commanders
First Chief	Feldmarschall-Leutant Franz von John
Last Chief	Generaloberst Arthur Arz von Straußenburg

The Imperial and Royal General Staff (German: k.u.k. Generalstab; Hungarian: Cs. es K. Vezérkar) of Austria-Hungary was part of the Ministry of War. It was headed by the Chief of the General Staff for the Whole Armed Forces (Chef des Generalstabes für die gesamte bewaffnete Macht; Az egész Fegyveres Erők Vezérkari Főnöke), who had direct access to the Emperor.