Stabschef

Stabschef SA
Earlier (left) and later (right) command flag
Best known officeholder Ernst Röhm 5 January 1931 – 1 July 1934
Sturmabteilung
Status	Commanding officer of a paramilitary organisation
Member of	Oberste SA-Führung
Reports to	Oberste SA-Führer
Appointer	Adolf Hitler
Formation	October 1929
First holder	Otto Wagener
Final holder	Wilhelm Schepmann
Abolished	5 May 1945
Deputy	Stabsführer

Stabschef ([ʃtaːps.ʃɛf], lit. 'Chief of staff') was an office and paramilitary rank in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi Party. It was a rank and position held by the operating chief of the SA. The rank was equivalent to the rank of Generaloberst in the German Army and to General in the U.S. Army.^[1]