Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization

Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization
Начальник Объединенного штаба Объединенных вооруженных сил стран-участниц Варшавского договора
Longest serving Army General Anatoly Gribkov 23 April 1976 – 24 January 1989
General Staff
Member of	Warsaw Pact General Staff
Reports to	Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces
Seat	Moscow, Soviet Union
Formation	14 May 1955; 68 years ago (1955-05-14)
First holder	Aleksei Antonov
Final holder	Vladimir Lobov
Abolished	1 July 1991; 32 years ago (1991-07-01)

The Chief of Combined Staff of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Russian: Начальник Объединенного штаба Объединенных вооруженных сил стран-участниц Варшавского договора) was a post in command of Combined Staff of the military forces of the Warsaw Pact. Furthermore, the Chief of Combined Staff was also a First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union. The post, which was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991, was always held by a Soviet officer.