Most senior officers in the armed forces since 1956
Until 2002, the highest ranking officer in the Austrian Armed Forces held the title of General Troop Inspector . As of December 1, 2002, in the course of a reorganization of the management structure under Federal Minister Herbert Scheibner, the Chief of the General Staff, who was newly introduced instead of the General Troop Inspector, became the highest officer.
General Robert Brieger is the current Chief of the General Staff.
List of senior officers since 1956
title | Functionaries | In office from: |
---|---|---|
Chief of the General Staff | Robert Brieger | 2018 |
Chief of the General Staff | Othmar Commenda | 2013 |
Chief of the General Staff | Edmund Entacher | 2008 |
Chief of the General Staff | Roland Ertl | 2002 |
General troop inspector | Horst Pleiner | 1999 |
General troop inspector | Karl Majcen | 1990 |
General troop inspector | Othmar Tauschitz | 1986 |
General troop inspector | Heinz Scharff | 1981 |
General troop inspector | Hubert Wingelbauer | 1977 |
General troop inspector | Anton Leeb | 1971 |
General troop inspector | Otto Seitz | 1970 |
General troop inspector | Erwin Fussenegger | 1956 |
Timeline see : Austria's Armed Forces: Federal Minister and Highest Officers since 1956
Leading officers of the Federal Army 1956–1990
(The last rank achieved in the term of office is given)
1956-1952
General troop inspector: GdI Erwin Fussenegger
Section head in the Federal Ministry for National Defense:
- SI: GdA Emil Liebitzky (until 1957), GM August Rüling,
- SII: GdI Erwin Fussenegger (plus GTI),
- SIII: (since 1957) GM Otto Mitlacher
Group Commander:
- Group I: GM Leo Waldmüller,
- Group II: GM Werner Vogl,
- Group III: GM Otto Seitz (until 1961), GM Zdenko Paumgartten ,
- Air Force: GM Paul Lube
Brigade commanders:
- 1: Obst dG Josef Knotzer,
- 2: Obst dG Ignaz Reichel,
- 3: Fruit Ing.Franz Zejdlik ,
- 4: Obst dhmD Edmund Rothansel (until 1960), Obst dG Hubert Obermair,
- 5: Obst Svetozar Adamovic († 1958), Obst Hans Pommer,
- 6: Fruit dG Friedrich Brunner,
- 7: Fruit Anton Holzinger,
- 8: Obst dG August Rüling (until 1957), Obstlt Friedrich Birsak (until 1959), Obst Reinhold Mössler,
- 9 (Pz - from 1960): Obst dG Emil Spannocchi
Academy Commander:
- Kdt TherMilAk: Obst dhmD Ing.Josef Heck († 1959), GM Erich Watzek
Intendancy / Sanitary
- Head of Army Intendance: GenInt Franz Zobel,
- Army medical chief: GenArzt Sigmund Spiegelfeld
1962-1970
General troop inspector: GdI Erwin Fussenegger
Section head in the Federal Ministry for National Defense:
- S II: GdPz August Rüling (until 1969), GM Gustav Weinkopf,
- S III: GdI Otto Seitz ,
- S IV: GM Otto Mitlacher (until 1963), GdA Werner Vogl
Group Commander:
- Group I: GdA Leo Waldmüller († 1968), GdA Ignaz Reichel,
- Group II: GM Werner Vogl (until 1963), GdI Albert Bach ,
- Group III: GM Otto Seitz (until 1961), GM Zdenko Paumgartten (until 1968), GM Hubert Obermair,
- Air Force: GM Paul Lube
Military commanders (since 1963)
- Vienna: Fruit Josef Gerstmann
- Lower Austria: Bgdr Ignaz Reichel (until 1968), Bgdr Ing.Franz Zejdlik
- Bgld: Bgdr Josef Knotzer
- St: Bgdr Hans Pommer
- Ktn: Obst Anton Holzinger (until 1966), Bgdr Karl Tollschein
- Upper Austria: Obst dG Hubert Obermair (until 1965), Obst dG Friedrich Lawatsch
- Sbg: Obst Reinhold Mössler (until 1966), Obst dG Ludwig Ehm
- T: Bgdr Friedrich Brunner (until 1966), Obst Alfred Neumayr
- V: Bgdr Friedrich Brunner (until 1963), Obst Alois Uiberacker (until 1969), Obst Lothar Simma
Brigade commanders:
- 1: Obst dG Otto Heller (until 1966), Obst dG Paul Haydvogel
- 3: Obst Ing.Franz Zejdlik (until 1964), Obst Ing.Paul Dernesch
- 4: Obst dG Paul Klein (until 1965), Obst dG Mario Duic (until 1966), Obst dG Ernest Bernadiner (until 1967), Obst dG Ferdinand Foltin (until 1968), Obst dG Anton Gasslhuber
- 5: Obst dG Otto Auswöger (until 1966), Obst dG Herbert Paulewicz
- 6: Obst Alfred Neumayr (until 1966), Obst dG Norbert Stampfer
- 7: Fruit Julius Grund
- 9: Obst dG Nikolaus Chorinsky (until 1966), Obstlt dG Karl Liko
Academy commanders:
- Kdt StbAk / LVAk: Obst dG Albert Bach (until 1962), GM Emil Spannocchi
- Kdt TherMilAk: GM Erich Watzek
Intendancy / Sanitary
- Head of Army Intendance: GenInt Franz Zobel
- Army medical officer: General practitioner Sigmund Spiegelfeld (until 1963), General practitioner Walter Pervulesko (until 1968), General practitioner Johannes Schmid
1971-1980
General troop inspector: GdI Otto Seitz (until 1971), GdI Anton Leeb (until 1977), GdI Hubert Wingelbauer
Section head in the Federal Ministry for National Defense:
- S III: GdI Otto Seitz (until 1971), GdPz Gottfried Koiner (until 1976), GdI Hubert Wingelbauer (until 1977), GdPz Emil Spannocchi (plus AKdt)
- S IV: GdA Gustav Weinkopf (until 1976), GdI Erwin Jetzl (until 1979), Gen Raimund Truxa
Group commander (until 1973):
- Group I: GdA Ignaz Reichel
- Group II: GdI Albert Bach (until 1972), GM Otto Auswöger
- Group III: GdA Hubert Obermair
- Air Force: GdFl Paul Lube (until 1971)
Army Command (from 1973)
- Army commander: GdPz Emil Spannocchi
- Chief of Staff: GM Karl Wohlgemuth (until 1976), GM Ernest Bernadiner
Corps commanders (from 1974)
- I. Corps: GdI Otto Auswöger (until 1977), Gen Hellmut Berger (until 1979), Gen Alexius Battyan
- II. Corps: GdA Hubert Obermair (until 1976), Gen Karl Wohlgemuth
Division commanders (from 1975):
- 1. PzGren Div: Divr Johann Tretter
- Aviation Division: GM Josef Haiböck (until 1977), Divr Gustav Golja
Military commanders
- Vienna: Mayor Anton Fuhrmann (until 1973), Mayor Karl Schrems
- Lower Austria: Bgdr Ing.Franz Zejdlik (until 1971), Bgdr Ing.Herbert Müller-Elblein (until 1976), Bgdr Ernst Maerker
- Bgld: Bgdr Josef Knotzer (until 1975), Obst Karl Schulmeister (until 1978), Obst dG Siegbert Kreuter
- St: Bgdr Hans Pommer (until 1971), Bgdr Alexius Battyan
- Ktn: Bgdr Josef Gerstmann (until 1973), Bgdr Julius Grund (until 1977), Bgdr Michael Annewanter
- Upper Austria: GM Friedrich Lawatsch (until 1978), Divr Karl Schöller
- Sbg: Obst dG Ludwig Ehm (until 1976), Obst dG Anton Gasselhuber († 1977) Obst dG Hans Riedl
- T: Bgdr Alfred Neumayr (until 1975), Obst dG Winfried Mathis
- V: Fruit Lothar Simma
Brigade commanders:
- 1: Obst dG Paul Haydvogel (until 1971), Obst Karl Schulmeister (until 1975)
- 3: Obst dG Ernst Maerker (until 1976), Obst dG Marolz (until 1979), Obst dG Richard Bondi
- 4: Obst dG Anton Gasslhuber (until 1976), Obst dG Johann Mittendorfer
- 5: Bgdr Herbert Paulewicz (until 1977)
- 6: Bgdr Norbert Stampfer (until 1977)
- 7: Obst Julius Grund (until 1973), Obst dG Michael Annewanter (until 1977)
- 9: Obst dG Karl Liko (until 1972), Obst dG Johann Tretter (until 1975), Obst Karl Malina (until 1976), Obst dG Peter Koman (until 1979), Obst dG Heinz Danzmayer
Academy commanders:
- Kdt LVAk: GM Emil Spannocchi (until 1973), GM Mario Duic (until 1975), GdPz Wilhelm Kuntner
- Kdt TherMilAk: GM Erich Watzek (until 1971), Gen Alois Nitsch
Intendancy / Sanitary
- Head of Army Intendancy: GenInt Franz Zobel (until 1972), Head of Grp Intendancy: Gen dIntD Rudolf Forenbacher (until 1977), Divr Eduard Uhl
- Army health chief: GenArzt Johannes Schmid
Leading officers in other functions 1956–1980 GM Friedrich Adrario, GM Franz Attems-Petzenstein , Bgdr Alfred Bauer, GenLt Oskar Bernt, GM Josef Bizek, Bgdr Johann Böhm, Obst dhmD Friedrich Brecht-Labrès, Bgdr Alexander Buschek, Kkdt Marius Dadak, GM Heinrich Demblin de Ville, GM Gerhard Donat, Gen Franz Fikeis, Divr Fritz Fischer, Gen August Fischer-See, Divr Franz Freistetter, Gen Adolf Gaspari, GM Maximilian Grohs, Bgdr Gustav Habermann, GM Franz Haubl, Divr Hans-Heinz Haufler, GM Franz Hajny, Kkdt Günther Hoy, Bgdr Arthur Huschak, Bgdr Otto Klein, Gen Robert Lang , Bgdr Anton Mader , GM Ing.Franz Nahrgang, Bgdr Herbert Nekola, Bgdr Hugo Onjerth , GM Karl Österreicher , Bgdr Roland Rabenstein, GM Bruno Rainer, GdPz Karl Ruby, GM Otto Scholik, Bgdr Franz Vecernik, Bgdr Otto Vymetal, GM Paul Wimmer, Bgdr Gerhard Zoppoth
1981-1990
General troop inspector: Gen Heinz Scharff (until 1985), Gen Othmar Tauschitz
Section head in the Federal Ministry for National Defense:
- S III = army command
- S IV: Gen Raimund Truxa (until 1984), Gen Othmar Tauschitz (until 1985), Gen Peter Corrieri
Army Command
- Army commander: GdPz Emil Spannocchi (until 1981), Gen Ernest Bernadiner (until 1984), Gen Johann Philipp
- Chief of Staff: GM Ernest Bernadiner (until 1981), Gen Viktor Fortunat
Corps commanders
- I. Corps: Gen Alexius Battyan (until 1985), Gen Eduard Fally
- II. Corps: Gen Karl Wohlgemuth (until 1982), Gen Johann Tretter (until 1988), Gen Johann Mittendorfer
Division commanders
- 1. PzGrenDiv: Divr Johann Tretter (until 1982), Gen August Ségur-Cabanac (until 1987), Divr Josef Marolz
- Fliegerdivision: GenLt Gustav Golja (until 1984), Gen Othmar Pabisch
Military commanders
- Vienna: Gen Karl Schrems (until 1981), Divr Karl Majcen
- Lower Austria: Kkdt Ernst Maerker (until 1986),
- Bgld: Divr Siegbert Kreuter (until 1985), Divr Friedrich Dialer
- St: Divr Hubert Albrecht
- Ktn: Kkdt Michael Annewanter (until 1982), Divr Maximilian Liebminger
- Upper Austria: Divr Karl Schöller
- Sbg: GenLt Hans Riedl (until 1982), Bgdr Engelbert Lagler
- T: Divr Winfried Mathis (until 1983),
- V: Divr Friedrich Materna (until 1984),
Academy commanders:
- LVAk: Gen Lothar Brósch-Fohraheim (until 1985), Gen Karl Schaffer
- TherMilAk: Divr Johann Philipp (until 1984), Divr Adolf-Erwin Felber
Intendancy / Sanitary
- Head of the Intendanzwesen group: Divr Eduard Uhl (until 1983), Gen Franz Zauner
- Army medical officer: GenArzt Johannes Schmid (until 1987)
See also
literature
- Austrian official calendar , years 1956–1987 // 88
- Stefan Bader: At the top. The generals of the Austrian Armed Forces of the Second Republic. Vienna 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ orf.at: Commenda's successor as Chief of Staff has been determined . Article dated July 16, 2018, accessed July 16, 2018.
- ↑ on bundesheer.at