Polish General Staff

Polish General Staff Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego
Coat of arms of the Polish General Staff
Lineup	1918
Country	Poland
Armed forces	Polish armed forces
Service flag of the Chief of Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
Chief of the General Staff
Current commander	General Rajmund Andrzejczak

Polish General Staff in Warsaw, Rakowiecka Str.

Badge for officers with higher education in the Polish General Staff of the Second Republic of Poland (1918–1939).

The General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces ( Polish : Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego (SG WP) ) is the organizational unit of the Polish Armed Forces responsible for planning and top management .

history

The establishment of the Polish General Staff goes back to October 25, 1918. In its eventful history it was called Hauptstab (Polish: "Sztab Główny").

Currently, Force General Rajmund Andrzejczak the Chief of General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (pl: Szef Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego ) appointed.

Chiefs of staff

Second republic

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces of the Second Republic

• Generała podporucznika (gen. Ppor.) Tadeusz Rozwadowski (October 28 - November 15, 1918)
• Arms General (generał broni - gen. Broni) Stanisław Szeptycki (November 16, 1918 - February 7, 1919)
• Gene. ppor. Stanisław Haller (February 8, 1919 - July 22, 1920)
• Generał porucznik (gen. Por.) Tadeusz Rozwadowski (July 22, 1920 - April 1, 1921)
• Division General (called dyw.) Władysław Sikorski (April 1, 1921 - December 16, 1922)
• Marshal of Poland (Marszałek Polski) Józef Piłsudski (December 17, 1922 - June 9, 1923)
• Division General Stanisław Haller (June 9, 1923 - December 16, 1925)
• Brigadier General (called bryg.) Edmund Kessler (December 16, 1925 - May 12, 1926)
• Division General (called dyw.) Stanisław Haller (May 12, 1926 - May 15, 1926)
• Brigadier General Stanisław Burhardt-Bukacki (May 17, 1926 - June 28, 1926)
• Brigadier General Tadeusz Piskor (June 28, 1926 - December 22, 1928)

Chiefs of the Main Staff of the Polish Armed Forces of the Second Republic

• Brigadier General Tadeusz Piskor (December 22, 1928 - December 5, 1931)
• Brigadier General Janusz Gąsiorowski (December 3, 1931 - June 7, 1935)
• Brigadier General Wacław Stachiewicz (June 7, 1935 - September 18, 1939)

Polish government in exile

• Colonel Aleksander Kędzior (November 7, 1939 - July 5, 1940)
• Brigadier General Tadeusz Klimecki (June 1940 - July 4, 1943)
• Division General Stanisław Kopański (July 21, 1943 - September 3, 1946)

People's Poland / People's Republic of Poland

Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces in People's Poland

• Arms General Władysław Korczyc (January 1, 1945 - January 18, 1954)
• Division General Borys Pigarewicz (cz.po 1952 - 1954)
• Arms General Jerzy Bordziłowski (March 23, 1954 - February 6, 1965)
• Division General Wojciech Jaruzelski (January 6, 1965 - April 10, 1968)
• Division General Bolesław Chocha (April 11, 1968 - January 11, 1973)
• Force General Florian Siwicki (January 12, 1973 - November 21, 1983)
• Force General Józef Użycki (November 22, 1983 - 24th September 1990)

Third Republic

Chiefs of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces in the III. republic

• Arms General Józef Użycki (January 1, 1990 - September 24, 1990)
• Division General Zdzisław Stelmaszuk (September 25, 1990 - August 4, 1992)
• Arms General Tadeusz Wilecki (August 5, 1992 - March 9, 1997)
• Arms General Henryk Szumski (March 10, 1997 - September 29, 2000)
• General Czesław Piątas (September 30, 2000 - January 31, 2006)
• Arms General Mieczysław Cieniuch ([m. D. F. b. Polish pełniący obowiązki (po) ] January 31, 2006 - February 27, 2006)
• General Franciszek Gągor (February 27, 2006 - April 10, 2010 †)
• Arms General Mieczysław Stachowiak (m. D. F. b. April 10, 2010 - May 7, 2010)
• General Mieczysław Cieniuch (May 7, 2010 - May 6, 2013)
• General Mieczysław Gocuł (May 7, 2013 - January 31, 2017)
• General Leszek Surawski (February 1, 2017 - July 2, 2018)
• General Rajmund Andrzejczak (since July 3, 2018)

• Emblem / coat of arms of the Chief of the General Staff
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  Dress uniform

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  Field Service Suit (1993)

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  Desert clothing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Decree Rady Regencyjnej Królestwa Polskiego z 25 października 1918 roku (Dziennik Rozporządzeń Komisji Wojskowej No. 1 z 28 października 1918 roku).

Web links

• Serwis informacyjny Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego