General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is the central body of military management and operational control of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The Chief of the General Staff is appointed by the President of Belarus, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is Major General. The General Staff is part of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.

Structure

 * Main Operations Directorate
 * Main Intelligence Directorate
 * Main arganizatsynae Mobilization Directorate
 * Information-Analytical Department
 * department of communications
 * territorial protection management


 * Department of Missile Forces and Artillery
 * finance department

List of chiefs of the general staff

 * Lieutenant General Nikolay Churkin (1992–1994)
 * Lieutenant General Leonid Maltsev (1994–1995)
 * Lieutenant General Aleksandr Petrovich Chumakov (1995–1996)
 * Lieutenant General Mikhail Kozlov (1997–2001)
 * Major-General Sergey Gurulev (2001–2009)
 * Major General Petr Tihonovsky (2009–2014)
 * Major General (January 11, 2014–Present)