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Polish General Staff

Polish General Staff, formally known as the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces () is the highest professional body within the Polish Armed Forces. Organizationally, it is an integral part of the Ministry of National Defence and the Chief of the General Staff is the highest ranking military officer at the Ministry. It was created in 1918, and was renamed the Main Staff (Sztab Główny) in 1928 before being reverted back to General Staff (Sztab Generalny) in 1945 by the Soviet-backed Communist government. Currently General Wiesław Kukuła holds the position of Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (Szef Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego).

History and structure

On 25 October 1918, a decision was made to establish the directorate of the chief of staff of the Polish Army. On 22 December 1928 the General Staff was renamed to the Main Staff (Sztab Główny). In September 1939, during the Invasion of Poland by the Wehrmacht and the Red Army, all the institutions of the Main Staff ceased to function and were transferred to joint German and Soviet control. On 8 August 1944, the Main Staff of the Polish Army was created by the Polish Committee of National Liberation and on 10 July 1945, the Provisional Government of National Unity reverted its name back to the General Staff of the Polish Army, the head of which was appointed Soviet-Polish General Vladislav Korchits. The Polish government-in-exile kept the previous name until the positions dissolution.

The General Staff consists of the following command personnel and organizational units at the Ministry of National Defence (MON):

Command personnel (Kadra kierownicza):

  • Chief of the General Staff (Szef Sztabu Generalnego WP) - Generał Wiesław Kukuła
  • First Deputy Chief of the General Staff (I Zastępca szefa Sztabu Generalnego WP) - Generał dywizji Karol Dymanowski
  • Deputy Chief of Staff (Zastępca szefa Sztabu Generalnego WP) - Generał broni Stanisław Czosnek
  • Director of the Chief of the GS's Secretariat (Szef Sekretariatu Szefa SG WP) - Col. Arkadiusz Rubajczyk
  • Director of the Legal Department (Szef Zespołu Prasowego - rzecznik prasowy SG WP) - Col. Joanna Klejszmit
  • Director of the Coordination Center (Szef Centrum Koordynacyjnego) - Col. Adam Górecki
  • Chief NCO (Starszy podoficer SG WP) - Starszy chorąży sztabowy Piotr Smuga

General Staff Directorates (Zarządy Sztabu Generalnego WP):

  • Organization and Manpower Complement Directorate (Zarząd Organizacji i Zasobów Osobowych - P1) - Colonel Bogdan Sowa
  • Intelligence and Reconnaissance Analysis Directorate (Zarząd Analiz Wywiadowczych i Rozpoznawczych - P2) - Generał brygady Mieczysław Bieniek
  • Armed Forces Application Planning and Training Directorate (Zarząd Planowania Operacyjnego - P3) - Generał brygady Mirosław Polakow
  • Logistics Directorate (Zarząd Logistyki - P4) - Generał brygady Mariusz Skulimowski
  • Armed Forces Development Planning and Programming Directorate (Zarząd Planowania i Programowania Rozwoju Sił Zbrojnych - P5) - Generał brygady Rafał Ostrowski
  • Management and Command Directorate (Zarząd Kierowania i Dowodzenia - P6) - Colonel Piotr Chodowiec
  • Training Directorate (Zarząd Szkolenia - P7) - Generał brygady Rafał Miernik
  • Material Planning Directorate (Zarząd Planowania Rzeczowego - P8) - Generał brygady Krzysztof Zielski

List of chiefs of the general staff

Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)

Head of the Inspectorate
Chief of Staff

Second Polish Republic (1918−1939)

Chief of the General Staff
Chief of the Main Staff

Polish government-in-exile (1939−1946)

Republic of Poland / People's Republic of Poland (1945−1989)

Third Polish Republic (1990−present)

See also

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