Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)
Chief of the Defence Staff | |
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Capo di stato maggiore della difesa | |
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![]() Incumbent since 19 October 2021Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Reports to | Minister of Defence |
Nominator | Minister of Defence |
Appointer | President of Italy in consultation with the Council of Ministers |
Constituting instrument | Decree 66, articles 25, 26 & 27 |
Formation | 4 May 1925 |
First holder | Pietro Badoglio |
Website | Official website |
The Chief of the Defence Staff of Italy is the service head of the Italian Armed Forces.
The current Chief of the Defence staff is Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone.
History
The post was established in 1925 as Chief of the General Staff (Capo di Stato Maggiore Generale). From 1941 until 1945, it was Capo del Comando Supremo. In 1947 it assumed its present name.
The Chief of the Defense staff, since 1998, to exercise his duties, uses two joint bodies:
- Stato maggiore della Difesa (Defense Staff)
- Comando operativo di vertice interforze (Joint-top operational command)
List of chiefs of the defence staff
Kingdom of Italy (1925–1946)
No. | Portrait | Chief of the General Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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1 | ![]() | Badoglio, PietroMarshal of Italy Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956) [a] | 4 May 1925 | 4 December 1940 | 15 years, 214 days | ![]() |
2 | ![]() | Cavallero, UgoMarshal of Italy Ugo Cavallero (1880–1943) [b] | 5 December 1940 | 1 February 1943 | 2 years, 58 days | ![]() |
3 | ![]() | Ambrosio, VittorioGeneral Vittorio Ambrosio (1879–1958) [c] | 2 February 1943 | 18 November 1943 | 289 days | ![]() |
4 | ![]() | Ambrosio, VittorioMarshal of Italy Giovanni Messe (1883–1968) [d] | 19 November 1943 | 1 May 1945 | 1 year, 163 days | ![]() |
Italian Republic (1945−present)
No. | Portrait | Chief of the Defence Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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5 | ![]() | Trezzani, ClaudioGeneral Claudio Trezzani (1881–1955) | 2 May 1945 | 1 December 1950 | 5 years, 213 days | ![]() |
6 | ![]() | Efisio Marras, LuigiLieutenant General Luigi Efisio Marras (1888–1991) | 2 December 1950 | 15 April 1954 | 3 years, 134 days | ![]() |
7 | ![]() | Mancinelli, GiuseppeLieutenant General Giuseppe Mancinelli (1895–1976) | 16 April 1954 | 31 March 1959 | 4 years, 349 days | ![]() |
8 | ![]() | Rossi, AldoLieutenant General Aldo Rossi (1898–1990) | 1 April 1959 | 31 January 1966 | 6 years, 305 days | ![]() |
9 | ![]() | Aloia, AldoLieutenant General Aldo Aloia (1905–1980) | 1 February 1966 | 24 February 1968 | 2 years, 23 days | ![]() |
10 | ![]() | Vedovato, GuidoLieutenant General Guido Vedovato (1906–2001) | 25 February 1968 | 14 January 1970 | 1 year, 323 days | ![]() |
11 | ![]() | Marchesi, EnzoLieutenant General Enzo Marchesi (1907–1996) | 15 January 1970 | 31 July 1972 | 2 years, 198 days | ![]() |
12 | ![]() | Henke, EugenioVice Admiral Eugenio Henke (1909–1990) | 1 August 1972 | 31 January 1975 | 2 years, 183 days | ![]() |
13 | ![]() | Viglione, AndreaLieutenant General Andrea Viglione (1914–1992) | 1 February 1975 | 31 January 1978 | 2 years, 364 days | ![]() |
14 | ![]() | Cavalera, FrancescoLieutenant General Francesco Cavalera (1919–2013) | 1 February 1978 | 31 January 1980 | 1 year, 364 days | ![]() |
15 | ![]() | Torrisi, GiovanniVice Admiral Giovanni Torrisi (1917–1992) | 1 February 1980 | 2 September 1981 | 1 year, 213 days | ![]() |
16 | ![]() | Santini, VittorioLieutenant General Vittorio Santini (1920–2012) | 3 September 1981 | 12 October 1983 | 2 years, 39 days | ![]() |
17 | ![]() | Bartolucci, LambertoLieutenant General Lamberto Bartolucci (1924–2020) | 13 October 1983 | 8 January 1986 | 2 years, 88 days | ![]() |
18 | ![]() | Bisogniero, RiccardoLieutenant General Riccardo Bisogniero (1923–2018) | 9 January 1986 | 31 March 1988 | 2 years, 82 days | ![]() |
19 | ![]() | Porta, MarioVice Admiral Mario Porta (1925–2018) | 1 April 1988 | 31 March 1990 | 1 year, 364 days | ![]() |
20 | ![]() | Corcione, DomenicoLieutenant General Domenico Corcione (1929–2020) | 1 April 1990 | 31 December 1993 | 3 years, 274 days | ![]() |
21 | ![]() | Venturoni, GuidoAdmiral Guido Venturoni (born 1934) | 1 January 1994 | 14 February 1999 | 5 years, 44 days | ![]() |
22 | ![]() | Arpino, MarioGeneral Mario Arpino (born 1937) | 15 February 1999 | 31 March 2001 | 2 years, 44 days | ![]() |
23 | ![]() | Moschini, Rolando MoscaGeneral Rolando Mosca Moschini (born 1939) | 1 April 2001 | 9 March 2004 | 2 years, 343 days | ![]() |
24 | ![]() | Di Paola, GiampaoloAdmiral Giampaolo Di Paola (born 1944) | 10 March 2004 | 11 February 2008 | 3 years, 338 days | ![]() |
25 | Camporini, VincenzoGeneral Vincenzo Camporini (born 1946) | 12 February 2008 | 17 January 2011 | 2 years, 339 days | ![]() | |
26 | ![]() | Abrate, BiagioGeneral Biagio Abrate (born 1949) | 18 January 2011 | 30 January 2013 | 2 years, 12 days | ![]() |
27 | ![]() | Binelli Mantelli, LuigiAdmiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli (born 1950) | 31 January 2013 | 27 February 2015 | 2 years, 28 days | ![]() |
28 | Graziano, ClaudioGeneral Claudio Graziano (1953–2024) | 28 February 2015 | 5 November 2018 | 3 years, 250 days | ![]() | |
29 | ![]() | Vecciarelli, EnzoGeneral Enzo Vecciarelli (born 1957) | 6 November 2018 | 19 October 2021 | 2 years, 347 days | ![]() |
30 | ![]() | Cavo Dragone, GiuseppeAdmiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone (born 1957) | 19 October 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 320 days | ![]() |
See also
Notes
- ^ Resigned due to setbacks in the Greco-Italian War.
- ^ Dismissed due to setbacks in the North African campaign and on the Eastern Front.
- ^ Served at the time of the fall of the Fascist regime and the Armistice of Cassibile.
- ^ Chief of Staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army.
References
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