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It is responsible for the planning, command and control of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Armed_Forces" title="Portuguese Armed Forces">Portuguese Armed Forces</a>. </p><p>EMGFA is headed by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Chefe do Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas</i>) or CEMGFA, the highest rank of <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a> in the Portuguese Armed Forces. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Portugal)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1950, as part of the Portuguese military reforms related with the lessons learned following World War II, the start of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a> and the foundation of <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>, the roles of <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Portugal)" title="Ministry of National Defence (Portugal)">minister of National Defence</a> and of Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff (CEMGFA) were created. The creation of these roles was a major step in the planned integration of the several military <a href="/wiki/Service_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Service branch">service branches</a> and so the establishment of the Armed Forces of Portugal as a single organization. The CEMGFA assumed most of the responsibilities until then assigned to the military heads of the Navy and of the Army, the then existing service branches, as the Air Force would only be created in 1952. </p><p>At the same time and as a forerunner of a future General Staff, the <b>Secretariat-General of National Defence</b> (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Secretariado-Geral da Defesa Nacional</i>) or <b>SGDN</b> was established. The SGDN was the central planning organization of the Defence, being headed by the CEMGFA. </p><p>In 1969, it was decreed that SGDN should be remodelled in order to be transformed into the Armed Forces General Staff (EMGFA), as the organization for the joint administration of the Armed Forces. However, transformation of the SGDN into the EMGFA occurred only in 1974. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Portugal)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Armed Forces General Staff is integrated into the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Portugal)" title="Ministry of National Defence (Portugal)">Portuguese Ministry of National Defence</a> and includes: </p> <ul><li>The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (CEMGFA)</li> <li>The Joint Staff (EMC, <i>Estado-Maior Conjunto</i>)</li> <li>The Joint Operational Command (COC, <i>Comando Operacional Conjunto</i>)</li> <li>The operational commands of the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> and <a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief#Portugal" title="Commander-in-chief">commanders-in-chief</a> that can be created under the CEMGFA, in times of war</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Centro_de_Informa%C3%A7%C3%B5es_e_Seguran%C3%A7a_Militares" title="Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares">Military Security and Information Center</a> (CISMIL, <i>Centro de Informações e Segurança Militares</i>)</li> <li>The general support organizations</li></ul> <p>Under the dependency of the CEMGFA are also: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Joint_Command_and_Staff_College" title="Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College">Portuguese Joint Command and Staff College</a> (IESM, <i>Instituto de Estudos Superiores Militares</i>)</li> <li>The Hospital of the Armed Forces (HFAR, <i>Hospital das Forças Armadas</i>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chief_of_the_General_Staff">Chief of the General Staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Portugal)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief of the General Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces is the operational commander of the Portuguese Armed Forces in times of peace. In times of war, he assumes the complete command of the Armed Forces. The CEMGFA is a general officer of one of the three branches of the Armed Forces (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Navy" title="Portuguese Navy">Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Air Force</a>), appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Portugal" title="President of Portugal">President of Portugal</a>, by proposal of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Portugal" title="Government of Portugal">Government of Portugal</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_chiefs_of_the_General_Staff">List of chiefs of the General Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Portugal)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of chiefs of the General Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chief</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch</th> <th><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Aníbal César Valdez de Passos e Sousa [pt]"><img alt="Aníbal César Valdez de Passos e Sousa [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">de Passos e Sousa, Aníbal César Valdês</span><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=An%C3%ADbal_C%C3%A9sar_Valdez_de_Passos_e_Sousa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aníbal César Valdez de Passos e Sousa (page does not exist)">Aníbal César Valdez de Passos e Sousa</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/An%C3%ADbal_C%C3%A9sar_Valdez_de_Passos_e_Sousa" class="extiw" title="pt:Aníbal César Valdez de Passos e Sousa">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1884–1954)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 August 1950</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6 December 1951</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002488000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 123 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt [pt]"><img alt="Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">de Bettencourt, Manuel Ortins</span><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">Rear admiral</a><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manuel_Ortins_de_Bettencourt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt (page does not exist)">Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Ortins_de_Bettencourt" class="extiw" title="pt:Manuel Ortins de Bettencourt">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1892–1969)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 December 1951</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 February 1955</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003115500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 59 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/20px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/40px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Navy" title="Portuguese Navy">Portuguese Navy</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Júlio Botelho Moniz"><img alt="Júlio Botelho Moniz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Moniz, Júlio Botelho</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BAlio_Botelho_Moniz" title="Júlio Botelho Moniz">Júlio Botelho Moniz</a></b><br /><small>(1900–1979)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 March 1955</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 August 1958</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003125900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 163 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="José António da Rocha Beleza Ferraz"><img alt="José António da Rocha Beleza Ferraz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ferraz, José António da Rocha Beleza</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/J._A._Beleza_Ferraz" title="J. A. Beleza Ferraz">José António da Rocha Beleza Ferraz</a></b><br /><small>(1901–?)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 August 1958</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 April 1961</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002964000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 233 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manuel_Gomes_de_Araujo_-_GazetaCF_1475_1949.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manuel Gomes de Araújo [pt]"><img alt="Manuel Gomes de Araújo [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Manuel_Gomes_de_Araujo_-_GazetaCF_1475_1949.jpg/100px-Manuel_Gomes_de_Araujo_-_GazetaCF_1475_1949.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Manuel_Gomes_de_Araujo_-_GazetaCF_1475_1949.jpg/150px-Manuel_Gomes_de_Araujo_-_GazetaCF_1475_1949.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Manuel_Gomes_de_Araujo_-_GazetaCF_1475_1949.jpg/200px-Manuel_Gomes_de_Araujo_-_GazetaCF_1475_1949.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="622" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">de Araújo, Manuel Gomes</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Gomes_de_Ara%C3%BAjo" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuel Gomes de Araújo">Manuel Gomes de Araújo</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Gomes_de_Ara%C3%BAjo" class="extiw" title="pt:Manuel Gomes de Araújo">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1897–1982)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 April 1961</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 December 1962</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002599000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 234 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Venâncio Augusto Deslandes [pt]"><img alt="Venâncio Augusto Deslandes [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Deslandes, Venâncio Augusto</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ven%C3%A2ncio_Augusto_Deslandes" class="mw-redirect" title="Venâncio Augusto Deslandes">Venâncio Augusto Deslandes</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ven%C3%A2ncio_Augusto_Deslandes" class="extiw" title="pt:Venâncio Augusto Deslandes">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1909–1985)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 August 1968</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 September 1972</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003148000000000000♠"></span>4 years, 19 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portuguese Air Force</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Francisco da Costa Gomes"><img alt="Francisco da Costa Gomes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg/100px-Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg/150px-Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg/200px-Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1291" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gomes, Francisco da Costa</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Francisco_da_Costa_Gomes" title="Francisco da Costa Gomes">Francisco da Costa Gomes</a></b><br /><small>(1914–2001)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 September 1972</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 March 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002554000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 189 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Joaquim da Luz Cunha [pt]"><img alt="Joaquim da Luz Cunha [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Cunha, Joaquim da Luz</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Joaquim_da_Luz_Cunha" class="mw-redirect" title="Joaquim da Luz Cunha">Joaquim da Luz Cunha</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquim_da_Luz_Cunha" class="extiw" title="pt:Joaquim da Luz Cunha">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1914–?)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 March 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 April 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠"></span>40 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">(7)</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Francisco da Costa Gomes"><img alt="Francisco da Costa Gomes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg/100px-Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg/150px-Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg/200px-Francisco_Costa_Gomes_Roma_1975.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1291" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gomes, Francisco da Costa</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Francisco_da_Costa_Gomes" title="Francisco da Costa Gomes">Francisco da Costa Gomes</a></b><br /><small>(1914–2001)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 April 1974</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 July 1976</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002806000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 75 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ant%C3%B3nio_Ramalho_Eanes.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="António Ramalho Eanes"><img alt="António Ramalho Eanes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Ant%C3%B3nio_Ramalho_Eanes.jpg/100px-Ant%C3%B3nio_Ramalho_Eanes.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Ant%C3%B3nio_Ramalho_Eanes.jpg/150px-Ant%C3%B3nio_Ramalho_Eanes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Ant%C3%B3nio_Ramalho_Eanes.jpg/200px-Ant%C3%B3nio_Ramalho_Eanes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="409" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Eanes, António Ramalho</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Ramalho_Eanes" title="António Ramalho Eanes">António Ramalho Eanes</a></b><br /><small>(born 1935)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14 July 1976</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16 February 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003167800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 217 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio"><img alt="Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">de Melo Egídio, Nuno Viriato Tavares</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nuno_Viriato_Tavares_de_Melo_Eg%C3%ADdio" title="Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio">Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio</a></b><br /><small>(1922–2011)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 February 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18 February 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 1 day</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="José Lemos Ferreira [pt]"><img alt="José Lemos Ferreira [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Ferreira, José Lemos</span>General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Lemos_Ferreira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Lemos Ferreira (page does not exist)">José Lemos Ferreira</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Lemos_Ferreira" class="extiw" title="pt:José Lemos Ferreira">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1929–2020)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 March 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 March 1989</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003183300000000000♠"></span>5 years, 7 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portuguese Air Force</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="António Soares Carneiro"><img alt="António Soares Carneiro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Carneiro, António Soares</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Soares_Carneiro" title="António Soares Carneiro">António Soares Carneiro</a></b><br /><small>(1928–2014)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 March 1989</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 January 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003176300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 302 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="António Carlos Fuzeta da Ponte [pt]"><img alt="António Carlos Fuzeta da Ponte [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">da Ponte, António Carlos Fuzeta</span><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a><br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ant%C3%B3nio_Carlos_Fuzeta_da_Ponte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="António Carlos Fuzeta da Ponte (page does not exist)">António Carlos Fuzeta da Ponte</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Carlos_Fuzeta_da_Ponte" class="extiw" title="pt:António Carlos Fuzeta da Ponte">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(born 1935)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 February 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 March 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003147700000000000♠"></span>4 years, 16 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/20px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/40px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Navy" title="Portuguese Navy">Portuguese Navy</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Gabriel Espírito Santo [pt]"><img alt="Gabriel Espírito Santo [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Santo, Gabriel Espírito</span>General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gabriel_Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gabriel Espírito Santo (page does not exist)">Gabriel Espírito Santo</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo" class="extiw" title="pt:Gabriel Espírito Santo">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(1936–2014)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 March 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 August 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002875000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 144 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Manuel José Alvarenga de Sousa Santos [pt]"><img alt="Manuel José Alvarenga de Sousa Santos [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Santos, Manuel José Alvarenga de Sousa</span>General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manuel_Jos%C3%A9_Alvarenga_de_Sousa_Santos&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manuel José Alvarenga de Sousa Santos (page does not exist)">Manuel José Alvarenga de Sousa Santos</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Jos%C3%A9_Alvarenga_de_Sousa_Santos" class="extiw" title="pt:Manuel José Alvarenga de Sousa Santos">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(born 1940)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 August 2000</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">23 August 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002741000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 11 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portuguese Air Force</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="José Manuel Garcia Mendes Cabeçadas [pt]"><img alt="José Manuel Garcia Mendes Cabeçadas [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Cabeçadas, José Manuel Garcia Mendes</span>Admiral<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Garcia_Mendes_Cabe%C3%A7adas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Manuel Garcia Mendes Cabeçadas (page does not exist)">José Manuel Garcia Mendes Cabeçadas</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Garcia_Mendes_Cabe%C3%A7adas" class="extiw" title="pt:José Manuel Garcia Mendes Cabeçadas">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(born 1943)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 November 2002</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 December 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003149200000000000♠"></span>4 years, 31 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/20px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/40px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Navy" title="Portuguese Navy">Portuguese Navy</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Luís Valença Pinto [pt]"><img alt="Luís Valença Pinto [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Pinto, Luís Valença</span>General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lu%C3%ADs_Valen%C3%A7a_Pinto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luís Valença Pinto (page does not exist)">Luís Valença Pinto</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Vasco_Valen%C3%A7a_Pinto" class="extiw" title="pt:Luís Vasco Valença Pinto">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(born 1946)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5 December 2006</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4 February 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003152200000000000♠"></span>4 years, 61 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Luisaraujo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Luís Evangelista Esteves Araújo"><img alt="Luís Evangelista Esteves Araújo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Luisaraujo.jpg/100px-Luisaraujo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Luisaraujo.jpg/150px-Luisaraujo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Luisaraujo.jpg/200px-Luisaraujo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="232" data-file-height="313" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Araújo, Luís Evangelista Esteves</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Ara%C3%BAjo" title="Luís Araújo">Luís Evangelista Esteves Araújo</a></b><br /><small>(1949–2023)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 February 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 February 2014</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 0 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Fin_Flash_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portuguese Air Force</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Artur Neves Pina Monteiro [pt]"><img alt="Artur Neves Pina Monteiro [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Monteiro, Artur Neves Pina</span>General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artur_Neves_Pina_Monteiro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Artur Neves Pina Monteiro (page does not exist)">Artur Neves Pina Monteiro</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Neves_Pina_Monteiro" class="extiw" title="pt:Artur Neves Pina Monteiro">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(born 1952)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 February 2014</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 March 2018</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003148300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 22 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rear_Adm._Antonio_Silva_Ribeiro,_Deputy_Vice_Chief_of_the_Portuguese_Naval_Staff,_Portuguese_Navy_(5222172280)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="António da Silva Ribeiro"><img alt="António da Silva Ribeiro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Rear_Adm._Antonio_Silva_Ribeiro%2C_Deputy_Vice_Chief_of_the_Portuguese_Naval_Staff%2C_Portuguese_Navy_%285222172280%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Rear_Adm._Antonio_Silva_Ribeiro%2C_Deputy_Vice_Chief_of_the_Portuguese_Naval_Staff%2C_Portuguese_Navy_%285222172280%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Rear_Adm._Antonio_Silva_Ribeiro%2C_Deputy_Vice_Chief_of_the_Portuguese_Naval_Staff%2C_Portuguese_Navy_%285222172280%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Rear_Adm._Antonio_Silva_Ribeiro%2C_Deputy_Vice_Chief_of_the_Portuguese_Naval_Staff%2C_Portuguese_Navy_%285222172280%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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data-sort-value="7003182600000000000♠"></span>5 years, 0 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/20px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg/40px-Naval_Jack_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Navy" title="Portuguese Navy">Portuguese Navy</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="José Nunes da Fonseca [pt]"><img alt="José Nunes da Fonseca [pt]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">da Fonseca, José Nunes</span>General<br /><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Nunes_da_Fonseca&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Nunes da Fonseca (page does not exist)">José Nunes da Fonseca</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Nunes_da_Fonseca" class="extiw" title="pt:José Nunes da Fonseca">pt</a>]</span></b><br /><small>(born 1961)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 March 2023</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Incumbent</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002642000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 276 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/18px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/28px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg/37px-Military_flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">–</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Portugal)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Army" title="Portuguese Army">Portuguese Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Air_Force" title="Portuguese Air Force">Portuguese Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Navy" title="Portuguese Navy">Portuguese Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Republican_Guard_(Portugal)" title="National Republican Guard (Portugal)">National Republican Guard (Portugal)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Portugal)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Carnation_Revolution" title="Carnation Revolution">Carnation Revolution</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Simultaneously served as President of the <a href="/wiki/National_Salvation_Junta" title="National Salvation Junta">National Salvation Junta</a> (30 September 1974 – 14 March 1975), <a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of Portugal">15th</a> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Portugal" title="President of Portugal">President of Portugal</a> (30 September 1974 – 13 July 1976) and President of the <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Council_(Portugal)" title="Revolutionary Council (Portugal)">Revolutionary Council</a> (14 March 1975 – 13 July 1976)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Simultaneously served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of Portugal">16th</a> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Portugal" title="President of Portugal">President of Portugal</a> (14 July 1976 – 9 March 1986) and President of the <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Council_(Portugal)" title="Revolutionary Council (Portugal)">Revolutionary Council</a> (14 July 1976 – 30 September 1982)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_General_Staff_(Portugal)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>RIBEIRO, António S., <i>Organização Superior da Defesa Nacional</i>, Prefácio, 2004</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> </div> 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General Staff (South Sudan) (page does not exist)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Sudan) (page does not exist)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_People%27s_Defence_Force#Chief_of_Defence_Force" title="Tanzania People's Defence Force">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Togo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Togo) (page does not exist)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Tunisia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Tunisia) (page does not exist)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Uganda)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Uganda)">Uganda</a></li> <li>Zambia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Zimbabwe)" title="Chief of Defense (Zimbabwe)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Somaliland)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Somaliland)">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Biafra</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Bophuthatswana_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force (page does not exist)">Bophuthatswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Ciskei_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Ciskei Defence Force (page does not exist)">Ciskei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirdar" title="Sirdar">British Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Ethiopia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)">Ethiopian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Zimbabwe)" title="Chief of Defense (Zimbabwe)">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Transkei_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Transkei Defence Force (page does not exist)">Transkei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Venda_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Venda Defence Force (page does not exist)">Venda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Zaire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Defense (Antigua and Barbuda)">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(Argentina)" title="Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina)">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Bahamas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Bahamas)">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Barbados)" title="Chief of Staff (Barbados)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Belize)" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Bolivia#Commander_in_Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Armed Forces of Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Joint Staff of the Armed Forces">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Canada)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Defence_(Chile)" title="Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Defence (Chile)">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Commander_of_the_Military_Forces_(Colombia)" title="General Commander of the Military Forces (Colombia)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolutionary_Armed_Forces#Leadership" title="Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Dominican_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Dominican Republic) (page does not exist)">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Chief_of_Staff_(Ecuador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Chief of Staff (Ecuador) (page does not exist)">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Joint_Staff_(El_Salvador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Joint Staff (El Salvador) (page does not exist)">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Guatemala)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Guatemala)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Guyana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff (Guyana)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Haiti" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Honduras)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Armed Forces (Honduras) (page does not exist)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Jamaica)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Jamaica)">Jamaica</a></li> <li>Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_National_Defense_(Mexico)" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico)">Secretariat of National Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Navy" title="Secretariat of the Navy">Secretariat of the Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Army_(Nicaragua)" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Nicaragua)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Paraguay)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Command_(Peru)" title="Chief of the Joint Command (Peru)">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Defence_Force_Commander_(Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Defence Force Commander (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (page does not exist)">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Suriname)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Suriname)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Trinidad and Tobago)">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Staff_(Uruguay)" title="Defence Staff (Uruguay)">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Command_Operations_(Venezuela)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategic Command Operations (Venezuela)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Afghanistan)" title="Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defense_(Bahrain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defense (Bahrain) (page does not exist)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal_Staff_Officer_(Bangladesh)" title="Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Operations_Officer_(Bhutan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief Operations Officer (Bhutan) (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Brunei_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Cambodian_Armed_Forces" title="Commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_Department_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission">PR of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(East_Timor)" title="Chief of Defence Force (East Timor)">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Indonesian_National_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army">AJA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">IRGC</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Iraq)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Iraq)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Israel)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Israel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff,_Joint_Staff" title="Chief of Staff, Joint Staff">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(Jordan)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jordan)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kazakhstan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kazakhstan)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Department_of_the_Korean_People%27s_Army" title="General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(South_Korea)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (South Korea)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kuwait)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Armed_Forces_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="General Staff of Armed Forces (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Laos)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Laos) (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lebanese_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Malaysia)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Maldives)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Maldives)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mongolia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Mongolia)">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_Defence_Services" title="Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Nepal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Nepal)">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_staff_(Oman)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of staff (Oman) (page does not exist)">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Qatar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Qatar) (page does not exist)">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_General_Staff" title="Chairman of the General Staff">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Singapore)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Singapore)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Syria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Syria)">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Tajikistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Tajikistan)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Thailand)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Thailand)">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Turkmenistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Turkmenistan)">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_staff_(United_Arab_Emirates)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of staff (United Arab Emirates) (page does not exist)">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Uzbekistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Uzbekistan)">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Vietnam)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Vietnam)">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Yemen)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Yemen) (page does not exist)">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Republic_of_China)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Republic of China)">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Democratic Kampuchea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_General_Headquarters" title="Imperial General Headquarters">Imperial Japan</a></li> <li>Mengjiang</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Manchukuo" title="Politics of Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_General_Staff_(South_Vietnam)" title="Chief of the Joint General Staff (South Vietnam)">South Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Albania)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Albania)">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Armenia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Armenia)">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Austria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Austria)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Belarus" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Belgium)" title="Chief of Defence (Belgium)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Joint_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Chiefs of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_(Bulgaria)" title="Chief of the Defence (Bulgaria)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Croatia)" title="Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (Croatia)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_General_Staff" title="Chief of the National Guard General Staff">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Czech_Republic)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Czech Republic)">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Denmark)" title="Chief of Defence (Denmark)">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Estonian_Defence_Forces" title="Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Finland)" title="Chief of Defence (Finland)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_Bundeswehr" title="Inspector General of the Bundeswehr">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_Forces_(Georgia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Defense Forces (Georgia)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_National_Defence_General_Staff" title="Hellenic National Defence General Staff">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Hungary)" title="Chief of General Staff (Hungary)">Hungary</a></li> <li>Iceland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Defence_Forces_(Ireland)" title="Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Italy)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Joint_Headquarters_(Latvia)" title="Commander of the Joint Headquarters (Latvia)">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Lithuania)" title="Chief of Defence (Lithuania)">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Luxembourg)" title="Chief of Defence (Luxembourg)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Malta)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Malta)">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Moldova)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Moldova)">Moldova</a></li> <li>Monaco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Montenegro)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro)">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Chief of Defence (Netherlands)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(North_Macedonia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia)">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Norway)" title="Chief of Defence (Norway)">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_General_Staff" title="Polish General Staff">Poland</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Romanian_General_Staff" title="Chief of the Romanian General Staff">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Russia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Russia)">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Serbian_General_Staff" title="Chief of the Serbian General Staff">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Slovakia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Slovenia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia)">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Spain)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain)">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Swedish_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Switzerland)" title="Chief of the Armed Forces (Switzerland)">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Turkish_General_Staff" title="Chief of the Turkish General Staff">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Swiss_Guard" title="List of commanders of the Swiss Guard">Vatican</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Abkhazia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Artsakh)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the General Staff (Artsakh) (page does not exist)">Artsakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_Kosovo_Security_Force" title="Commander of Kosovo Security Force">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Northern_Cyprus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Northern Cyprus) (page does not exist)">Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(South_Ossetia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the General Staff (South Ossetia) (page does not exist)">South Ossetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Transnistria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Transnistria)">Transnistria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_General_Staff" title="Austro-Hungarian General Staff">Austria–Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Command_of_the_Army_of_the_Republic_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Supreme Command of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Home_Guard_(World_War_II)#Command_structure" title="Croatian Home Guard (World War II)">Independent State of Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Czechoslovakia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Czechoslovakia)">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_General_Staff" title="German General Staff">Prussia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_General_Staff" title="German General Staff">Imperial Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oberkommando_der_Wehrmacht" title="Oberkommando der Wehrmacht">Nazi Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(East_Germany)" title="Ministry of National Defence (East Germany)">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_War_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Ministry of War 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