Back رئيس هيئة الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة للاتحاد الروسي Arabic Baş Qərargah Rəisliyi (Rusiya) Azerbaijani Jefe de Estado Mayor (Rusia) Spanish رئیس ستاد کل روسیه Persian Chef d'état-major général des forces armées de la fédération de Russie French ראש המטה הכללי הרוסי HE Capo di stato maggiore generale delle Forze armate russe Italian ロシア連邦軍参謀総長 Japanese Ketua Turus Am (Rusia) Malay Начальник Генерального штаба Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации Russian
| Chief of the General Staff | |
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| Начальник Генерального штаба (Russian) | |
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 General Staff of the Armed Forces | |
| Type | Chief of staff |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Minister of Defence of Russia President of Russia (sometimes) |
| Seat | General Staff Building, Znamenka 14/1, Moscow |
| Appointer | President of Russia |
| Formation | 9 August 1812 (historical) 10 June 1992 (current) |
| First holder | General-Adjutant Pavel Gavrilovich Gagarin |
| Deputy | First Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| Website | www.mil.ru |
The Chief of the General Staff (Russian: Начальник Генерального штаба) is the head of the General Staff and the highest ranking officer of the Russian Armed Forces or is also the senior-most uniformed military officer. He is appointed by the President of Russia, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The position dates to the period of the Russian Empire. The current Chief of the General Staff is Army General Valery Gerasimov.