Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)

The Chief of the General Staff of Armed Forces (Russian: Начальник Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил) is the highest-ranking military officer of in the Abkhazian Armed Forces, who is responsible for maintaining the operational command of the military.

Chief of the General Staff
Russian: Начальник Генерального штаба Вооружённых Сил
Incumbent Major general Vasily Lunev [ru] since 2 August 2018
Abkhazian Armed Forces
Member of	General Staff
Reports to	Minister for Defence
Appointer	President of Abkhazia
Term length	No fixed length
Precursor	Chief of the General Staff Soviet Armed Forces
Formation	11 October 1992

List of Chiefs

No.	Portrait	Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	President	Ref.
1		Sosnaliyev, SultanLieutenant general Sultan Sosnaliyev (1942–2008)	11 October 1992	May 1993	6 months	Parliamentary republic	.
2		Dbar, SergeiMajor general Sergei Dbar (1946–2002)	21 May 1993	June 1996	3 years	Parliamentary republic	[1]
3		Arshba, VladimirLieutenant general Vladimir Arshba (1959–2018)	June 1996	2004	3 years	Ardzinba, VladislavVladislav Ardzinba	.
4		Zaitsev, AnatoliLieutenant general Anatoli Zaitsev [ru] (born 1947)	<May 2005	14 April 2010	4 years, 11 months	Bagapsh, SergeiSergei Bagapsh	[2]
-		Ankvab, AlexanderAlexander Ankvab (born 1952) Acting	April 2010	29 March 2011	11 months	Bagapsh, SergeiSergei Bagapsh	.
5		Vasilchenko, VladimirVladimir Vasilchenko	29 March 2011	May 2015	4 years, 1 month	Bagapsh, SergeiSergei Bagapsh	[3]
6		Khrulyov, AnatolyColonel general Anatoly Khrulyov (born 1955)	18 May 2015	2 August 2018	3 years, 2 months	Khajimba, RaulRaul Khajimba	[4]
7		Lunev, VasilyMajor general Vasily Lunev [ru] (born 1956)	2 August 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 6 months	Khajimba, RaulRaul Khajimba	[5]

See also

• Abkhazian Armed Forces
• Minister for Defence of Abkhazia