Chiefs of Staff, Bundeswehr Since 1957
| Timeframe | Name | Branch | Minister | Picture |
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| 1957–1961 | General Adolf Heusinger (1897–1982) | Army (Heer) | Franz Josef Strauß | |
| 1961–1963 | General Friedrich Foertsch (1900–1976) | Army (Heer) | Franz Josef Strauß Kai-Uwe von Hassel |
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| 1964–1966 | General Heinz Trettner (1907–2006) | Army (Heer) | Kai-Uwe von Hassel | |
| 1966–1972 | General Ulrich de Maizière (1912–2006) | Army (Heer) | Kai-Uwe von Hassel Helmut Schmidt Gerhard Schröder |
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| 1972–1976 | Admiral Armin Zimmermann (1917–1976) | Navy (Deutsche Marine) | Georg Leber | |
| 1976–1978 | General Harald Wust (* 1921-2010) | Air Force (Luftwaffe) | Georg Leber | |
| 1978–1983 | General Jürgen Brandt (1922–2003) | Army (Heer) | Manfred Wörner Hans Apel |
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| 1983–1986 | General Wolfgang Altenburg (*1928) | Army (Heer) | Manfred Wörner | |
| 1986–1991 | Admiral Dieter Wellershoff (1933–2005) | Navy (Deutsche Marine) | Gerhard Stoltenberg Rupert Scholz Manfred Wörner |
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| 1991–1996 | General Klaus Naumann (*1939) | Army (Heer) | Volker Rühe Gerhard Stoltenberg |
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| 1996–1999 | General Hartmut Bagger (*1938) | Army (Heer) | Rudolf Scharping Volker Rühe |
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| 1999–2000 | General Hans-Peter von Kirchbach (*1941) | Army (Heer) | Rudolf Scharping | |
| 2000–2002 | General Harald Kujat (*1942) | Air Force (Luftwaffe) | Rudolf Scharping | |
| 2002–2009 | General Wolfgang Schneiderhan (*1946) | Army (Heer) | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Franz Josef Jung Peter Struck Rudolf Scharping |
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| 2010– | General Volker Wieker (*1954) | Army (Heer) | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Thomas de Maizière |
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