Group of Soviet Forces in Germany - Commanders-in-Chief of The GSFG

Commanders-in-Chief of The GSFG

The first three Commanders-in-Chief were also Chiefs of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany.

Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (SOFG 1945–49)

• Georgy Zhukov – 9 June 1945 to 21 March 1946
• Vasily Sokolovsky – 22 March 1946 until 31 March 1949

Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG 1949-1988)

• Vasily Chuikov – 1 April 1949 until 26 May 1953
• Andrei Grechko – 27 May 1953 until 16 November 1957
• Matvei Zakharov – 17 November 1957 until 14 April 1960
• Ivan Yakubovsky – 15 April 1960 until 9 August 1961
• Ivan Konev – 9 August 1961 to 18 April 1962
• Ivan Yakubovsky – 19 April 1962 to 26 January 1965
• Pyotr Koshevoy – 27 January 1965 to 31 October 1969
• Viktor Kulikov – 1 November 1969 to 13 September 1971
• Semyon Kurkotkin – 14 September 1971 to 19 July 1972
• Yevgeni F. Ivanovski – 20 July 1972 to 25 November 1980
• Mikhail M. Zaytsev – 26 November 1980 to 6 July 1985
• Pjotr G. Lushev – 7 July 1985 to 11 July 1986
• Waleri A. Belikov – 12 July 1986 to 12 November 1987

Western Group of Forces (WGF 1988–94)

• Boris W. Snetkov – 26 November 1987 bis 13.Dezember 1990
• Matvei P. Burlakov – 13 December 1990 to 31 August 1994