Chief of Staff of the Italian Army explained

Post:	Chief of Staff
Body:	the Italian Army
Flag:	Flag of the chief of staff of armed force.svg
Flagborder:	yes
Flagcaption:	Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army
Incumbent:	Generale di Corpo d'Armata Carmine Masiello
Incumbentsince:	27 February 2024
Abbreviation:	CSME
Member Of:	Army Staff
Reports To:	Chief of the Defence Staff
Formation:	1 September 1882
First:	Enrico Cosenz

The Chief of Staff of the Italian Army refers to the Chiefs of Staffs of the Royal Italian Army from 1882 to 1946 and the Italian Army from 1946 to the present.

List of chiefs of staff

Chiefs of Staff of the Italian Army (1946–present)

	Name	Portrait	Birth–Death	Rank	Took office	Left office	Note
1			1889–1973		1946	1947
2			1888–1991		1947	1950
3			1888–1957		1950	1952
4					1952	1954
5			1895–1983		1954	1959
6					1959	1960
7			1899–1983		1960	1962
8			1905–1980		1962	1966
9			1907–1973		1966	1967
10	Guido Vedovato				1966	1968
11			1907–1996		1968	1970
12					1970	1973
13			1914–1992		1973	1975
14					1975	1977
15					1977	1981
16			1922–2014		1981	1985
17					1985	1987
18					1987	1989
19			1929–2020		1989	1990	Later served as the Minister of Defence from 1995 to 1996
20			1931–2008		1990	1993
21			1934–2013		1993	1997
22					1997	2001
23					2001	2003
24					2003	2005
25			1944–		2005	2007
26			1945–		2007	2009
27			1946–		2009	2011
28			1953–2024		2011	2015
29			1953–		2015	27 February 2018	^[1]
30			1957–		27 February 2018	26 February 2021
31			1960–		26 February 2021	27 February 2024
32			1963-		27 February 2024	Incumbent

See also

• Italian Armed Forces
  • Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)
• Royal Italian Army
• Italian Army

References

1. Web site: I Capi di SME. 9 September 2016.