Post: | Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces |
Body: | the Warsaw Treaty Organization |
Insignia: | Warsaw Pact Logo.svg |
Department: | Ministry of Defense |
Member Of: | Warsaw Pact Ministry of Defense |
Seat: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
First: | Ivan Konev |
Last: | Pyotr Lushev |
Deputy: | Chief of Combined Staff |
The Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces of the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Russian: Главнокомандующие Объединёнными вооружёнными силами стран-участниц Варшавского договора|Glavnokomanduyushchiye Obyedinonnymi vooruzhonnymi silami stran-uchastnits Varshavskogo dogovora) was a post in overall command of the military forces of the Warsaw Pact. Furthermore, the Supreme Commander was also a First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union. The post, which was instituted in 1955 and abolished in 1991, was always held by a Soviet officer.