List of Chiefs of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Italy

List of Chiefs of the General Staff of the Defense of the Armed Forces of Italy ( Italian: Capo di stato maggiore della difesa della Forze Armate della Repubblica Italiana )

Portrait	Name	Tenure
		Start	Ending
	Marshal Pietro Badoglio	May 4, 1925 ( 1925-05-04 )	December 4, 1940 ( 1940-12-04 )
	Marshal Hugo Cavallero	December 4, 1940 ( 1940-12-04 )	February 1, 1943 ( 1943-02-01 )
	Army General Vittorio Ambrosio	February 2, 1943 ( 1943-02-02 )	November 18, 1943 ( 1943-11-18 )
	Marshal Giovanni Messe	November 19, 1943 ( 1943-11-19 )	May 1, 1945 ( 1945-05-01 )
	Army General Claudio Trezzani	May 2, 1945 ( 1945-05-02 )	February 1, 1950 ( 1950-02-01 )
	Corps General Luigi Eficio Marras	December 2, 1950 ( 1950-12-02 )	April 15, 1954 ( 1954-04-15 )
	Corps General Giuseppe Mansinelli	April 16, 1954 ( 1954-04-16 )	March 31, 1959 ( 1959-03-31 )
	corps general Aldo Rossi	April 1, 1959 ( 1959-04-01 )	January 31, 1966 ( 1966-01-31 )
	corps general Aldo Aloia	February 1, 1966 ( 1966-02-01 )	February 24, 1968 ( 1968-02-24 )
	Corps General Guido Vedovato	February 25, 1968 ( 1968-02-25 )	January 14, 1970 ( 1970-01-14 )
	Corps General Enzo Marchezi	January 15, 1979 ( 1979-01-15 )	July 31, 1972 ( 1972-07-31 )
	Vice Admiral Eugenio Henke	August 1, 1972 ( 1972-08-01 )	January 31, 1975 ( 1975-01-31 )
	Corps General Andrea Villone	February 1, 1975 ( 1975-02-01 )	January 31, 1978 ( 1978-01-31 )
	Air Force General Francesco Cavalero	February 1, 1978 ( 1978-02-01 )	January 31, 1980 ( 1980-01-31 )
	Vice Admiral Giovanni Torrizi	February 1, 1980 ( 1980-02-01 )	September 2, 1981 ( 1981-09-02 )
	Corps General Vittorio Santini	September 3, 1981 ( 1981-09-03 )	October 12, 1983 ( 1983-10-12 )
	Air Force General Lamberto Bartolucci	October 13, 1983 ( 1983-10-13 )	January 8, 1986 ( 1986-01-08 )
	Corps General Riccardo Bisogniero	January 9, 1986 ( 1986-01-09 )	March 31, 1988 ( 1988-03-31 )
	Vice Admiral Mario Porta	April 1, 1988 ( 1988-04-01 )	March 31, 1990 ( 1990-03-31 )
	Corps General Domenico Korchone	April 1, 1990 ( 1990-04-01 )	December 31, 1993 ( 1993-12-31 )
	Vice Admiral Guido Venturoni	January 1, 1994 ( 1994-01-01 )	February 14, 1999 ( 1999-02-14 )
	General Mario Arpino	February 15, 1999 ( 1999-02-15 )	March 31, 2001 ( 2001-03-31 )
	General Rolando Mosca Moskini	April 1, 2001 ( 2001-04-01 )	March 9, 2004 ( 2004-03-09 )
	Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola	March 10, 2004 ( 2004-03-10 )	February 11, 2008 ( 2008-02-11 )
	General Vincenzo Camporini	February 12, 2008 ( 2008-02-12 )	January 17, 2011 ( 2011-01-17 )
	General Biagio Abrate	January 18, 2011 ( 2011-01-18 )	January 30, 2013 ( 2013-01-30 )
	Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli	January 31, 2013 ( 2013-01-31 )	February 27, 2015 ( 2015-02-27 )
	General Claudio Graziano	February 27, 2015 ( 2015-02-27 )	according to present vr.