Chief of Staff of the Italian Army
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{{Infobox official post
| post = Chief of Staff
| body = the Italian Army
| native_name = {{native name|it|Capo di stato maggiore dell'Esercito Italiano}}
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Chief of Staff of the Italian Army
| image = Comandante per TV 1.jpg
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| incumbent = Generale di Corpo d'Armata
Carmine Masiello
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| incumbentsince = 27 February 2024
| department = {{Army|Italy}}
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| abbreviation = CSME
| member_of = Army Staff
| reports_to = Chief of the Defence Staff
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| formation = 1 September 1882
| first = Enrico Cosenz
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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 Royal Italian Army (1882–1946)=
{{Officeholder table start
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| officeholder_title = Chiefs of Staff of the Royal Italian Army
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{{Officeholder table
| order = 1
| image = Gen-Cosenz.gif
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = Enrico Cosenz
| officeholder_sort = Cosenz, Enrico
| born_year = 1820
| died_year = 1898
| term_start = 1 September 1882
| term_end = 1 December 1893
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1882|9|1|1893|12|1}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 2
| image = Il generale Domenico Primerano, nuovo Capo di Stato Maggiore (xilografia).jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = {{Interlanguage link|Domenico Primerano|it}}
| officeholder_sort = Primerano, Domenico
| born_year = 1829
| died_year = 1911
| term_start = 1 December 1893
| term_end = 1 June 1896
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1893|12|1|1896|6|1}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 3
| image = Tancredi Saletta.jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = Tancredi Saletta
| officeholder_sort = Saletta, Tancredi
| born_year = 1840
| died_year = 1909
| term_start = 1 June 1896
| term_end = 27 June 1908
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1896|6|1|1908|6|24}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 4
| image = Pollio.jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = Alberto Pollio
| officeholder_sort = Pollio, Alberto
| born_year = 1852
| died_year = 1914
| died = y
| term_start = 1 July 1908
| term_end = 1 July 1914
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years|1908|7|1|1914|7|1}} years
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 5
| image = Luigi Cadorna 02.jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = Luigi Cadorna
| officeholder_sort = Cadorna, Luigi
| officeholder_note = {{efn|Dismissed after the disaster at Caporetto.}}
| born_year = 1850
| died_year = 1928
| term_start = 10 July 1914
| term_end = 9 November 1917
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1914|7|10|1917|11|9}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 6
| image = Armando Diaz cropped 111-SC-44886 - NARA - 55248534.jpg
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = Armando Diaz
| officeholder_sort = Diaz, Armando
| born_year = 1861
| died_year = 1928
| term_start = 9 November 1917
| term_end = 24 November 1919
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1917|11|9|1919|11|24}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 7
| image = Pietro Badoglio 1921.jpg
| military_rank = General of the Army
| officeholder = Pietro Badoglio
| officeholder_sort = Badoglio, Pietro
| born_year = 1871
| died_year = 1956
| term_start = 24 November 1919
| term_end = 3 February 1921
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1919|11|24|1921|2|3}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 8
| image = Generale Giuseppe Vaccari.png
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = {{Interlanguage link|Giuseppe Vaccari|it}}
| officeholder_sort = Vaccari, Giuseppe
| born_year = 1866
| died_year = 1937
| term_start = 3 February 1921
| term_end = 1 May 1923
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1921|2|3|1923|5|1}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 9
| image = Senatore Giuseppe Francesco Ferrari.gif
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = {{Interlanguage link|Giuseppe Francesco Ferrari|it}}
| officeholder_sort = Ferrari, Giuseppe
| born_year = 1865
| died_year = 1943
| term_start = 1 May 1923
| term_end = 4 May 1925
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1923|5|1|1925|5|4}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = (7)
| image = Pietro Badoglio 1921.jpg
| military_rank = General of the Army
| officeholder = Pietro Badoglio
| officeholder_sort = Badoglio, Pietro
| born_year = 1871
| died_year = 1956
| term_start = 4 May 1925
| term_end = 1 February 1927
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1925|5|4|1927|2|1}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = (9)
| image = Senatore Giuseppe Francesco Ferrari.gif
| military_rank = Lieutenant General
| officeholder = {{Interlanguage link|Giuseppe Francesco Ferrari|it}}
| officeholder_sort = Ferrari, Giuseppe
| born_year = 1865
| died_year = 1943
| term_start = 1 February 1927
| term_end = 25 February 1928
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1927|2|1|1928|2|15}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 10
| image = Nicola Gualtieri (senatore).jpg
| military_rank = Generale di Corpo d'Armata
| officeholder = {{Interlanguage link|Nicola Gualtieri|it|Nicola Gualtieri (senatore)}}
| officeholder_sort = Gualtieri, Nicola
| born_year = 1866
| died_year = 1953
| term_start = 29 July 1928
| term_end = 4 February 1929
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1928|7|29|1929|2|4}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 11
| image = Alberto Bonzani.gif
| military_rank = Generale di Corpo d'Armata
| officeholder = {{Interlanguage link|Alberto Bonzani|it}}
| officeholder_sort = Bonzani, Alberto
| born_year = 1872
| died_year = 1935
| term_start = 4 February 1929
| term_end = 1 October 1934
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1929|2|4|1934|10|1}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 12
| image = Federico Baistrocchi.jpg
| military_rank = Generale Designato d'Armata
| officeholder = Federico Baistrocchi
| officeholder_sort = Baistrocchi, Federico
| born_year = 1871
| died_year = 1947
| term_start = 1 October 1934
| term_end = 7 October 1936
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1934|10|1|1936|10|7}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 13
| image = Pariani Alberto.jpg
| military_rank = Generale Designato d'Armata
| officeholder = Alberto Pariani
| officeholder_sort = Pariani, Alberto
| born_year = 1876
| died_year = 1955
| term_start = 7 October 1936
| term_end = 3 November 1939
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1936|10|7|1939|11|3}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 14
| image = Rodolfo Graziani 1940 (Retouched).jpg
| military_rank = Marshal of Italy
| officeholder = Rodolfo Graziani
| officeholder_sort = Graziani, Rodolfo
| born_year = 1882
| died_year = 1955
| term_start = 3 November 1939
| term_end = 24 March 1941
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1939|11|3|1941|3|24}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 15
| image = Mario Roatta portrait.jpg
| military_rank = Generale di Corpo d'Armata
| officeholder = Mario Roatta
| officeholder_sort = Roatta, Mario
| born_year = 1887
| died_year = 1968
| term_start = 24 March 1941
| term_end = 20 January 1942
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1941|3|24|1942|1|20}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 16
| image = VittorioAmbrosio.jpg
| military_rank = Generale Designato d'Armata
| officeholder = Vittorio Ambrosio
| officeholder_sort = Ambrosio, Vittorio
| born_year = 1879
| died_year = 1958
| term_start = 20 January 1942
| term_end = 1 February 1943
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1942|1|20|1943|2|1}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 17
| image = Rosi Ezio.jpg
| military_rank = Generale Designato d'Armata
| officeholder = Ezio Rosi
| officeholder_sort = Rosi, Ezio
| born_year = 1881
| died_year = 1963
| term_start = 2 February 1943
| term_end = 18 May 1943
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1943|2|2|1943|5|18}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = –
| image = Giuseppe De Stefanis.jpg
| military_rank = Generale di Corpo d'Armata
| officeholder = Giuseppe De Stefanis
| officeholder_sort = de Stefanis, Giuseppe
| born_year = 1885
| died_year = 1965
| term_start = 19 May 1943
| term_end = 31 May 1943
| acting = y
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1943|5|19|1943|5|31}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = (15)
| image = Mario Roatta portrait.jpg
| military_rank = Generale di Corpo d'Armata
| officeholder = Mario Roatta
| officeholder_sort = Roatta, Mario
| born_year = 1887
| died_year = 1968
| term_start = 1 June 1943
| term_end = 18 November 1943
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1943|6|1|1943|11|18}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 18
| image = Berardi Paolo.jpg
| military_rank = Generale di Corpo d'Armata
| officeholder = Paolo Berardi
| officeholder_sort = Berardi, Paolo
| born_year = 1885
| died_year = 1953
| term_start = 18 November 1943
| term_end = 10 February 1945
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1943|11|18|1945|2|10}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 19
| image =
| military_rank = Generale di Brigata
| officeholder = {{Interlanguage link|Ercole Ronco|it}}
| officeholder_sort = Ronco, Ercole
| born_year = 1890
| died_year = 1967
| term_start = 10 February 1945
| term_end = 4 July 1945
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1945|2|10|1945|7|4}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 20
| image = RaffaeleCadorna.jpg
| military_rank = Generale di Divisione
| officeholder = Raffaele Cadorna Jr.
| officeholder_sort = Cadorna Jr., Raffaele
| born_year = 1889
| died_year = 1973
| term_start = 4 July 1945
| term_end = 13 June 1946
| timeinoffice = {{Age in years and days|1945|7|4|1946|6|13}}
}}
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=Chiefs of Staff of the Italian Army (1946–present)=
See also
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