General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus

{{Short description|Military staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus}}

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{{Infobox government agency

| name = General Staff of the Armed Forces

| nativename_a = {{lang|be|Генеральны штаб Узброеных Сіл Рэспублікі Беларусь}}
{{lang|ru|Генеральный штаб Вооружённых сил Республики Беларусь}}

| logo = Flag of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus.svg

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| logo_caption = Official flag

| seal = Эмблема Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь.png

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| seal_caption = General Staff emblem

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| formed = May 1992

| preceding1 = General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (1946–1991)

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| headquarters = Minsk, Belarus

| minister1_name = Lt. Gen. Viktor Khrenin

| minister1_pfo = Minister of Defense

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| chief1_name = Maj. Gen. Pavel Muraveiko

| chief1_position = Chief of the General Staff

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| website = {{website|http://eng.mil.ru/en/management.htm|www.mil.ru}}

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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus is the central body of military management and operational control of the Armed Forces of Belarus. The Chief of the General Staff is appointed by the President of Belarus, who is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The General Staff is part of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pravo.by/document/?guid=3871&p0=p30600719|title=Вопросы центральных органов военного управления Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь|website=National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus|language=ru|trans-title=On the central bodies of military management of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus|access-date=1 October 2017}}

The General Staff was established originally as the Main Staff in May 1992, when the Byelorussian Military District of the Soviet Union was dissolved.{{Cite web |last=Muzyka |first=Konrad |title=The Belarusian Armed Forces: Structures, Capabilities, and Defence Relations with Russia |date=August 2021 |publisher=International Centre for Defence and Security |url=https://icds.ee/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/The-Belarusian-Armed-Forces.pdf }}

The current Chief of the General Staff is Pavel Muraveiko, who also serves as First Deputy Minister of Defence.{{cite web|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/05/23/7457220/|title=Lukashenko replaces chief of Belarusian military's General Staff|website=Ukrainska Pravda|date=May 23, 2024}}