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List of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals

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Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten as colonel general (Generaloberst).
Insignia of an Austro-Hungarian Army colonel general

The following is a list of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals of the Austro-Hungarian Army.

From 1915 to 1918 in the Austro-Hungarian Army, colonel general (German: Generaloberst, Hungarian: Vezérezredes) was an officer rank second only to the rank of field marshal (German: Feldmarschall, Hungarian: Tábornagy) .

In the Austrian Armed Forces of today, there is no rank of colonel general.

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This is a list of Austro-Hungarian colonel generals. Those generals later promoted to field marshal are not included. For colonel generals later promoted to field marshal, see List of Austrian field marshals.

Promoted Name Born Died Notes
1916 Archduke Josef Ferdinand of Austria 1872 1942 Commander-in -Chief of the 4th Army and Chief Inspector of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops (German: K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen)
1916 Friedrich Graf von Beck-Rzikowsky 1830 1920 Former Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army (until 1906)
1916 Eduard Graf Paar 1837 1919 Emperor's adjutant general of Franz Joseph I
1916 Arthur Freiherr von Bolfras 1838 1922 Imperial Adjuntant General, Chief of the Emperor’s Military Office
1916 Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi 1852 1926 Minister of War (German: Landesverteidigungsminister)
1916 Karl Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin 1855 1925 Commander-in-Chief 7th Army. Later, Commander-in-Chief all of Imperial and Royal forces in Army Group Albania
1916 Viktor Graf von Dankl 1854 1921 Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Army
1916 Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas 1854 1921 Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army (succeeded Archduke Joseph Ferdinand)
1916 Paul Freiherr Puhallo von Brlog 1856 1926 Commander-in-Chief of the 1st and 3rd Armies
1916 Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria 1863 1931 Artillery staff
1916 Karl Graf von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach 1856 1939 Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd and 4th Armies
1917 Adolf von Rhemen 1855 1932 Governor-general of Serbia
1917 Karl Graf Huyn 1857 1938 Commanding General XVII Corps, Military Governor of Galicia
1917 Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten 1860 1934 Commandant of the Przemyśl Fortress
1917 Karl Křitek 1861 1928 Commander-in-Chief of the 7th Army
1917 Wenzel Freiherr von Wurm 1859 1921 Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Army
1917 Samuel Freiherr von Hazai 1851 1942 Royal Hungarian Honvéd Minister, Chief of the Ersatzwesen (replacements, reinforcements, and recruits)
1917 Leopold Freiherr von Hauer 1854 1933 Commanding General of a Cavalry Corps
1917 Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel 1857 1938 Commander-in-Chief of the 11th Army
1917 Stephan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovčen 1858 1939 Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina
1918 Josef Freiherr Roth von Limanowa-Lapanów 1859 1927 Commander-in-Chief of the XX Corps
1918 Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straussenburg 1857 1935 Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian-Hungarian Army 1917–1918
1918 Hugo Martiny von Malastów 1860 1940 Commanding General III Army Corps
1918 Rudolf Freiherr Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten 1861 1921 Minister of War
1918 Alois Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein 1858 1944 Commander-in-Chief of the 6th Army

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