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General Inspector of the Armed Forces
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<h2 id="list-of-general-inspectors">List of General Inspectors</h2> <p>† denotes people who died in office. </p> <h3><a href="/facts/Second_Polish_Republic/YEYGMvn9">Second Polish Republic</a></h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Portrait</th><th>General Inspector</th><th>Took office</th><th>Left office</th><th>Time in office</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td>Piłsudski, JózefPierwszy Marszałek Polski<a href="/facts/J%25C3%25B3zef_Pi%25C5%2582sudski/Bewua8mG">Józef Piłsudski</a>(1867–1935)</td><td>27 August 1926</td><td>12 May 1935 †</td><td>8 years, 258 days</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td></td><td>Rydz-Śmigły, EdwardMarszałek Polski<a href="/facts/Edward_Rydz-%25C5%259Amig%25C5%2582y/6Hfjrr7G">Edward Rydz-Śmigły</a>(1886–1941)</td><td>12 May 1935</td><td>7 November 1939</td><td>4 years, 179 days</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Rydz-Śmigły went into exile on 18 September 1939, during the <a href="/facts/Nazi_Germany/8kRbqRpo">German</a> <a href="/facts/Invasion_of_Poland/8kconR1e">invasion of Poland</a>. Afterwards, all General Inspectors were in exile (and increasingly connected with educational activities such as cooperation with the <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>-based <a href="/facts/Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum/p7XvmGAj">Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum</a>).</i> </p> <h3><a href="/facts/Polish_government-in-exile/zmK5lw9a">Polish government-in-exile</a></h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Portrait</th><th>General Inspector</th><th>Took office</th><th>Left office</th><th>Time in office</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td>Sikorski, Władysławgen. broni<a href="/facts/W%25C5%2582adys%25C5%2582aw_Sikorski/MMV9ysB0">Władysław Sikorski</a>(1881–1943)</td><td>7 November 1939</td><td><a href="/facts/1943_Gibraltar_Liberator_AL523_crash/n0wDBIl1">4 July 1943</a> †</td><td>3 years, 239 days</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td></td><td>Sosnkowski, Kazimierzgen. broni<a href="/facts/Kazimierz_Sosnkowski/PNWLMScX">Kazimierz Sosnkowski</a>(1885–1969)</td><td>8 July 1943</td><td>30 September 1944</td><td>1 year, 84 days</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td></td><td>Bór-Komorowski, Tadeuszgen.<a href="/facts/Tadeusz_B%25C3%25B3r-Komorowski/jYQAh5IG">Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski</a>(1895–1966)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td>30 September 1944</td><td>2 October 1944</td><td>2 days</td></tr><tr><td>–</td><td></td><td>Anders, Władysławgen. broni<a href="/facts/W%25C5%2582adys%25C5%2582aw_Anders/4L65RQcF">Władysław Anders</a>(1892–1970)<i>Acting</i></td><td>2 October 1944</td><td>5 May 1945</td><td>215 days</td></tr><tr><td>(3)</td><td></td><td>Bór-Komorowski, Tadeuszgen.<a href="/facts/Tadeusz_B%25C3%25B3r-Komorowski/jYQAh5IG">Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski</a>(1895–1966)</td><td>5 May 1945</td><td>8 November 1946</td><td>1 year, 187 days</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td></td><td>Anders, Władysławgen. broni<a href="/facts/W%25C5%2582adys%25C5%2582aw_Anders/4L65RQcF">Władysław Anders</a>(1892–1970)</td><td>8 November 1946</td><td>1954</td><td>7–8 years</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td></td><td>Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, Michałgen. broni<a href="/facts/Micha%25C5%2582_Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski/StEY1bth">Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski</a>(1893–1964)</td><td>1954</td><td>22 May 1964 †</td><td>9–10 years</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td></td><td>Dembiński, Stefangen. dyw.<a href="/facts/Stefan_Dembi%25C5%2584ski/l4Tt9K9d">Stefan Dembiński</a>(1887–1972)</td><td>1964</td><td>27 March 1972 †</td><td>7–8 years</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td></td><td>Kopański, Stanisławgen. dyw.<a href="/facts/Stanis%25C5%2582aw_Kopa%25C5%2584ski/yI5lBHbm">Stanisław Kopański</a>(1895–1976)</td><td>1972</td><td>23 March 1976</td><td>3–4 years</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td></td><td>Bohusz-Szyszko, Zygmuntgen. dyw.<a href="/facts/Zygmunt_Bohusz-Szyszko/o58I4UcP">Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko</a>(1893–1982)</td><td>19 March 1976</td><td>19 February 1980</td><td>3 years, 337 days</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td></td><td>Duch, Bolesław Bronisławgen. dyw.<a href="/facts/Boles%25C5%2582aw_Bronis%25C5%2582aw_Duch/aDIUzlkG">Bolesław Bronisław Duch</a>(1885–1980)</td><td>19 February 1980</td><td>9 October 1980 †</td><td>233 days</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Duch died on 9 October 1980. Afterwards, in place of the GISZ, a Military Council was created, led by gen. bryg. <a href="/facts/Klemens_Rudnicki/8j9BFEQA">Klemens Rudnicki</a>.</i> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Polish_General_Staff/TmdNo5GC">Polish General Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Poland)/RvbHFRs0">Ministry of National Defence (Poland)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Captain_general/7zMPcde9">Captain general</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inspector_general/LSumdtLC">Inspector general</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Commander of the Home Army, appointed as General Inspector during the Warsaw Uprising. <a href="/wiki/Home_Army" target="_blank">/wiki/Home_Army</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>