Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)

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United Kingdom military position defence chief senior military appointment

The Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) is the professional head of the British Armed Forces and the principal military adviser to the UK government.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) canonical 11
Chief of the Defence Staff 3
Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom military position ⓘ
defence chief ⓘ
senior military appointment ⓘ
advisesOn defence policy ⓘ
military operations ⓘ
strategic military planning ⓘ
appointedBy Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
canBeHeldBy Admiral ⓘ
Air Chief Marshal ⓘ
General ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
firstHolder Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson ⓘ
firstHolderStartYear 1959 ⓘ
formallyAppointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
hasAbbreviation CDS ⓘ
heads British Chiefs of Staff Committee ⓘ
surface form: Chiefs of Staff Committee
isHighestRankedUniformedOfficerIn British Armed Forces ⓘ
isPrincipalMilitaryAdviserTo UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
isProfessionalHeadOf British Armed Forces ⓘ
British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: UK Armed Forces
isSeniorTo Chief of the Air Staff ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)

Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Chief of Naval Staff ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)
jurisdiction United Kingdom defence ⓘ
memberOf Armed Forces Committee of the Defence Council ⓘ
Defence Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
nativeLanguageName Chief of the Defence Staff ⓘ
officeCreatedInYear 1959 ⓘ
officeType military leadership position ⓘ
oversees British Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
partOf Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
precededByOffice Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (United Kingdom)
rankTypicallyHeld four-star officer ⓘ
reportsTo Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
responsibleFor direction of operations of the British Armed Forces ⓘ
overall military strategy of the United Kingdom ⓘ
seat Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence Main Building

Whitehall ⓘ
shortName CDS ⓘ
style Admiral ⓘ
Air Chief Marshal ⓘ
General ⓘ
worksWith Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joint Forces Command (United Kingdom) → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Permanent Joint Headquarters → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
First Sea Lord → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff
Strategic Command → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff
Military Staff Committee → hasMember → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom
Lord Louis Mountbatten → positionHeld → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Director Special Forces → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff
Peter Harding → notableWork → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leadership of the UK Armed Forces as Chief of the Defence Staff
Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) → precededByOffice → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (United Kingdom)
Chief of Joint Operations → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Chief of Defence Intelligence → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Chief of Defence Intelligence → advises → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) → worksWith → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Chef d’état-major des armées → equivalentOffice → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
UK Special Forces (at strategic level) → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
subject surface form: UK Special Forces
Chef Defensie → equivalentOffice → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
United Kingdom Special Forces → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom