General Inspector of the Armed Forces

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General Inspector of the Armed Forces
Generalny Inspektor Sił Zbrojnych
Flag of the GISZ
Longest serving Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski 1954 – 22 May 1964
Polish Armed Forces
Abbreviation	GISZ
Reports to	The President
Residence	Belweder Palace, Warsaw (Piłsudski)
Appointer	The President
Term length	No fixed term
Formation	27 August 1926
First holder	Józef Piłsudski
Final holder	Bolesław Bronisław Duch
Abolished	9 October 1980
Succession	Military Council

General Inspector of the Armed Forces (Polish: Generalny Inspektor Sił Zbrojnych; GISZ) was an office created in the Second Polish Republic in 1926, after the May Coup.

The General Inspector reported directly to the President, and was not responsible to the Sejm (parliament) or the government. In the event of war, the General Inspector was to become the Commander-in-chief of the Polish Armed Forces.

Following the German invasion of Poland in 1939 and the post-war establishment of the Polish People's Republic, the position was retained by the Polish government-in-exile until 1980.