Stabschef

Stabschef SA
Earlier (left) and later (right) command flag
Best known officeholder
Ernst Röhm
5 January 1931 – 1 July 1934
Sturmabteilung
StatusCommanding officer of a paramilitary organisation
Member ofOberste SA-Führung
Reports toOberste SA-Führer
AppointerAdolf Hitler
FormationOctober 1929
First holderOtto Wagener
Final holderWilhelm Schepmann
Abolished5 May 1945
Deputy Stabsführer

Stabschef ([ʃtaːps.ʃɛf], lit.'Chief of staff') was an office and paramilitary rank in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary stormtroopers associated with the Nazi Party. It was a rank and position held by the operating chief of the SA. The rank was equivalent to the rank of Generaloberst in the German Army and to General in the U.S. Army.[1]

  1. ^ Campbell 1998, p. 163.