General Staff of the Mongolian Armed Forces
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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Mongolia (Mongolian: Зэвсэгт хүчний жанжин штаб) is a permanent military body in Mongolia. According to the Law on the Armed forces, General Staff is the professional managing body and the headquarters for the Mongolian Armed Forces and operates independently from the Ministry of Defense, its parent body. It serves as the highest decision making body in the armed forces outside of the government controlled defense ministry and provides the armed forces with integrated military management as well as participates in the development of defense policy and the planning and organizing of the military. It also informs and consults with the National Security Council on defense matters. It is led by the Chief of the General Staff who is the professional head of the military, being the equivalent to the American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Russian Chief of the General Staff. The current Chief of the General Staff is Lieutenant General Ganbyamba Sunrev. The headquarters of the General Staff is located in Ulaanbaatar.
History
In March 1921, the Mongolian People's Party Military Administration Department was established with five members and was renamed the "Headquarters". A Military Council also existed, functioning with a General Staff that was exclusively led by Soviet specialists. The source of the modern General Staff was the People's General Staff, established in 1921.
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