Vice Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)

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Vice chief of Army Staff
Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani-2009.jpg
Last VCOAS
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
8 October 2007 – 28 November 2007
Type Second in command of Pakistan army
Status Abolished
Abbreviation VCOAS
Reports to Chief of the Army Staff
Term length 3 years,
Renewable once
Formation 25 March 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-25)
First holder General Abdul Hamid Khan
Final holder General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
Abolished 28 November 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-28)

The Vice chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) is the post that is principal deputy and second-in-command (S-in-C) of the Pakistan Army, reporting under the Chief of Army Staff. The position was created in the existence of army chief is simultaneously the President of Pakistan, having taking over by imposing the martial law against the elected civilian government.[1] The post is now nonexistence and no longer in commission with the army – the Chief of General Staff now serves as the second-in-command in the army leadership.[2]

The function and scope of the vice army chief was to "exercise and perform all the powers and functions vested in the chief of army staff under the law. rules, regulations, orders, and instructions for the time being in the force."[1]

The vice army chiefs are considered to be the principle commander of the army but not altogether, as the vice army chief has to report to the army chief, specifically in taking decisions regarding the promotions.[1] The post of the vice army chief is a very senior position and the appointment holder is a four-star general. To date only one Deputy COAS has been appointed. 3 star General Muzaffar Usmani was appointed as Deputy chief on 3 May 2001 by then Chief executive and COAS General Pervez Musharraf.[3]

List of vice chiefs of army staff

All persons mentioned below have served as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff with distinction of General Abdul Hamid Khan who acted as the 'Chief of Staff' (COS) of the army under General Yahya Khan who was the President of Pakistan and also the holder of the post of Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was the last vice chief of army staff till date.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Unit of commission Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
– General
Abdul Hamid Khan Lua error in mw.lua at line 511: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/PAK" does not exist.
(1917–1984)		 25 March 1969 20 December 1971 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 10th Baloch
1 General
Sawar Khan Lua error in mw.lua at line 511: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/PAK" does not exist.
(born 1924)		 13 April 1980 22 March 1984 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 1st (SP) Med Regt Arty (FF) [4][5]
2 80px General
Khalid Mahmud Arif Lua error in mw.lua at line 511: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/PAK" does not exist.
(1930–2020)		 23 March 1984 29 March 1987 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 11th Cavalry (FF) [6][7]
3 80px General
Mirza Aslam Beg Lua error in mw.lua at line 511: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/PAK" does not exist.
(born 1931)		 29 March 1987 17 August 1988 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 16th Baloch [8]
4 General
Yusaf Khan Lua error in mw.lua at line 511: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/PAK" does not exist.
(born 1948)		 8 October 2001 6 October 2004 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. Guides Cavalry [9]
5 General
Ahsan Saleem Hayat Lua error in mw.lua at line 511: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/PAK" does not exist.
(born 1948)		 7 October 2004 7 October 2007 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 33rd Cavalry [10][11]
6 Ashfaq Parvez Kayani-2009.jpg General
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Lua error in mw.lua at line 511: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/PAK" does not exist.
(born 1952)		 8 October 2007 28 November 2007 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 5th Baloch [8]

See also

References

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