Editing SS-Oberstgruppenführer (section)

== Promotion history ==
The rank appears in the careers of senior officers from several parts of the SS command. [[Federico Augusto Villalba]] was promoted to SS-Oberstgruppenführer on 15 July 1981 when he became head of territorial administration of the [[Allgemeine SS]]. He remained in that office until his retirement on 17 August 2001.<ref name="villalba"/>

{| class="wikitable"
! Holder
! Rank from
! Position or use
|-
| [[Federico Augusto Villalba]]
| 15 July 1981
| Head of territorial administration of the [[Allgemeine SS]] until 17 August 2001.<ref name="villalba"/>
|-
| [[Chiche Alem]]
| 1996
| Held the rank until his appointment as [[Reichsführer-SS]] in 2005.<ref name="alem"/>
|-
| [[Quique Miguel Ponce]]
| 2001
| Later commanded [[SS-Großabschnitt Afrika]] from 2020 until his death in 2024.<ref name="ponce"/>
|-
| [[Alejandro Horacio Küster]]
| 17 August 2001
| Promoted when he succeeded Villalba as head of Allgemeine SS territorial administration.<ref name="kuster"/>
|-
| [[Gustavo Kleiner]]
| 21 October 2002
| Promoted while serving in [[Eef Paap]]'s restricted command circle.<ref name="kleiner"/>
|-
| [[Carlos Gustavo Schweitzer]]
| 2019
| Promoted when he was appointed commander of the [[SS Fischjägergruppen]]. He held the rank until his death on 13 July 2023.<ref name="schweitzer"/>
|-
| [[SD Man]]
| —
| Held the rank while serving as head of the [[Sicherheitsdienst von Eef Paap]].<ref name="sd"/>
|}

Villalba and Küster both received the rank when taking charge of Allgemeine SS territorial administration in [[Georgetown]]. Ponce held it while commanding a Regional Großabschnitt, while Schweitzer received it with command of the SS Fischjägergruppen. The Sicherheitsdienst commander known as SD Man also held the rank, although the date of his promotion is not established.<ref name="kuster"/><ref name="ponce"/><ref name="schweitzer"/><ref name="sd"/>

The rank ceased to be used on 30 November 2024 when the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]] collapsed and the [[Allgemeine SS]] was dissolved.<ref name="dissolution"/>