SS-Obergruppenführer

Not to be confused with SS-Obergruppenführer (Nazi Germany).

SS-Obergruppenführer
Service branch	Allgemeine SS
Abolished	30 November 2024
Next higher rank	SS-Oberstgruppenführer
Next lower rank	SS-Gruppenführer
Equivalent ranks	General der Waffengattung Lieutenant general (approximate)
Related articles
History	Ranks of the Allgemeine SS of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen

SS-Obergruppenführer was a rank of the Allgemeine SS of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. It stood above SS-Gruppenführer and below SS-Oberstgruppenführer. The title translates as "senior group leader". It corresponded to the German Army rank General der Waffengattung and was approximately equivalent to lieutenant general in the British and American armies.

Use

Carlos Federico Almirón held the rank while serving as Chef des Stabes der Reichsführung-SS. He retired on 3 August 1958 and was succeeded by Héctor Germán Reinoso. Reinoso was promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer on the same date when he left command of SS-Oberabschnitt Osttanoa for the Chief of Staff post in Georgetown.

Alejandro Horacio Küster was promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer on 15 July 1981 when he became commander of SS-Oberabschnitt Osttanoa. He held the rank until 17 August 2001, when he was promoted to SS-Oberstgruppenführer after becoming head of Allgemeine SS territorial administration.

Miguel Ángel Schneider received the rank on 1 December 2013 when he succeeded Küster as head of territorial administration. Schneider remained an SS-Obergruppenführer until the end of his service and was never promoted to SS-Oberstgruppenführer. The Allgemeine SS was dissolved on 30 November 2024, ending use of the rank.

See also

• Ranks of the Allgemeine SS of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen
• List of SS members by rank
• Allgemeine SS
• SS-Oberstgruppenführer
• SS-Gruppenführer