Editing Stabschef (section)

==Office holders==
The office of {{lang|de|Stabschef}} was held by four different people between 1929 and 1945 and was, in all but the first case of succession, inherited due to the death of a predecessor. The following SA officers held the office of {{lang|de|Stabschef}}:

{{Officeholder table start
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| image_title        = Portrait
| officeholder_title = {{lang|de|Stabschef}}
| showtermlenght     = y
| showelection       = n
| showcabinet        = n
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{{Officeholder table
| order2            = {{white|1}}
| image             = The Liberation of Rhodes, 1945 E30943 (cropped).jpg
| military_rank     =
| officeholder      = [[Otto Wagener]]
| officeholder_sort = Wagener, Otto
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1888
| died_year         = 1971
| term_start        = October 1929
| term_end          = 31 December 1930
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1929|10|1|1930|12|31}}
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| ref               = {{sfn|McNab|2009|pp=14, 15}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = {{white|2}}
| image             = Bundesarchiv Bild 102-15282A, Ernst Röhm.jpg
| military_rank     =
| officeholder      = [[Ernst Röhm]]
| officeholder_sort = Röhm, Ernst
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1887
| died_year         = 1934
| died              = y
| term_start        = 5 January 1931
| term_end          = 1 July 1934{{efn|Executed during the [[Night of the Long Knives]]}}
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1931|01|05|1934|07|01}}
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| ref               = {{sfn|McNab|2009|pp=16, 18, 19}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = {{white|3}}
| image             = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F051632-0523, Viktor Lutze.jpg
| military_rank     =
| officeholder      = [[Viktor Lutze]]
| officeholder_sort = Lutze, Viktor
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1890
| died_year         = 1943
| died              = y
| term_start        = 1 July 1934
| term_end          = 2 May 1943{{efn|Died in a car accident}}
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1934|07|01|1943|05|02}}
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| ref               = {{sfn|Hamilton|1984|p=312}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = {{white|–}}
| image             = Max Jüttner at the Nuremberg Trials.jpg
| military_rank     =
| officeholder      = [[Max Jüttner]]
| officeholder_sort = Jüttner, Max
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1888
| died_year         = 1963
| term_start        = 2 May 1943
| term_end          = August 1943 
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1943|05|02|1943|08|1}}
| acting            = y
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| ref               = <ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9a9MRnxtdJgC&q=wilhelm+schepmann&pg=PA500 |title = The Nazi Party 1919-1945: A Complete History|isbn = 9780982491195|last1 = Orlow|first1 = Dietrich|date = 2010-06-23| publisher=Enigma Books }}</ref> 
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order2            = {{white|4}}
| image             = Wilhelm Schepmann SA.jpg
| military_rank     =
| officeholder      = [[Wilhelm Schepmann]]
| officeholder_sort = Schepmann, Wilhelm
| officeholder_note =
| born_year         = 1894
| died_year         = 1970
| term_start        = August 1943 
| term_end          = 5 May 1945
| timeinoffice      = {{age in years and months|1943|08|1|1945|05|05}}
| alt_party         = Nazi Party
| ref               = {{sfn|McNab|2009|p=14}}
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}

===Timeline===
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 from: 05/01/1931 till: 01/07/1934 color:sa text:"[[Ernst Röhm|Röhm]]" fontsize:10
 from: 01/07/1934 till: 02/05/1943 color:sa text:"[[Viktor Lutze|Lutze]]" fontsize:10
 from: 02/05/1943 till: 01/08/1943 color:sa text:"[[Max Jüttner|Jüttner]] (acting)" fontsize:10
 from: 01/08/1943 till: 05/05/1945 color:sa text:"[[Wilhelm Schepmann|Schepmann]]" fontsize:10

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