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Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)
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Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)
The
Chief of the Defence Staff
(
CDS
) is the professional head of the
British Armed Forces
and the most senior uniformed military adviser to the
Secretary of State for Defence
and the
Prime Minister
. The Chief of the Defence Staff is based at the
Ministry of Defence
and works alongside the
Permanent Under Secretary
, the Ministry's senior civil servant. The Chief of the Defence Staff is the British equivalent position of what in
NATO
and the
European Union
is known as the
Chief of Defence
.
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