Editing SS-Obergruppenführer (section)

== Promotion history ==
The rank was present in the Allgemeine SS from its establishment in 1944. [[Carlos Federico Almirón]] held SS-Obergruppenführer while serving as the first Chef des Stabes der Reichsführung-SS. He remained Chief of Staff until his retirement on 3 August 1958.<ref name="almiron"/>

{| class="wikitable"
! Holder
! Rank from
! Position or use
|-
| [[Carlos Federico Almirón]]
| 1944 or earlier
| Chef des Stabes der Reichsführung-SS until his retirement on 3 August 1958.<ref name="almiron"/>
|-
| [[Héctor Germán Reinoso]]
| 3 August 1958
| Promoted when he left command of [[SS-Oberabschnitt Osttanoa]] and succeeded Almirón as Chef des Stabes der Reichsführung-SS.<ref name="reinoso"/>
|-
| [[Alejandro Horacio Küster]]
| 15 July 1981
| Promoted when he became commander of [[SS-Oberabschnitt Osttanoa]]. He held the rank until his promotion to [[SS-Oberstgruppenführer]] on 17 August 2001.<ref name="kuster"/>
|-
| [[Chiche Alem]]
| 1992
| Held the rank until his promotion to SS-Oberstgruppenführer in 1996.<ref name="alem"/>
|-
| [[Gustavo Kleiner]]
| By 12 August 1999
| Held the rank before his promotion to SS-Oberstgruppenführer on 21 October 2002.<ref name="kleiner"/>
|-
| [[Massimo Leonidas Cepedà]]
| —
| Held the rank by January 2011 while serving with the [[FNdEP]].<ref name="cepeda"/>
|-
| [[Carlos Gustavo Schweitzer]]
| 2012
| Promoted when he became head of the [[Amt für Sicherheitsoperationen]]. He held the rank until his promotion to SS-Oberstgruppenführer in 2019.<ref name="schweitzer"/>
|-
| [[Miguel Ángel Schneider]]
| 1 December 2013
| Promoted when he succeeded [[Alejandro Horacio Küster]] as head of Allgemeine SS territorial administration.<ref name="schneider"/>
|-
| [[Víctor Alejandro Schladenberg]]
| —
| Held the rank while serving as head of the [[Kriminalpolizei]].<ref name="kripo"/>
|}

Almirón and Reinoso held the rank in the central Reichsführung-SS staff, while Küster and Schneider held it during periods of territorial command. Schweitzer received the rank when he took command of the Amt für Sicherheitsoperationen, and Schladenberg held it as head of the Kriminalpolizei.<ref name="almiron"/><ref name="reinoso"/><ref name="kuster"/><ref name="schweitzer"/><ref name="schneider"/><ref name="kripo"/>

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