This is a list of the officers who have held the army rank of field marshal or marshal. It does not include air force marshals.

Afghanistan

* HM Nasrullah Khan (1875–1920) * 2004 -

Mohammed Fahim Mohammad Qasim Fahim ( prs, محمد فهیم, also known as "Marshal Fahim"; 1957 – 9 March 2014) was a politician in Afghanistan who served as Vice President from June 2002 until December 2004 and from November 2009 until his death. Betwee ...

(1957–2014) * 2020 -

Abdul Rashid Dostum Abdul Rashid Dostum ( ; prs, عبدالرشید دوستم; Uzbek Latin: , Uzbek Cyrillic: , ; born 25 March 1954) is an Afghan exiled politician, former Marshal in the Afghan National Army, founder and leader of the political party Junbish- ...

(b. 1954)

Albania

* 1 September 1928 - HM King Zog (1895–1961)

Australia

* 20 March 1925 -

William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, (13 September 1865 – 17 May 1951) was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl ...

(1865–1951; honorary) * 2 June 1938 - HM King George VI (1895–1952; honorary) * 8 June 1950 - Sir Thomas Blamey (1884–1951) * 1 April 1954 - HRH Prince Philip, 1st Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021; honorary)

Austria/Austria-Hungary

List of Austrian field marshals The list of Austrian field marshals denotes those who held the rank of ''Feldmarschall'' in the Austrian or Austro-Hungarian armies. Austrian Empire Austria-Hungary See also * List of German field marshals * List of Marshals of Aust ...

* List of Marshals of Austria

Bahrain

* HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (b. 1950) * HRH Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (b. 1969) * Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...

(b. 1954)

Brandenburg

* List of Brandenburger field marshals

Brazil

* List of Brazilian marshals

Chad

* 11 August 2020 -

Idriss Déby Idriss Déby Itno ' (18 June 1952 – 20 April 2021) was a Chadian politician and military officer who was the president of Chad from 1990 until his death in 2021. Déby was a member of the Bidayat clan of the Zaghawa ethnic group. A high-ranki ...

(1952–2021)

Cambodia

* 1971 -

Lon Nol Marshal Lon Nol ( km, លន់ នល់, also ; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence min ...

(1913–1985) * HRH Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944–2021) * 2009 - Heng Samrin (b. 1934)His Majesty Promotes Cambodian Leaders to Five-Star General December 27, 2009
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Chea Sim Chea Sim ( km, ជា ស៊ីម; 15 November 19328 June 2015) was a Cambodian politician. He was President of the Cambodian People's Party from 1991 to 2015, President of the National Assembly of Cambodia from 1981 to 1998 (Vice President fr ...

(b. 1932) * 2009 -

Hun Sen Hun Sen (; km, ហ៊ុន សែន, ; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military commander who has served as the prime minister of Cambodia since 1985. He is the longest-serving head of government of Cambodia, and ...

(b. 1952)

Central African Empire

Jean-Bédel Bokassa Jean-Bédel Bokassa (; 22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996), also known as Bokassa I, was a Central African political and military leader who served as the second president of the Central African Republic (CAR) and as the emperor of its s ...

(1921–1986)

Republic of China

* 1912 -

Yuan Shikai Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. H ...

(1859–1916) * 1917 - Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925) * 1921 - Tang Jiyao (1883–1927) * 1921 -

Lu Rongting Lu Rongting (; September 9, 1859 – November 6, 1928), also spelled as Lu Yung-ting and Lu Jung-t'ing, was a late Qing/early Republican military and political leader from Wuming, Guangxi. Lu belonged to the Zhuang ethnic group.吴振汉. � ...

(1856–1927) * 1927 -

Zhang Zuolin Zhang Zuolin (; March 19, 1875 June 4, 1928), courtesy name Yuting (雨亭), nicknamed Zhang Laogang (張老疙瘩), was an influential Chinese bandit, soldier, and warlord during the Warlord Era in China. The warlord of Manchuria from 1916 to ...

(1875–1928) * 1935 - Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975)

People's Republic of China

* 1955 -

Zhu De Zhu De (; ; also Chu Teh; 1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party. Born into poverty in 1886 in Sichuan, he was adopted by a wealthy uncle at ...

(1886–1976) * 1955 - Peng Dehuai (1898–1974) * 1955 -

Lin Biao ) , serviceyears = 1925–1971 , branch = People's Liberation Army , rank = Marshal of the People's Republic of China Lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, Republic of China , commands ...

(1908–1971?) * 1955 -

Liu Bocheng Liu Bocheng (; December 4, 1892 – October 7, 1986) was a Chinese military commander and Marshal of the People's Liberation Army. Liu is known as the 'half' of the "Three and A Half" Strategists of China in modern history. (The other th ...

(1892–1986) * 1955 -

He Long He Long (; March 22, 1896 – June 9, 1969) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and one of the ten marshals of the People's Liberation Army. He was from a poor rural family in Hunan, and his family was not able to provide him with any formal ...

(1896–1969) * 1955 -

Chen Yi Chen Yi may refer to: * Xuanzang (602–664), born as Chen Yi, Chinese Buddhist monk in Tang Dynasty * Chen Yi (Kuomintang) Chen Yi (; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June ...

(1901–1972) * 1955 - Luo Ronghuan (1902–1963) * 1955 -

Xu Xiangqian Xu Xiangqian (November 8, 1901 – September 21, 1990) was a Chinese Communist military leader and one of the ten marshals of the People's Liberation Army. He was the son of a wealthy landowner, but joined the Kuomintang's National Revoluti ...

(1901–1990) * 1955 -

Nie Rongzhen Nie Rongzhen (; December 29, 1899 – May 14, 1992) was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, and one of ten Marshals in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was the last surviving PLA officer with the rank of Marshal. Biograph ...

(1899–1992) * 1955 -

Ye Jianying Ye Jianying (; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthre ...

(1897–1986)

Republic of Croatia

* 1995 - Franjo Tuđman (1922–1999)

Croatia

* 1941 - Slavko Kvaternik (1876–1947)

Kingdom of Egypt

* HH Abbas I Hilmi Pasha (1813–1854) * HH Ibrahim Pasha (1789–1848) * Yahya Mansur Yeghen (1837–1913) *

Horatio Herbert Kitchener Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his scorched earth policy against the Boers, h ...

(1850–1916) * 20 December 1914 - HH Sultan Hussein Kamel (1853–1917) * HM King Fuad I (1868–1936) *

'Aziz 'Ali al-Misri Aziz Ali al-Misri (; '' ar, عزيز علي المصري'') (1879 – 15 June 1965) was an Egyptian chief of staff and politician. He co-founded of al-Qahtaniyya, and al-‘Ahd (The Covenant), and participated in a prominent role during the Ara ...

(1879–1965) * HM King Farouk (1920–1965) * 1949 - HM King Abdullah I of Jordan (1882–1951) * 26 July 1952 - HM King Fuad II (b. 1952) * 21 February 1955 - HM King Hussein of Jordan (1935–1999)

Republic of Egypt

Abdel Hakim Amer Mohamed Abdel Hakim Amer ( arz, محمد عبد الحكيم عامر, ; 11 December 1919 – 13 September 1967) was an Egyptian military officer and politician. Amer served in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and played a leading role in the m ...

(1919–1967) * November 1973 -

Ahmad Ismail Ali Ahmad Ismail Ali ( ar, أحمد إسماعيل علي) (14 October 1917 – 26 December 1974) was the Commander-in-Chief of Egypt's army and minister of war during the October War of 1973, and is best known for his planning of the attack acros ...

(1917–1974) * Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy (1921–2003) *

Ahmed Badawi Ahmed Badawi Sayyid Ahmed (Arabic: أحمد بدوي سيد أحمد) was an Egyptian Field Marshal (Mushir) and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. Early life Ahmed Badawy was born in the coastal city of Alexandria in 1927. He ...

(1927–1981) *

Mohammed Aly Fahmy Mohammed Aly Fahmy (11 October 1920 – 11 September 1999) was an Egyptian field marshal, known as the "Father of the Egyptian Air Defense". Early life, education and early career Fahmy was born in Cairo in 1920. He received a degree in engineer ...

(1920–1999) * Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala (1930–2008) * 1993 -

Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Mohamed Hussein Tantawi Soliman ( ar, محمد حسين طنطاوي سليمان, ; 31 October 1935 – 21 September 2021) was an Egyptian field marshal and politician. He was the commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and, as chairman ...

(b. 1935) * 2014 -

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...

(b. 1954)

Ethiopia

* HIM Emperor Haile Selassie (1892–1975) * 8 January 2022 - Birhanu Jula

Finland

* 1933 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867–1951)

France

List of Marshals of France Marshal of France (french: Maréchal de France, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished ( ...

Germany

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List of German field marshals Field marshal (german: Generalfeldmarschall) was usually the highest military rank in various German armed forces. It had existed, under slightly different names, in several German states since 1631. After the unification of Germany it was the hi ...

Ghana

* 1965 - Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)

Greece

* 1913 - HM King Constantine I (1868–1923) * 1937 - HM King George II (1890–1947) * 1947 - HM King Paul (1901–1964) * 28 October 1949 -

Alexandros Papagos Alexandros Papagos ( el, Αλέξανδρος Παπάγος; 9 December 1883 – 4 October 1955) was a Greek army officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek caree ...

(1883–1955) * 1964 - HM King Constantine II (b. 1940)

Guelders

* 1528 -

Maarten van Rossum Maarten van Rossum (c. 1478 – June 7, 1555) was a military tactician of the duchy of Guelders who became field marshal in the service of Charles, Duke of Guelders. He was greatly feared outside his home country for the ruthless manner in ...

(1490–1555)

Holy Roman Empire

List of field marshals of the Holy Roman Empire This is a list of those who were granted the rank of ''Feldmarschall'' by the Holy Roman Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, 1512–1806. 16th century * 1542 – Johann Hilchen von Lorch (1484–1548) * 1557 – Adam von Tro ...

India

* 1 January 1973 -

Sam Manekshaw Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (3 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), widely known as Sam Manekshaw and Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of ...

(1914–2008) * 28 April 1986 - K. M. Cariappa (1899–1993)

Iran

* List of Iranian field marshals

Iraq

* HM King Faisal I (1883–1933) * 8 September 1933 - HM King Ghazi (1912–1939) * 6 April 1939 - HRH Prince 'Abd al-Ilah (1913–1958)] * 2 May 1953 - Faisal II of Iraq, HM King Faisal II (1935–1958) * Abdul Salam Arif (1921–1966) *

Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ' (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was the fourth president of Iraq, from 17 July 1968 to 16 July 1979. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and later the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and ...

(1914–1982) * 1979 -

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...

(1937–2006) *

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri ( ar, عزة إبراهيم الدوري, Izzat Ibrāhīm ad-Dūrī; 1 July 1942 – 25 October 2020) was an Iraqi politician and Army Field Marshal. He served as Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council u ...

(1942–2020)

Italy

* 4 November 1924 - Conte Luigi Cadorna (1850–1928) * 4 November 1924 -

Armando Diaz Armando Diaz, 1st Duke della Vittoria, (5 December 1861 – 28 February 1928) was an Italian general and a Marshal of Italy. He is mostly known for his role as Chief of Staff of the Regio Esercito during World War I from November 1917. He ...

(1861–1928) * 25 June 1926 -

Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta Emanuele is the Italian form of Manuel. People with the name include: * Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia (1915–1944), Italian aviator * Emanuele Basile (1949–1980), captain of Carabinieri * Emanuele Belardi (born 1977), Italian football player * E ...

(1869–1931) * 25 June 1926 -

Pietro Badoglio Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (, ; 28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa. With the fall of the Fascist regime ...

(1871–1956) * 25 June 1926 -

Enrico Caviglia Enrico Caviglia (4 May 1862 – 22 March 1945) was a distinguished officer in the Italian Army. Victorious on the bloody battlefields of the Great War, he rose in time to the highest rank in his country, Marshal of Italy; he was also a Senato ...

(1862–1945) * 25 June 1926 - Gaetano Giardino ( 1864–1935) * 25 June 1926 - Guglielmo Pecori-Giraldi (1856–1941) * 16 November 1935 -

Emilio De Bono Emilio De Bono (19 March 1866 – 11 January 1944) was an Italian general, fascist activist, marshal, and member of the Fascist Grand Council (''Gran Consiglio del Fascismo''). De Bono fought in the Italo-Turkish War, the First World War and t ...

(1866–1944) * 9 May 1936 -

Rodolfo Graziani Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli (; 11 August 1882 – 11 January 1955), was a prominent Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's '' Regio Esercito'' ("Royal Army"), primarily noted for his campaigns in Africa before and durin ...

(1882–1955) * 30 March 1938 - HM King Vittorio Emanuele III (1869–1948) * 30 March 1938 - Benito Mussolini (1883–1945)Held a senior rank to other marshals of the same country. * 1 July 1942 - Conte Ugo Cavallero (1880–1943) * 12 August 1942 -

Ettore Bastico Ettore Bastico (9 April 1876 – 2 December 1972) was an Italian military officer before and during World War II. In addition to being a general of the Royal Italian Army, he was also a senator and governor. He held high commands during the Seco ...

(1876–1972) * 29 October 1942 - HM King Umberto II (1904–1983) * 12 May 1943 -

Giovanni Messe Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian field marshal and politician. In the Second World War, he was captured in Tunisia, but made chief of staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army after the armistice of Septemb ...

(1883–1968)

Japan

* List of Japanese field marshals

Jordan

* 1948 - HM King Abdullah I (1882–1951) * 20 July 1951 - HM King Talal (1909–1972) * 11 August 1952 - HM King Hussein (1935–1999) *

Habis al-Majali Habis Majali ( ar, حابس المجالي; ‎ 1914 – April 22, 2001) was a Jordanian soldier. Majali served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces from 1958 to 1975, as Minister of Defense from 1967 to 1968, ...

(1914–2001) * Fat'hi Abu Taleb * Abdul Hafeth Al Ka'abnah * 7 February 1999 - HM King Abdullah II (b. 1962) * 2005 - Sa'ad Khair (d.2009)

Liberia

* Samuel Doe (1951–1990)

Libya

* 14 September 2016 -

Khalifa Haftar Field Marshal Khalifa Belqasim Haftar ( ar, خليفة بلقاسم حفتر, Ḵalīfa Bilqāsim Ḥaftar; born 7 November 1943) is a Libyan-American politician, military officer, and the commander of the Tobruk-based Libyan National Army (LN ...

(b. 1943)

Malaysia

* 31 August 1957 -

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad ( Jawi: ; 24 August 1895 – 1 April 1960) was the first Paramount Ruler or Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya, eighth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Seri Menanti and second Yang d ...

of Negeri Sembilan (1885–1960) * 14 April 1960 -

Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Sultan Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj Ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah ( Jawi: ; 13 May 1898 – 1 September 1960) was the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya from 14 April to 1 September 1960, and the sixth Sultan of Selangor be ...

of Selangor (1898–1960) * 21 September 1960 -

Tuanku Syed Putra Tuanku Syed Harun Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail ( Jawi: ; 25 November 1920 – 16 April 2000) was the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya, and later of Malaysia and sixth Raja of Perlis. Early career He was the son of Syed Ha ...

of Perlis (1920–2000) * 21 September 1965 -

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Zainal Abidin III Mu’azzam Shah ( Jawi: ; 27 January 1907 – 20 September 1979) was the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and the sixteenth Sultan of Terengganu. Early career ...

of Terengganu (1907–1979) * 21 September 1970 - Tuanku Abdul Halim of Kedah (b. 1927) * 21 September 1975 - Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917–1979) * 29 March 1979 -

Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah ( Jawi: ; 24 October 1930 – 22 May 2019) was the fifth modern Sultan of Pahang, and also served as the seventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong ...

(b. 1930) * 26 April 1984 - Sultan Iskandar of Johor (1932–2010) * 26 April 1989 - Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak (1928-2014) * 26 April 1994 - Tuanku Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan (1922–2008) * 26 April 1999 -

Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj ( Jawi: ; 8 March 1926 – 21 November 2001) was the 11th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and eighth Sultan of Selangor. Early life Born on at 3:30 pm. ...

of Selangor (1926–2001) * 13 December 2001 -

Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail ( Jawi: توانكو سيد سراج الدين ابن المرحوم توانكو سيد ڤوترا جمال الليل; born 17 May 1943) is the 7th and current Raja of Perli ...

of Perlis (b. 1943) * 13 December 2006 -

Mizan Zainal Abidin Al-Wathiqu Billah Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah ( Jawi: ; born 22 January 1962) is the 18th and current Sultan of Terengganu. He served as the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitution ...

of Terengganu (b. 1962) * 13 December 2011 - Tuanku Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927–2017) * 13 December 2016 -

Muhammad V of Kelantan Sultan Muhammad V ( Jawi: ; born 6 October 1969) has reigned as the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since September 2010 and served as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from December 2016 until his abdication in January 2019. He was proclaimed ...

(b. 1969) * 31 January 2019 -

Abdullah of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah ( ms, السلطان عبدﷲ رعاية الدين المصطفى بالله شاه الحاج ابن المرحوم سلط� ...

(b. 1959)

Mongolia

Khorloogiin Choibalsan Khorloogiin Choibalsan ( mn, Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан, spelled ''Koroloogiin Çoibalsan'' before 1941; 8 February 1895 – 26 January 1952) was the leader of Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) and Marshal (general chief com ...

(1895–1952) *

Gelegdorjiin Demid Gelegdorjiin Demid ( mn, Гэлэгдоржийн Дэмид; 1900 – August 22, 1937) was a prominent political and military figure in 1920s and 1930s Mongolia who served as minister of war and Marshal of the Mongolian People's Republic (gener ...

(1900–1937) *

Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal ( mn, Юмжаагийн Цэдэнбал, ''Yumzhaagiin Tsedenbal'' ; russian: Юмжагийн Цэдэнбал, translit=Yumzhagyn Tsedenbal ; 17 September 1916 – 20 April 1991) was the leader of the Mongolian Peop ...

(1916–1991)

Morocco

* 17 November 1970 - Mohammed ben Mizzian (1897–1975)

Mozambique

Samora Machel Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander and political leader. A socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism, he served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's ...

(1933–1986)

Nepal

* HH Maharaja Chandra Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1863–1929) * HH Maharaja Bhim Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1865–1962) * HH Maharaja Juddha Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1875–1952) * HH Maharaja Padma Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1882–1961) * HH Maharaja Mohan Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1885–1967) * HH Sir Keshar Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana (1892–1964) * Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana * Sir Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1913–2013) * Sir Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1916–1983) * 14 April 1953 - HM King Tribhuvan (1906–1955) * 1954 - Rudra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1879–1964) * 2 May 1956 - HM King Mahendra (1920–1972) * 1972 - HM King Birendra (1945–2001) * 2 June 2001 - HM King Gyanendra (b. 1947)

New Zealand

* 11 June 1977 - HRH Prince Philip, 1st Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021) * 3 August 2015 -

HM King Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to a ...

(b. 1948)

North Korea

* 1953 -

Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...

(1912–1994) * 1992 - O Chin-u (1917–1995) * 1992 - Kim Jong-Il (1942–2011) * 1995 -

Ri Ul-sol Ri Ul-sol (리을설; 14 September 19217 November 2015) was a North Korean politician and military official. He played an important role in the administrations of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, achieving the rank of Marshal of the Korean People's ...

(1921–2015) * 1995 - Choi Kwang (1919–1997) * July 2012 - Kim Jong-un (b. 1983) * April 2016 -

Kim Yong-chun Kim Yong-chun (4 March 1936 – 16 August 2018) was a North Korean soldier and politician. He was a leader of the North Korean military. He held the North Korean military rank Chasu (Vice Marshal), was Vice Chairman of the National Defense Comm ...

(1936–2018) * April 2016 -

Hyon Chol-hae Hyon Chol-hae ( ko, 현철해/玄哲海;August 13, 1934 – May 19, 2022) was a North Korean military officer. He was born in Country Yanji,Province Jilin,Manchukuo. During the Korean War, Hyon served as Kim Il-sung's bodyguard, a role which ...

(b. 1934) * October 2020 -

Ri Pyong-chol Ri Pyong-chol (, born 1948) is a North Korean marshal and formerly a top advisor of supreme leader Kim Jong-un, who served as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party ...

(b. 1948) * October 2020 -

Pak Jong-chon Pak Jong-chon () is a North Korean Marshal and a member of the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. Biography In 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the General Staff and Chief of Fire Command at the General Sta ...

Ottoman Empire

* List of field marshals of the Ottoman Empire

Pakistan

* 1958 - Ayub Khan (1907–1974)

Peru

* List of Marshals of Peru

Philippines

* 24 August 1936 - Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)

Poland

* List of Polish field marshals

Portugal

List of Marshals of Portugal This List of Marshals of Portugal contains the names of people who received the title of Marshal-General (), Army Marshal (), or Air Marshal () in the history of the Portuguese Armed Forces. Marshal-Generals * William, Count of Schaumburg-Lip ...

Prussia

* List of Prussian field marshals

Romania

* 1914 - HM King Ferdinand (1865–1927) * 1927 (1940) - HM King Michael I (1921–2017) * 1930 - HM King Carol II (1893–1953) * 1930 -

Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Averescu (; 9 March 1859 – 2 October 1938) was a Romanian marshal, diplomat and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets (as well as being ''inter ...

(1859–1938) * 1930 -

Constantin Prezan Constantin Prezan (January 27, 1861 – August 27, 1943) was a Romanian general during World War I. In 1930 he was given the honorary title of Marshal of Romania, as a recognition of his merits during his command of the Northern Army and of the ...

(1861–1943) * 21 August 1941 - Ion Antonescu (1886–1946)

Russian Empire

List of Russian field marshals The following 64 officers of the Imperial Russian Army held the rank of field marshal ('' Генерал-фельдмаршал''), the highest military rank of the Russian Empire. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the rank was abolished, alo ...

Russian Federation

Igor Sergeyev Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev (; 20 April 1938 – 10 November 2006) was a Soviet and later Russian military officer who was Minister of Defense of Russia from 22 May 1997 to 28 March 2001. He was the first and, as of 2022, the only Marshal of the ...

(1938–2006)

Saudi Arabia

* 1991 - HH Prince Khalid bin Sultan (b. 1949) *

Saleh Al-Muhaya General Saleh Al-Muhaya ( ar, صالح المحيا), is the former Chief of the General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Army and the Vice-Commander of the Saudi Armed Forces. Beside the Field Marshal-Prince Khalid bin Sultan, Al-Muhaya led the Saudi Ar ...

(b. 1939)

Saxony

* List of Saxon field marshals

Serbia

* 14 January 1900 - HM King Milan I (1854–1901) * 27 January 1901 - HM King Alexander I (1876–1903) * 15 Jun 1903 - HM King Peter I (1844–1921) * 20 October 1912 -

Radomir Putnik Radomir Putnik ( sr, Радомир Путник; ; 24 January 1847 – 17 May 1917) was the first Serbian Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian army in the Balkan Wars and in the First World War. He served in every war ...

(1847–1917) * 20 August 1914 -

Stepa Stepanović Stepan "Stepa" Stepanović ( sr-cyr, Степан Степа Степановић, ; – 29 April 1929) was a Serbian military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balk ...

(1856–1929) * 4 December 1914 -

Živojin Mišić Field Marshal Živojin Mišić ( sr-cyrl, Живојин Мишић; 19 July 1855 in Struganik – 20 January 1921 in Belgrade) was a Field Marshal who participated in all of Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918. He directly commanded the First ...

(1855–1921) * 13 September 1918 -

Petar Bojović Petar Bojović (, ; 16 July 1858 – 19 January 1945) was a Serbian military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War, World War I and World War II. Following the bre ...

(1858–1945)

South Africa

* 24 May 1941 -

Jan Smuts Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Af ...

(1870–1950)

Soviet Union

* List of Marshals of the Soviet Union

Spain

* 1792 - Antonio Olaguer Feliú (1742–1813) * 1810 - Henry Joseph O'Donnell, Count of La Bisbal (1769–1834) * 1818 - Manuel Olaguer Feliú (1759–1824) * 1844 -

Ramón María Narváez y Campos, Duke of Valencia Ramón or Ramon may refer to: People Given name *Ramon (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Ramón (footballer, born 1990), Brazilian footballer *Ramón (singer), Spanish singer who represented Spain in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest ...

(1800–1868) * 1869 - Juan Prim, Marquis of Los Castillejos (1814–1870)

Sri Lanka

* 22 March 2015 -

Sarath Fonseka Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka ( si, ගාර්දිහේවා සරත් චන්ද්‍රලාල් ෆොන්සේකා, ta, சரத் பொன்சேகா; born 18 December 1950), commonly know ...

(b. 1950)

Sudan

Gaafar Nimeiry Jaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Jaafar Nimeiry, Gaafar Nimeiry or Ja'far Muhammad Numayri; ar, جعفر محمد النميري; 26 April 192830 May 2009) was a Sudanese politician who served as the president of Sud ...

(1930–2009) * Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (b. 1934) * Omar al-Bashir (b. 1944)

Sweden

* List of Swedish field marshals

Syria

Husni al-Za'im Husni al-Za'im ( ar, حسني الزعيم ''Ḥusnī az-Za’īm''; 11 May 1897 – 14 August 1949) was a Syrian military officer and politician of Kurdish origin. Husni al-Za'im, had been an officer in the Ottoman Army. After France institute ...

(1897–1949) * Bashar al-Assad (b. 1965)

Thailand

* List of field marshals of Thailand

Tunisia

* 14 August 1840 - HH Abu Abbas Ahmed I Pasha Bey (1806–1855) * 7 August 1855 - HH Muhammed Pasha Bey (1811–1859) * 10 December 1859 - HH Muhammed as-Sadiq Pasha Bey (1813–1882) * 28 October 1882 - HH Ali III Pasha Bey (1817–1902) * 11 June 1902 - HH Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha Bey (1855–1906) * 11 May 1906 - HH Muhammed al-Nasir Pasha Bey (1855–1922) * 10 July 1922 - HH Muhammad al-Habib Pasha Bey (1858–1929) * 11 February 1929 - HH Ahmed II Pasha Bey (1862–1942) * 19 June 1942 - HH Muhammad al-Munsif Pasha Bey (1881–1948) * 15 May 1943 - HH Muhammed al-Amin Pasha Bey (1881–1962)

Turkey

*21 September 1921 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) *31 August 1922 - Fevzi Çakmak (1876–1950)

Uganda

* 1975 -

Idi Amin Idi Amin Dada Oumee (, ; 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern w ...

(1928–2003)

United Kingdom

* List of British field marshals

Venezuela

* 1824 -

Antonio José de Sucre Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; 3 February 1795 – 4 June 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" ( en, "Grand Marshal of Ayacucho"), was a Venezuelan independence leader who served as the president of Peru and as the second p ...

(1795–1830)

Yemen

* 24 December 1997 -

Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Ahmar (, ''ʿAlī ʿAbdullāh Ṣāliḥ al-Aḥmar;'' 21 March 1947There is a dispute as to Saleh's date of birth, some saying that it was on 21 March 1942. See: However, by Saleh's own confession, he was born in 1947 al ...

(b. 1942)

Yemen Arab Republic

Abdullah as-Sallal Abdullah Yahya al-Sallal ( ar, عبد الله يحيى السلال, ʿAbd Allāh Yaḥyā al-Sallāl; January 9, 1917 – March 5, 1994) was the leader of the North Yemeni Revolution of 1962. He served as the first President of the Yemen Arab ...

(1917–1994)

YugoslaviaSurviving Serbian field marshals retained their ranks in Yugoslavia.

* 16 August 1921 - HM King Alexander I (1888–1934) * 9 October 1934 - HM King Peter II (1923–1970) * 29 November 1943 - Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980)

Zaire

* 1983 - Mobutu Sese Seko (1930–1997)

Other countries

The rank also exists or has existed (on paper at least) in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

, and South Vietnam, but not all of these countries have used it.

Footnotes

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