Comparative army officer ranks of Lusophone countries

Rank comparison chart of officers for armies/land forces of Lusophone states.

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Angolan Army [1] v t e
			General de exército		General		Tenente-general		Brigadeiro		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Mayor		Capitão		Tenente			Sub-tenente
Brazilian Army [2] v t e
	Marechal		General de exército		General de divisão		General de brigada				Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Primeiro tenente			Segundo tenente
Cape Verdean National Guard [3] v t e
							Major-general		Brigadeiro-general		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Primeiro tenente		Tenente		Subtenente
Army of Equatorial Guinea v t e
							General de division		General de brigada		Coronel		Teniente coronel		Comandante		Capitán		Teniente			Alférez
Army of Guinea-Bissau v t e
			General		Tenente-general		Major-general		Brigadeir-general		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Primeiro tenente		Tenente		Subtenente
Mozambican Army v t e
			Coronel-general		Tenente-general		Major-general				Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Portuguese Army [4] v t e
	Marechal do Exército		General		Tenente-general		Major-general		Brigadeiro-general		Coronel-tirocinado [a]	Coronel	Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Army of São Tomé and Príncipe v t e
									Brigadeiro		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Timor-Leste Army [5] v t e
			General		Tenente-general		Major-general		Brigadeiro-general		Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers

References

1. "Postos do Exército". faa.ao (in Portuguese). Angolan Army. Archived from the original on 30 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
2. "Postos e Graduações - Exército" [Ranks and Ranks - Army]. eb.mil.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brazilian Army. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
3. "Patente". fa.gov.cv (in Portuguese). Cape Verdean Armed Forces. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
4. "POSTOS E DISTINTIVOS EXÉRCITO". antigo.mdn.gov.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
5. "Army ranks". Archived from the original on 29 October 2008.

1. Colonel who has completed the General Officer training course. Between 1929 and 1937, the Coronel-tirocinado was called Brigadeiro.