List of field marshals

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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.

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Afghanistan

Albania

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King Zog I of the Albanians

Australia

Austria/Austria-Hungary

Bahrain

Belarus

Brandenburg

Brazil

Chad

Cambodia

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Lon Nol

Central African Empire

Republic of China

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Chinese Chiang Kai-shek

People's Republic of China

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Liu Bocheng

Republic of Croatia

Croatia

Kingdom of Egypt

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Field marshal insignia

Republic of Egypt

Ethiopia

Finland

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Finnish President Mannerheim in 1943

France

Germany

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German World War II field marshal Erich von Manstein

Ghana

Greece

Guelders

Holy Roman Empire

India

Iran

Iraq

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Liberia

Libya

Malaysia

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Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Nepal

New Zealand

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King Charles III in the combat uniform of a New Zealand Army field marshal.

North Korea

Ottoman Empire

Pakistan

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Prussia

Romania

Russian Empire

Russian Federation

Saudi Arabia

Saxony

Serbia

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Živojin Mišić

South Africa

Soviet Union

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Syria

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

United Kingdom

Venezuela

Yemen

Yemen Arab Republic

Yugoslavia [9]

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King Peter II of Yugoslavia

Zaire

Other countries

The rank also exists or has existed (on paper at least) in Bangladesh, Brunei, South Korea, Nigeria, Oman, and South Vietnam, but not all of these countries have used it.

Footnotes

  1. "No. 2". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette . 14 January 1926. p. 31.
  2. "No. 84". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette . 2 June 1938. p. 1651.
  3. "No. 38930". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. p. 2811.
  4. "No. 20". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette . 1 April 1954. p. 967.
  5. 1 2 3 His Majesty Promotes Cambodian Leaders to Five-Star General December 27, 2009
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Held a senior rank to other marshals of the same country.
  7. "North Korea's Kim Jong-un named marshal", BBC News, 18 July 2012
  8. Took rank upon his father abdication 1940 but he got it underage in 1927.
  9. Surviving Serbian field marshals retained their ranks in Yugoslavia.

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