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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.

Afghanistan

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Albania

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King Zog I of the Albanians

Australia

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Austria/Austria-Hungary

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Bahrain

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Belarus

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Brandenburg

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Brazil

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Chad

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Cambodia

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Lon Nol

Central African Empire

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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

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Croatia

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Kingdom of Egypt

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Field marshal insignia

Republic of Egypt

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Ethiopia

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Finland

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Finnish President Mannerheim in 1943

France

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Germany

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German World War II field marshal Erich von Manstein

Ghana

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Greece

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Guelders

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Holy Roman Empire

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India

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Iran

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Iraq

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Italy

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Japan

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Jordan

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Liberia

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Libya

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Malaysia

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

Mongolia

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Morocco

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Mozambique

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Nepal

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New Zealand

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

North Korea

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Ottoman Empire

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Pakistan

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Peru

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Philippines

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Poland

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Portugal

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Prussia

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Romania

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Russian Empire

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Russian Federation

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Saudi Arabia

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Saxony

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Serbia

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Živojin Mišić

South Africa

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Soviet Union

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Spain

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Sri Lanka

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Sudan

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Sweden

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Syria

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Thailand

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Tunisia

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Turkey

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Uganda

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United Kingdom

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Venezuela

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Yemen

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Yemen Arab Republic

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Yugoslavia[9]

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King Peter II of Yugoslavia

Zaire

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Other countries

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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

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  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. ^ a b c His Majesty Promotes Cambodian Leaders to Five-Star General December 27, 2009
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.