Army general
{{Short description|Four-star general military rank}}
{{For|the army rank(s) of general, as opposed to the specific rank of army general|general officer}}
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{{Military ranks | state=expanded}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
Army general or General of the army is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System.{{cite web |title=French Ranks |url=https://www.overthefront.com/resources/military-ranks/french-ranks |website=Over the Front |access-date=27 December 2023}} Army general is normally the highest rank used in peacetime.
In countries that adopt the general officer four-rank system, it is the rank of a general commanding a field army. However, in some countries such as Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, which have adopted the three-rank system, the rank of army general is immediately above that of divisional general. As such, it is the rank of commander of an army corps or larger formations. The equivalent position in the Commonwealth, U.S., and several other countries is simply general, four-star rank, or informally "full general".
Country specific
=Army general ranks by country=
= Army generals' army insignia =
File:16.PNA-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
{{small|{{langx|ar|فريق أول|Fariq 'awal}}}}
(Algerian Land Forces){{cite web |title=Ranks |url=https://www.mdn.dz/site_principal/sommaire/presentation/armoiries_an.php |website=mdn.dz |publisher=Ministry of National Defence (Algeria) |access-date=30 May 2021}}
File:17.AA-GE.svg|{{lang|pt|General de exército}}
(Angolan Army){{cite web |title=Postos do Exército |url=https://faa.ao/exe/posto_exe |website=faa.ao |publisher=Angolan Army |access-date=27 June 2021 |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630164549/https://faa.ao/exe/posto_exe |archive-date=30 June 2021}}
File:Armenia-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|hy|Բանակի գեներալ}}
{{lang|hy-latn|Banaki general}}
(Armenian Ground Forces){{cite web |title=ԶԻՆՎՈՐԱԿԱՆ ԾԱՌԱՅՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԵՎ ԶԻՆԾԱՌԱՅՈՂԻ ԿԱՐԳԱՎԻՃԱԿԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ |url=https://www.arlis.am/documentview.aspx?docid=117633 |website=arlis.am |publisher=Legal information system of Armenia |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=hy |date=15 November 2017}}
File:Ordu generalı Azerbaijani Armed Forces.svg|{{lang|az|Ordu generalı}}
(Azerbaijani Armed Forces)
File:GenEjercitoEB.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Bolivian Army){{Cite tweet |author=Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) |author-link=Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) |user=mindefbolivia |number=1204529006906945544 |date=10 December 2019 |title=Conoce la jerarquía de los grados del #Ejército |language=es |access-date=28 May 2021}}
File:Brazil-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|pt|General de exército}}
(Brazilian Army){{cite web |title=Postos e Graduações - Exército |url=https://www.eb.mil.br/postos-e-graduacoes/-/asset_publisher/DQlwhsMH8YR7/content/exercito?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eb.mil.br%3A443%2Fpostos-e-graduacoes%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_DQlwhsMH8YR7%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1 |website=eb.mil.br |publisher=Brazilian Army |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=pt}}
File:18. Burkina Faso Army - GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Burkina Faso Army){{cite web |title=LOI N° 037-2016/AN PORTANT CONDITIONS D'AVANCEMENT DES PERSONNELS D'ACTIVE DES FORCES ARMEES NATIONALES |url=https://lavoixdujuristebf.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/loi_037_avancement_personnel_fan.pdf |date=2015 |access-date=3 June 2021 |pages=17–21 |lang=fr}}
File:Cameroon-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Cameroon Ground Forces)
File:19.CAGF-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Central African Ground Forces)
File:Chad-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Chadian Ground Forces)
File:Chile-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Chilean Army){{cite web |url=http://www.ejercito.cl/grados-y-distintivos.php |title=Distintivos de grados |language=es |trans-title=Badges of degrees |access-date=20 January 2012 |website=ejercito.cl |publisher=Chilean Army |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120051649/http://www.ejercito.cl/grados-y-distintivos.php |archive-date=20 January 2012}}
File:DR Congo Army OF-9.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Land Forces of the DR Congo)
File:Ivory Coast-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Ground Forces of Côte d'Ivoire){{cite web |title=GRADES / APPELLATIONS / DISTINCTIONS |url=http://www.defense.gouv.ci/culture/grades |website=defense.gouv.ci |publisher=Ministère de la Défense |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=fr}}
File:Cuba-Army-OF-9b.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Cuban Ground Forces){{cite web |title=Grados militares |url=https://www.minfar.gob.cu/far/grados-militares?field_clasificacion_value=tropas |website=minfar.gob.cu |publisher=Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba) |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es}}
File:CzArmy 2011 OF9-Armadni general shoulder.svg|{{lang|cs|Armádní generál}}
(Army of the Czech Republic){{cite web |title=Ranks |url=https://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=49065 |website=army.cz |publisher=Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic |date=2018 |access-date=26 May 2021}}
File:17.ECA-GEN.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejercito}}
(Ecuadorian Army){{cite web |title=Resolución No. MRL-2012 |url=https://www.trabajo.gob.ec/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=887&force=1 |website=trabajo.gob.ec |publisher=Government of Ecuador |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=es |date=2012}}
File:Army-FRA-OF-09.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(French Army){{cite book |title=Instruction N° 10300/DEF/EMAT/LOG/ASH |date=13 June 2005 |publisher=Staff of the French Army |url=https://rescue18.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/INSTRUCTION-N-10300_DEF_EMAT_LOG_ASH-DEF_DCCAT_LOG_REG.pdf |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=fr}}
File:Guinea-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Guinea Ground Forces)
File:20-RKGF-GEN.svg|{{lang|kk|Армия генералы}}
{{lang|kk-latn|Armiya generally}}
(Kazakh Ground Forces){{cite web |title=Қазақстан Республикасының Қарулы Күштері, басқа да әскерлері мен әскери құралымдары әскери қызметшілерінің әскери киім нысаны және айырым белгілері туралы |url=https://adilet.zan.kz/kaz/docs/U1100000144 |website=adilet.zan.kz |publisher=Ministry of Justice (Kazakhstan) |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=kk |date=25 August 2011}}
File:Madagascar-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Malagasy Ground Forces){{cite web |title=LOI N° 96-029 portant Statut Général des Militaires |url=http://www.defense.gov.mg/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LOI-96-029.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710195555/http://www.defense.gov.mg/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LOI-96-029.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 July 2021 |website=defense.gov.mg |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Madagascar) |access-date=10 July 2021 |pages=2 |language=fr |date=15 November 1996}}
File:16.Mali Army-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Malian Army){{cite web|title=2011 - Plaquette sur les insignes et blasons des Forces Armées du Mali|url=http://www.memoriamali.com/webdossier/2011-parcours-historique-de-la-region-de-segou/|language=fr|date=23 April 2011 |access-date=17 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121154146/http://www.memoriamali.com/webdossier/2011-parcours-historique-de-la-region-de-segou/ |archive-date=21 January 2021}}
File:20-Moroccan Army-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Royal Moroccan Army){{cite book |last1=Ehrenreich |first1=Frederich |editor1-last= Nelson |editor1-first=Harold D. |title=Morocco: a country study |series=Area Handbook |date=1985 |publisher=American University |location=Washington, D.C. |lccn=85600265 |pages=350–351 |edition=5th |chapter=National Security |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/moroccocountryst00nels/page/350/mode/2up |chapter-url-access=limited |access-date=16 September 2023}}
File:16-Nicaragua Army-GEN.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Nicaraguan Army){{cite web |title=Insignias de Grados Militares |url=https://www.ejercito.mil.ni/contenido/ejercito/grados/grados.html |website=ejercito.mil.ni |publisher=Nicaraguan Armed Forces |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=es}}
File:Paraguay-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Paraguayan Army){{cite book |last1=Cooke |first1=Melinda W. |editor1-last=Hanratty |editor1-first=Dennis M. |editor2-last=Meditz |editor2-first=Sandra W. |title=Paraguay: A Country Study |series=Area Handbook Series |date=1990 |edition=2nd |publisher=Library of Congress |pages=216–217 |chapter-url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.paraguaycountrys00hanr_0/?sp=252 |access-date=5 October 2021 |chapter=Chapter 5: National Security |lccn=89600299}}
File:Peru-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Peruvian Army){{cite web |title=Grados Militares |url=https://www.ccffaa.mil.pe/cultura-militar/grados-militares/ |website=ccffaa.mil.pe |publisher=Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=es}}
File:Russia-Army-OF-9-2013.svg|{{lang|ru|Генера́л а́рмии}}
{{lang|ru-Latn|General armii}}
(Russian Ground Forces){{cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 марта 2010 года № 293 "О военной форме одежды, знаках различия военнослужащих и ведомственных знаках отличия" |url=https://rg.ru/2010/03/12/forma-dok.html |website=rg.ru |publisher=Российской газеты |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=ru |date=12 March 2010}}
File:Spain-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Spanish Army){{cite web |title=Army Ranks & Insignia |url=https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/personal/divisas-empleos.html |website=Ejército de Tierra |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Spain) |access-date=30 May 2021}}
File:Tajikistan-Army-OF-9-par.png|{{lang|tg|Генерали артиш}}
{{lang|tg-Latn|Generali artiş}}
(Tajik Ground Forces){{cite web |title=ҚОНУНИ ҶУМҲУРИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН ДАР БОРАИ ЎҲДАДОРИИ УМУМИИ ҲАРБӢ ВА ХИЗМАТИ ҲАРБӢ |url=https://majmilli.tj/%D2%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D2%B7%D1%83%D0%BC%D2%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%BE%D2%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8-35/ |website=majmilli.tj |publisher=The National Assembly of the Republic of Tajikistan |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=tg |date=13 April 2017}}
File:US Army O11 (Army greens).svg|General of the Army
(United States Army){{cite web |title=U.S. Army Ranks |url=https://www.army.mil/ranks/ |website=army.mil |publisher=United States Army |access-date=27 May 2021}}
File:Uzbekistan-army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|uz|Armiya generali}}
(Uzbek Ground Forces){{cite web |title=O'zbekiston Respublikasi fuqarolarining harbiy xizmatni o'tash tartibi to'g'risida |url=https://lex.uz/docs/-4513434 |website=lex.uz |publisher=Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=uz |date=12 September 2019}}
File:Turkmenistan-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|tk|Goşun generally}}
(Turkmen Ground Forces){{cite web |title=TÜRKMENISTANYŇ KANUNY Harby borçlulyk we harby gulluk hakynda (Türkmenistanyň Mejlisiniň Maglumatlary 2010 ý., № 3, 58-nji madda) (Türkmenistanyň 01.10.2011 ý. № 234-IV Kanuny esasynda girizilen üýtgetmeler we goşmaçalar bilen) |trans-title=LAW OF TURKMENISTAN On military service and military service (Information of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, 2010, No. 3, Article 58) (as amended by the Law of Turkmenistan of October 1, 2011 No. 234-IV) |url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/storage/file/04-harby-borclulyk-we-harby-gulluk-hakynda-ky9J0pKxTQ.pdf |access-date=2 June 2021 |website=milligosun.gov.tm |publisher=Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan) |pages=28–29 |language=tk}}
=Army generals' air force insignia=
Post-Soviet-AirForce-OF-9.svg|{{lang|hy|Բանակի գեներալ}}
{{lang|hy-latn|Banaki general}}
(Armenian Air Force)
18.Burkina Faso Air Force-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Air Force of Burkina Faso)
17.Cameroon Air Force-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée aérienne}}
(Cameroon Air Force)
19.DRCAF-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Air Force of the DR Congo)
18.Ivory Coast Air Force-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Ivory Coast Air Force)
Cuba-Army-OF-9b.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Cuban Air and Air Defense Force)
Czech-Airforce OF-9.svg|{{lang|cs|Armádní generál}}
(Czech Air Force)
France-Airforce-OF-9 Sleeve.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée aérienne}}
(French Air and Space Force)
23.GAF-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Gabonese Air Force)
20-RKAF-GEN.svg|{{lang|kk|Армия Генералы}}
{{lang|kk-latn|Armiya generally}}
(Kazakh Air Defense Forces)
19.Madagascar Air Force-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée}}
(Malagasy Air force)
19.Moroccan Air Force-GEN.svg|{{lang|fr|Général d'armée aerienne}}
(Royal Moroccan Air Force)
16-Nicaragua Air Force-GEN.svg|{{lang|es|General de ejército}}
(Nicaraguan Air Force)
Macedonia-AirForce-OF-9.svg|{{lang|mk|Армиски Генерал}}
{{lang|mk-Latn|Armiski general}}
(North Macedonia Air Brigade)
Russia-Airforce-OF-9-2013.svg|{{lang|ru|генера́л а́рмии}}
{{lang|ru-Latn|General armii}}
(Russian Aerospace Forces)