Senior general (Myanmar)
Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Infobox military rank Senior general (Template:Langx) is the highest rank in the Tatmadaw (the armed forces of Myanmar), only held by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (CinCDS). Since 2011, an officer appointed as CinCDS has to be quickly promoted one higher rank every year until he get the rank of Senior general.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
An officer holding the rank of Senior general can wear any uniform from any of the branches of the Tatmadaw (armed forces of Myanmar.[1][2]
History
In 1990, the Myanmar Armed Forces underwent structural changes, during which Commander-in-Chief General Saw Maung elevated himself to the rank of Senior General on 18 March 1990, becoming the first person to hold this rank.[3] Than Shwe was subsequently promoted directly from the rank of General to Senior General on 23 April 1993.[4] He served in this position until his retirement on 30 March 2011.[5] In March 2013, Min Aung Hlaing was promoted to Senior General from his prior role as Vice-senior general.[6][7]
List of rank holders
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18 March 1990 | 24 April 1992 | Template:Ayd | Promoted directly from General[8] | [3][8] |
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23 April 1993 | 30 March 2011 | Template:Ayd | Promoted directly from General | [8] |
| 3 | File:Senior General Min Aung Hlaing 2017 (cropped).jpg | Min Aung Hlaing (born 1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
March 2013 | – | Script error: No such module "age". | Promoted from Vice-senior general | [9][10] |
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See also
References
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- ↑ Fleet Exercise-2020 conducted with involvement of attack submarine Minye Theinkhathu of Tatmadaw (Navy) to enhance defence prowess of State
- ↑ Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing receives a model plane from Gen. Maung Maung Kyaw in 2019. | OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITE OF SENIOR GEN. MIN AUNG HLAING / VIA REUTERS
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- ↑ ကြေးမုံသတင်းစာ (၂၈.၃.၂၀၁၃) (The Mirror Newspaper (28.3.2013)) (in Burmese)
- ↑ ကြေးမုံသတင်းစာ (၂၅.၃.၂၀၁၃) (The Mirror Newspaper (25.3.2013)) (in Burmese)
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