- List of Field Marshals
This is a list of the officers who have held the rank of
Field Marshal or Marshal.Afghanistan * HM Nasrullah Khan (1875-1920)
Albania *
1 September 1928 - HM King Zog (1895-1961)Argentina *
Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924-1994)Australia * 1927 -
William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865-1951)
*8 June 1950 - Sir Thomas Blamey (1884-1951)
*1 April 1954 - HRH Prince Philip, 1st Duke of Edinburgh (b.1921)Austria /Austria-Hungary *
List of Austrian Field Marshals Brazil *
Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Herval (d.1879)
*15 October 1864 - HRH Prince Louis-Philippe d'Orléans (1842-1922)
* 1884 - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (1827-1892)
*Floriano Peixoto (1837-1895)
*Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (1855-1923)
*João Mascarenhas de Morais (1883-1968)
*Henrique Baptista Duffles Teixeira Lott
*Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1900-1967)
*Artur da Costa e Silva (1902-1969)Cambodia *
Lon Nol (1913-1985)
* 1993 - HRH Prince Norodom Ranariddh (b.1944)* HH Maharaja Chandra Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1863-1929)
*Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975)
*26 November 1946 - HH Maharaja Padma Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1882-1961)People's Republic of China * 1955 -
Zhu De (1886-1976)
* 1955 -Peng Dehuai (1898-1974)
* 1955 -Lin Biao (1908-1971?)
* 1955 -Liu Bocheng (1892-1986)
* 1955 -He Long (1896-1969)
* 1955 - Chen Yi (1901-1972)
* 1955 -Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963)
* 1955 -Xu Xiangqian (1901-1990)
* 1955 -Nie Rongzhen (1899-1992)
* 1955 -Ye Jianying (1897-1986)Independent State of Croatia * 1941 -
Slavko Kvaternik (1876-1947)Egypt * HH Abbas I Hilmi Pasha (1813-1854)
*Yahya Mansur Yeghen (1837-1913)
*Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916)
*20 December 1914 - HH Sultan Husayn Kamil (1853-1917)
* HM King Fuad I (1868-1936)
* HM King Farouk (1920-1965)
* 1949 - HM King Abdullah I of Jordan (1882-1951)
*26 July 1952 - HM King Fuad II (b.1952)
*21 February 1955 - HM King Hussein of Jordan (1935-1999)
*Ahmed Ismail Ali (1917-1974)
*Abdel Hakim Amer (1919-1967)
*Mohamed Abdel-Ghany El-Gamsey (1921-2003)
*Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazaleh
*Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (b.1935)Ethiopia * 1934 - HH Prince Seyum Mangasha of Tigray (1897-1960)
*Halie Selassie (1892-1975)Finland * 1933 -
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867-1951)France Germany *
List of German Field Marshals Greece * 1913 - HM King Constantine I of the Hellenes (1868-1923)
* 1922 - HM King George II of the Hellenes (1890-1947)
* 1947 - HM King Paul of Greece (1901-1964)
* 1949 -Alexandros Papagos (1883-1955)
* 1964 - HM King Constantine II of the Hellenes (b.1940)Holy Roman Empire *
List of Field Marshals of the Holy Roman Empire India *
1 January 1973 -Sam Manekshaw (1914- 2008)
* 1983 - K. M. Cariappa (1899-1993)Indonesia * 1945 - Jenderal Besar Sudirman
* 1985 - Soeharto
* 2000 - Abdul Harris NasutionIran *
List of Iranian Field Marshals Iraq * HM King Faisal I (1883-1933)
*8 September 1933 - HM King Ghazi (1912-1939)
*6 April 1939 - HRH Prince Abdul Illah (1913-1958)
*2 May 1953 - HM King Faisal II (1935-1958)
*Abdul Salam Arif (1921-1966)
* 1979 -Saddam Hussein (1937-2006)Italy *
Benito Mussolini (1883-1945)
* 1924 - Conte Luigi Cadorna (1850-1928)
* 1924 -Armando Diaz (1861-1928)
* 1926 -Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta (1869-1931)
*26 May 1926 -Pietro Badoglio (1871-1956)
* 1926 -Enrico Caviglia (1862-1945)
* 1926 -Guglielmo Pecori-Giraldi (1856-1941)
*16 November 1935 -Emilio De Bono (1866-1944)
*9 May 1936 -Rodolfo Graziani (1882-1955)
*1 July - 1942 - Conte Ugo Cavallero (1880-1943)
*12 August 1942 -Ettore Bastico (1876-1972)
*29 October 1942 - HRH Umberto, Prince of Piedmont (1904-1983)
*12 May 1943 -Giovanni Messe (1883-1968)Japan Note: The names below appear in Japanese order, surname (princely title or peerage title) first, followed by given name.
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19 July 1872 -Saigō Takamori (1827-1877)
*20 January 1898 -Prince Komatsu Akihito (1846-1903)
*20 January 1898 - Prince Oyama Iwao (peer) (1843-1916)
*20 January 1898 - Prince Yamagata Aritomo (peer) (1838-1922)
*31 January 1906 - Marquis Nozu Michitsura (1840-1908)
*24 October 1911 - Count Oku Yasukata (1846-1930)
*9 January 1914 -Prince Fushimi Sadanaru (1858-1923)
*9 January 1914 -Yoshimichi Hasegawa (1850-1924)
*9 January 1914 -Kageaki Kawamura (1850-1926)
*24 June 1916 - Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919)
*28 October 1918 - HM King George V of the United Kingdom (1865-1936)
*12 December 1919 -Prince Kanin Kotohito (1865-1945)
*27 April 1922 - Baron Uehara Yusaku (1856-1933)
*27 January 1929 -Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi (1873-1929)
*8 August 1932 -Prince Nashimoto Morimasa (1874-1951)
*3 May 1933 - Baron Muto Nobuyoshi (1868-1933)
*21 June 1943 - Sugiyama Hajime (1880-1945)
*21 June 1943 - Count Terauchi Hisaichi (1879-1946)
*2 June 1944 -Hata Shunroku (1879-1962)Jordan * 1948 - HM King Abdullah I (1882-1951)
*20 July 1951 - HM King Talal (1909-1972)
*11 August 1952 - HM King Hussein (1935-1999)
*Habis Al-Majali (1914-2001)
*Fat'hi Abu taleb
*Abdul Hafeth Al Ka'abnah
*7 February 1999 - HM King Abdullah II (b.1962)
* 2005 -Sa'ad Khair Morocco
* 1970. Mohammed ben Mizzian (1897-1975)
Mongolia *
Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952)
*G. Demid (d.1937)Nepal * HH Maharaja Chandra Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1863-1929)
* HH Maharaja Juddha Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1875-1952)
* HH Maharaja Padma Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1882-1961)
* HH Sir Keshar Shamsher (1892-1964)
*14 April 1953 - HM King Tribhuvan (1906-1955)
* 1954 -Rudra Shamsher (1879-1964)
*2 May 1956 - HM King Mahendra (1920-1972)
* HH Maharaja Bhim Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1865-1962)
* HH Maharaja Mohan Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski (1885-1967)
* 1972 - HM King Birendra (1945-2001)
*2 June 2001 - HM King Gyanendra (b.1947)
*Hari Shamsher
* Sir Nir Shamsher (b.1913)
* Sir Kiran Shamsher (b.1916)New Zealand *
11 June 1977 - HRH Prince Philip, 1st Duke of Edinburgh (b.1921)North Korea *
Kim Il-sung (1912-1994)
*Kim Jong-il (born 1942)
*O Jin U (died 1995)
*Ri Ul-sol
*Choe Gwang (died 1997)Pakistan * 1965 -
Ayub Khan (1907-1974)Philippines * 1936 -
Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)Poland *
List of Polish Field Marshals Portugal * 1809 -
William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768-1854)
*Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)
* 1927 -Gomes da Costa (1863-1929)
*António Óscar Carmona (1869-1951)
* 1958 -Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894-1964)
* 1981- António de Spínola (1910-1996)Romania * 1930 -
Alexandru Averescu (1859-1938)
* 1930 -Constantin Prezan (1861-1943)
*Ion Antonescu (1886-1946)Russian Empire *
List of Russian Field Marshals Russian Federation *
Igor Sergeyev (1938-2006)Serbia * 1912 -
Radomir Putnik (1847-1917)
* 1914 -Zivojin Misic (1855-1921)
* 1914 -Stepa Stepanovic (1858-1929)
* 1918 -Petar Bojovic (1858-1936)South Africa *
24 May 1941 -Jan Smuts (1870-1950)Soviet Union * List of Marshals of the Soviet Union
Spain * 1810 -
Henry Joseph O'Donnell, Count of La Bisbal (1769-1834)
* 1844 -Ramón María Narváez y Campos, Duke of Valencia (1800-1868)
* 1869 -Juan Prim, Marquis of Los Castillejos (1814-1870)Sudan *
Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
*Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir
*Gaafar Nimeiry Sweden *
List of Swedish Field Marshals Syria *
Husni al-Za'im (1897-1949)Thailand * HRH Prince
Bhanurangsi Savangwongse (1859-1928)
* Chao PhrayaBordindeachanuchit (Mom Rajawong Arruin Chatkun) (1856-1921)
* Chao PhrayaBordindeachanuchit (Yam Na Nakorn) (1867-1961)
* HRH PrinceBoripat Sukhumbandhu (1881-1944)
* HRH PrinceChakrabongse Bhuvanath (1883-1920)
* HRH PrinceChirapravati Voradej (1876-1914)
*Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1887-1964)
*Phin Choonhavan (1891-1973)
* Chao PhrayaSurasakmontri (1851-1931)
*Sarit Dhanarajata (1908-1963)
*Thanom Kittikachorn (1912-2004)
*Praphas Charusathien (1912-1997)Tunisia *
14 August 1840 - HH Abu Abbas Ahmed Pasha (1806-1855)
*7 August 1855 - HH Muhammed Pasha (1811-1859)
*10 December 1859 - HH Muhammed as-Sadiq Pasha (1813-1882)
*28 October 1882 - HH Abul Hassan III Pasha (1817-1902)
*11 June 1902 - HH Muhammed al-Hadi Pasha (1855-1906)
*11 May 1906 - HH Muhammed al-Nasir Pasha (1855-1922)
*10 July 1922 - HH Muhammed al-Habib Pasha (1858-1929)
*11 February 1929 - HH Ahmed II Pasha (1862-1942)
*19 June 1942 - HH Muhammed al-Munsif Pasha (1881-1948)
*15 May 1943 - HH Muhammed al-Amin Pasha (1881-1962)Turkey *
List of Turkish Field Marshals Uganda * 1975 -
Idi Amin (1928?-2003)United Kingdom *
List of British Field Marshals Yemen *
24 December 1997 -Ali Abdullah Saleh (b.1942)Yemen Arab Republic *
Abdullah as-Sallal (1917-1994)*
29 November 1943 -Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980)Zaire * 1983 -
Mobutu Sese Seko Other countries
The rank also exists or has existed (on paper at least) in
Bangladesh ,Brunei ,Ghana ,South Korea ,Malaysia ,Mozambique ,Nigeria ,Oman ,Saudi Arabia , andSouth Vietnam , but not all of these countries have probably actually ever used it.
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