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During the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">Revolution</a>, it became a title given to officers of <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_de_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Général de division">général de division</a> rank commanding an <a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">army</a>. The <i>généraux en chef</i> wore four stars on their shoulders boards opposed to the three of a <i>général de division</i>. The title of <i>général en chef</i> was abolished in 1812, re-established during the <a href="/wiki/Bourbon_Restoration_in_France" title="Bourbon Restoration in France">Restoration</a> and ultimately abolished in 1848. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Russia">Russia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General-in-chief&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_the_Imperial_Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Ranks and insignia of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces">Ranks and insignia of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces</a></div> <p>In Russia, general-in-chief (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">генера́л-анше́ф</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">generál-anshéf</i></span>, originating from the French <i>général en chef</i>), was a full <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a> rank in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Imperial</a> army, the second highest rank, after the rank of marshal, in <a href="/wiki/Russian_military_ranks" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian military ranks">Russian military ranks</a> (the 2nd grade of <a href="/wiki/Table_of_Ranks" title="Table of Ranks">Table of Ranks</a>). It was created in 1698 by <a href="/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter I of Russia">Peter the Great</a>. In 1798, the rank was divided into three equivalent ranks of general of the infantry, general of the cavalry and <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Artillery_(Imperial_Russia)" title="General of the Artillery (Imperial Russia)">general of the artillery</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States">United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General-in-chief&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States, the title "General in Chief" was used to refer to the <a href="/wiki/Commanding_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Commanding General of the United States Army">commanding general of the United States Army</a>, who was the Army's senior-most officer. Famous generals-in-chief were <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Halleck" title="Henry Halleck">Henry Halleck</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_McClellan" class="mw-redirect" title="George McClellan">George McClellan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> (Washington's title was commander-in-chief during the American Revolution, and he was only called the "Senior Officer of the Army" after he was president in the late 1790s). The position of "general-in-chief," not the commanding general of the United States Army, was abolished with the creation of the title of chief of staff in 1903 — the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a> is the modern-day equivalent, although the current position is not responsible for commanding military forces in the field, as the generals-in-chief did in the 19th century. The rank of "General of the Armies of the United States" was conferred upon General John J. Pershing in 1919 and to Lieutenant General George Washington (posthumously) in 1975 by acts of Congress. Washington's date of rank was retroactively dated to 1799, so that he will always be the senior ranking general of the United States Army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Confederate_States">Confederate States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General-in-chief&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Confederate States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 31, 1865, the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Confederate_States_Congress" title="2nd Confederate States Congress">2nd Confederate States Congress</a> established a “<a href="/wiki/General_in_Chief_of_the_Armies_of_the_Confederate_States" title="General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States">General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States</a>”. General <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert E. Lee</a> was appointed to the position on February 6 and served until the end of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the entire time, Lee retained command of the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia" title="Army of Northern Virginia">Army of Northern Virginia</a>, serving in both positions until he was <a href="/wiki/Parole" title="Parole">paroled</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoner of war</a> on April 12. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venezuela">Venezuela</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General-in-chief&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Venezuela"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_military_ranks" title="Venezuelan military ranks">Venezuelan military ranks</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General in chief<br /><span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">General en jefe</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General-in-Chief_(Venezuela).PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/General-in-Chief_%28Venezuela%29.PNG/100px-General-in-Chief_%28Venezuela%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/General-in-Chief_%28Venezuela%29.PNG/150px-General-in-Chief_%28Venezuela%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/General-in-Chief_%28Venezuela%29.PNG/200px-General-in-Chief_%28Venezuela%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="77" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GJEJB-GNB.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/GJEJB-GNB.png/50px-GJEJB-GNB.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/GJEJB-GNB.png/75px-GJEJB-GNB.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/GJEJB-GNB.png/100px-GJEJB-GNB.png 2x" data-file-width="578" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Bolivarian_Army_%28Venezuela%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Bolivarian_Army_%28Venezuela%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Bolivarian_Army_%28Venezuela%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Bolivarian_Army_%28Venezuela%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Bolivarian_Army_%28Venezuela%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Bolivarian_Army_%28Venezuela%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="943" data-file-height="637" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan Army">Venezuelan Army</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_the_Venezuelan_Air_Force.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Venezuelan_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_the_Venezuelan_Air_Force.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Venezuelan_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_the_Venezuelan_Air_Force.svg/42px-Flag_of_the_Venezuelan_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="840" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan Air Force">Venezuelan Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank group</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1823</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next lower rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major_general" title="Major general">Major general</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Since the age of the <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Independence_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan Independence War">independence war in Venezuela</a>, the most senior officer is designated as general-in-chief (<i>general en jefe</i>). From its creation, the rank was represented by three suns (equivalent to three-star rank), but with the creation in 2008 of the rank of major general, four suns (equivalent to four-star rank) are used. </p><p>From the 1940s until 2001 the rank was not used. In 2001 Divisional General Lucas Rincon Romero was promoted to general-in-chief. He was the first-ever active officer to be promoted after six decades. </p><p>Since 2001, 18 officers have been promoted to this rank or equivalent (13 from the Army including 3 posthumously, 1 from the Air Force, also posthumously, 2 from the Navy, 1 other naval recipient having been promoted to Admiral plus 1 posthumously):<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Component </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Note </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Rinc%C3%B3n_Romero" title="Lucas Rincón Romero">Lucas Rincón Romero</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2001 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Luis_Acevedo_Quintero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luis Acevedo Quintero (page does not exist)">Luis Acevedo Quintero</a> </td> <td>Air Force </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Promoted posthumously as the first and only General in Chief from the Air Force </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_Carneiro" class="mw-redirect" title="Jorge Luis García Carneiro">Jorge Luis García Carneiro</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2004 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramon_Orlando_Maniglia_Ferreira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramon Orlando Maniglia Ferreira (page does not exist)">Ramon Orlando Maniglia Ferreira</a> </td> <td>Navy </td> <td>2005 </td> <td>First to be promoted to admiral, first-ever Venezuelan three-star admiral in two centuries after <a href="/wiki/Luis_Brion" class="mw-redirect" title="Luis Brion">Luis Brion</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Raul_Isaias_Baduel" class="mw-redirect" title="Raul Isaias Baduel">Raul Isaias Baduel</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2006 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Rangel_Brice%C3%B1o" title="Gustavo Rangel Briceño">Gustavo Rangel Briceño</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>First four-sun promotion for the armed forces </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Jos%C3%A9_Mata_Figueroa" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos José Mata Figueroa">Carlos José Mata Figueroa</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>Second four-sun promotion for the armed forces, also promoted while being the Chief of the Operational Strategic Command </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jes%C3%BAs_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Gonz%C3%A1lez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jesús González González (page does not exist)">Jesús González González</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2009 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Almidien_Moreno_Acosta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Almidien Moreno Acosta (page does not exist)">Almidien Moreno Acosta</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>Posthumously promoted </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Alberto_M%C3%BCller_Rojas" title="Alberto Müller Rojas">Alberto Müller Rojas</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>Posthumously promoted </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Rangel_Silva" title="Henry Rangel Silva">Henry Rangel Silva</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>2nd to be promoted while in capacity as Commander of the OSC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a>-in-Chief <a href="/wiki/Diego_Alfredo_Molero_Bellavia" title="Diego Alfredo Molero Bellavia">Diego Alfredo Molero Bellavia</a> </td> <td>Navy </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>First Navy four-sun flag officer to be appointed Minister of Defense, 1st to be promoted to Admiral in Chief </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a>-in-Chief <a href="/wiki/Carmen_Mel%C3%A9ndez" title="Carmen Meléndez">Carmen Meléndez</a> </td> <td>Navy </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>First woman ever to be promoted to Admiral in Chief and first woman Minister of Defense in Venezuelan history </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Padrino_L%C3%B3pez" title="Vladimir Padrino López">Vladimir Padrino López</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>First to be promoted to General in Chief while being appointed as Commander of the OSC </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jacinto_P%C3%A9rez_Arcay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jacinto Pérez Arcay (page does not exist)">Jacinto Pérez Arcay</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>Oldest living general officer in Venezuelan history to be promoted to the rank </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Felix_Antonio_Velazquez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Felix Antonio Velazquez (page does not exist)">Felix Antonio Velazquez</a> </td> <td>Army </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>Promoted posthumously </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a>-in-Chief <a href="/wiki/Francisco_de_Miranda" title="Francisco de Miranda">Francisco de Miranda</a> </td> <td>Navy </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>In honor of the bicentennial year since his death in prison and the 210th anniversary of his arrival in Venezuela, promoted posthumously </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/General-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General-in-Chief">General-in-Chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_L%C3%B3pez" title="Gustavo González López">Gustavo González López</a> </td> <td>Army<br /> (<a href="/wiki/Bolivarian_Intelligence_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolivarian Intelligence Service">Bolivarian Intelligence Service</a>) </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>First SEBIN commandant to be promoted </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a>-in-Chief <a href="/wiki/Remigio_Ceballos" title="Remigio Ceballos">Remigio Ceballos</a> </td> <td>Navy </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>3rd to be promoted to Admiral in Chief and first naval officer to be appointed Commandant of the OSC </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General-in-chief&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">General officer</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=General-in-chief&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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