Senior general (Myanmar)
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| Senior general ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး | |
|---|---|
   Army, navy and air force insignia | |
 Star plate | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Service branch |  Myanmar Army Myanmar Navy Myanmar Air Force |
| Formation | 18 March 1990 |
| Next lower rank | Vice-senior general |
Senior general (Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး, romanized: builʻkhyupʻmhūʺkrīʺ) is the highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces, 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.[citation needed]
An officer holding the rank of Senior general can wear any uniform from all the branches.[1][2]
History
[edit]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
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of service | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoted | Retired | Time serving | |||||
| 1 | 
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Saw Maung (1928–1997) |
18 March 1990 | 24 April 1992 | 2 years, 37 days | Promoted directly from General[8] | [3][8] |
| 2 | 
|
Than Shwe (born 1933) |
23 April 1993 | 30 March 2011 | 17 years, 341 days | Promoted directly from General | [8] |
| 3 | 
|
Min Aung Hlaing (born 1956) |
March 2013 | – | 11 years, 5 months | Promoted from Vice-senior general | [9][10] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mya Win (1991). တပ်မတော် ခေါင်းဆောင်များ သမိုင်း အကျဉ်း (၁၉၄၂ ခုနှစ်မှ ၁၉၉၀ ပြည့်နှစ်အထိ) [A Brief History of Tatmadaw's Leaders (1942 to 1990)] (in Burmese). Yangon: News and Periodical Enterprise. pp. 86–87.
- ^ Joshua Norman (2 June 2011). "The world's enduring dictators: Than Shwe, Myanmar (Burma)". CBS News.
- ^ "Burma's Than Shwe 'remains senior general'". BBC News. 31 August 2010.
- ^ "As the country prepared to transition to civilian rule, Than Shwe retired from the military. He passed over higher-ranking or more experienced officers in 2011 to select Min Aung Hlaing to succeed him as commander in chief; Min Aung Hlaing also became a general that year. He was made vice senior general in 2012 and senior general in 2013". Britannica.
- ^ "Min Aung Hlaing Appointed Vice-Senior General". The Irrawaddy. 3 April 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "(၇၆)နှစ်မြောက် တပ်မတော်နေ့အထိမ်းအမှတ်အဖြစ် ခေတ်အဆက်ဆက်တာဝန်ထမ်းဆောင် ခဲ့ကြသည့် ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်၊ တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်(အငြိမ်းစား) များ၏ အမှတ်တရရုပ်တုများ ဖွင့်ပွဲအခမ်းအနားကျင်းပပြုလုပ်" [As a commemoration for the 76th anniversary of Armed Forces Day, the opening ceremony for memorial statues of those who served through successive periods as Chief-of-Staff and Commander-in-Chief (now retired), was held.]. Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (in Burmese). 25 March 2021.
- ^ ကြေးမုံသတင်းစာ (၂၈.၃.၂၀၁၃) (The Mirror Newspaper (28.3.2013)) (in Burmese)
- ^ ကြေးမုံသတင်းစာ (၂၅.၃.၂၀၁၃) (The Mirror Newspaper (25.3.2013)) (in Burmese)