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Commandant-General is a rank in several counties and is generally equivelent to that of Commandant
Commandant

Commandant is a military or police title or rank....
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omandante generale (Commandant general), in Fascist Italy
Fascist Italy

Fascist Italy may refer to two different states:*Kingdom of Italy *Italian Social Republic It may also refer to* Italian fascism, the political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943, or...
's MVSN
MVSN

MVSN can refer to:* The Blackshirts of the Italian Fascist movement.* The Tonton Macoute of the Tonton Macoutes.* The Macrovision Corporation - a software company....
, was the title of the head of the Blackshirts, held by Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
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andant-General was a military rank
Military rank

Military rank is a system of hierarchy relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms....
 in South African Republic
South African Republic

The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century....
 and the Orange Free State Republic
Orange Free State

The Republic of the Orange Free State was an independent Boere-Afrikaner republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British Orange River Colony and a Provinces of South Africa of the Union of South Africa....
 as well as in the Union of South Africa
Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa is the historic predecessor to the present-day state of the Republic of South Africa. It came into being on 31 May 1910, with the previously separate colonies of the Cape Colony, Colony of Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State, plus the German South-West Africa colony in 1915, becoming Provinces in the Union of...
 and the Republic of South Africa. The Commandant-General of one of the Boer republics was the head of its armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
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Commandant-General is a rank in several counties and is generally equivelent to that of Commandant
Commandant

Commandant is a military or police title or rank....
.

Fascist Italy

Comandante generale (Commandant general), in Fascist Italy
Fascist Italy

Fascist Italy may refer to two different states:*Kingdom of Italy *Italian Social Republic It may also refer to* Italian fascism, the political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943, or...
's MVSN
MVSN

MVSN can refer to:* The Blackshirts of the Italian Fascist movement.* The Tonton Macoute of the Tonton Macoutes.* The Macrovision Corporation - a software company....
, was the title of the head of the Blackshirts, held by Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
.

South Africa

Commandant-General was a military rank
Military rank

Military rank is a system of hierarchy relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms....
 in South African Republic
South African Republic

The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century....
 and the Orange Free State Republic
Orange Free State

The Republic of the Orange Free State was an independent Boere-Afrikaner republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British Orange River Colony and a Provinces of South Africa of the Union of South Africa....
 as well as in the Union of South Africa
Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa is the historic predecessor to the present-day state of the Republic of South Africa. It came into being on 31 May 1910, with the previously separate colonies of the Cape Colony, Colony of Natal, Transvaal and the Orange Free State, plus the German South-West Africa colony in 1915, becoming Provinces in the Union of...
 and the Republic of South Africa. The Commandant-General of one of the Boer republics was the head of its armed forces
Armed forces

The armed forces of a country are its government-sponsored defense, fighting forces, and organizations. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body, and to defend that body and the nation it represents from external and internal aggressors....
. The rank of full General
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
 in the South African Army
South African Army

The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.The South African military evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by popular militias and small irregular military commando forces, reinforced by the Afrikaner historical distrust of large standing armies....
 was renamed "Commandant-General" from 1956 to 1968.

Ireland

During the Irish Civil War
Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War was a conflict that accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State as an entity independence from the United Kingdom within the British Empire....
 of 1922-23, the Irregulars
Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

The original Irish Republican Army fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence 1919-1921. Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the Irish Republican Army in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and opponents of the Treaty....
, or anti-Treaty IRA, applied this term to the leaders of their various brigades throughout the country. The term was acquired from the Afrikaner
Afrikaner

Afrikaners are Afrikaans-speaking people who have been established in Southern Africa since the 17th century and are mainly of northwestern European ethnic groups descent....
 rank, through veterans of the Irish Transvaal Brigade.

Argentina

Commandant General is the highest rank in the Argentine National Gendarmerie
Argentine National Gendarmerie

The Argentine National Gendarmerie is the gendarmerie and corps of border guards of Argentina.The Argentine National Gendarmerie has a strength of 12,000....
, and is held by the National Director of the gendarmerie and his senior deputies. Depending on the appointment, it may be equal to any Argentine Army rank from Brigade General to the highest Argentine Army rank, Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
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United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Commandant-General is a military appointment, not a rank. See the following for more details:
  • Commandant General Royal Marines
    Commandant General Royal Marines

    The Commandant General Royal Marines is the professional head of the Royal Marines.The title has existed since 1945, and is the head of service for the Royal Marines....
  • Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
    Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment

    The Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment is the Royal Air Force commander of the RAF Regiment. The post was established in January 1942 immediately prior to the creation of the RAF Regiment....