Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

• 1927 - William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865–1951)
• 8 June 1950 - Sir Thomas Blamey
  Thomas Blamey
  Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars, and the only Australian to date to attain the rank of field marshal....
  
   (1884–1951)
• 1 April 1954 - HRH Prince Philip, 1st Duke of Edinburgh
  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
  
   (b.1921)

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

• Manuel Luís Osório, Marquis of Herval (1808–1879)
• 1864 - HRH Prince Louis-Philippe Gaston d'Orléans, comte d'Eu
  Gaston, comte d'Eu
  Gaston d'Orléans , the first son of Louis, the Duke of Nemours and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary. His full name was Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston d'Orléans; Portuguese: Luís Filipe Maria Fernando Gastão de Orleães...
  
   (1842–1922)
• 1884 - Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca
  Deodoro da Fonseca
  Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca became the first president of the Republic of Brazil after heading a military coup that deposed Emperor Pedro II and proclaimed the Republic in 1889, disestablishing the Empire of Brazil.- Biography :...
  
   (1827–1892)
• Floriano Peixoto
  Floriano Peixoto
  Floriano Vieira de Araújo Peixoto , April 30, 1839, Maceió, Brazil — July 29, 1895, Rio de Janeiro; born in Ipioca , was a Brazilian soldier and politician, a veteran of the War of the Triple Alliance, and the second President of Brazil.-Election and Succession as President:Floriano Peixoto...
  
   (1837–1895)
• Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
  Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
  Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca was a Brazilian soldier and politician. The nephew of Deodoro da Fonseca, the first Brazilian President, he was the country's Minister of War in 1906...
  
   (1855–1923)
• João Mascarenhas de Morais (1883–1968)
• Henrique Baptista Duffles Teixeira Lott (1894–1984)
• 1966 - Waldemar Levy Cardoso
  Waldemar Levy Cardoso
  Waldemar Levy Cardoso was the last living Field Marshal of the Brazilian Army. He was of Jewish Algerian-Moroccan descent and was born on Rua Evaristo da Veiga in Rio de Janeiro. Cardoso graduated from military college at the top of his class in late 1918, making him a World War I-era veteran...
  
   (1900–2009)
• Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
  Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
  Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco was a Brazilian military leader and politician.He was President of Brazil, as a military dictator, after the 1964 coup d'etat...
  
   (1900–1967)
• Artur da Costa e Silva
  Artur da Costa e Silva
  Artur da Costa e Silva was a Brazilian Army General, the second President of Brazil during the military regime set up by the 1964 coup d'état; he was born only a month before the coup that overthrow Dom Pedro II. He was married to Iolanda Barbosa Costa e Silva, the daughter of a soldier...
  
   (1902–1969)

Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

• Lon Nol
  Lon Nol
  Lon Nol was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice, as well as serving repeatedly as Defense Minister...
  
   (1913–1985)
• HRH Prince Norodom Ranariddh
  Norodom Ranariddh
  Prince Norodom Ranariddh is the second son of former king Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni.-Biography:...
  
   (b.1944)
• Heng Samrin
  Heng Samrin
  Heng Samrin is a Cambodian politician. He was the chairman of the People's Republic of Kampuchea and the State of Cambodia , and later vice chairman and chairman of the National Assembly of Cambodia since 2006....
  
   (b.1934)
• Chea Sim
  Chea Sim
  Chea Sim is a Chinese Cambodian politician. He was the President of the National Assembly from 1981–98 and is currently the President of the Senate .-Biography:...
  
   (b.1932)
• Hun Sen
  Hun Sen
  Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979...
  
    (b.1952)

People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

• 1955 - Zhu De
  Zhu De
  Zhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...
  
   (1886–1976)
• 1955 - Peng Dehuai
  Peng Dehuai
  Peng Dehuai was a prominent military leader of the Communist Party of China, and China's Defence Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was an important commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese civil war and was also the commander-in-chief of People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War...
  
   (1898–1974)
• 1955 - Lin Biao
  Lin Biao
  Lin Biao was a major Chinese Communist military leader who was pivotal in the communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, especially in Northeastern China...
  
   (1908–1971?)
• 1955 - Liu Bocheng
  Liu Bocheng
  Liu Bocheng was a Chinese Communist military commander and Marshal of the People's Liberation Army.Liu is known as one of the "Three and A Half" Strategists of China in modern history...
  
   (1892–1986)
• 1955 - He Long
  He Long
  He Long was a Chinese military leader. He rose to the rank of Marshal and Vice Premier after the founding of the People's Republic of China.-Early life:He Long was a member of the Tujia ethnic group...
  
   (1896–1969)
• 1955 - Chen Yi
  Chen Yi (communist)
  Chen Yi was a Chinese communist military commander and politician. He served as the 2nd Mayor of Shanghai and the 2nd Foreign Minister of China.-Biography:Chen was born in Lezhi, near Chengdu, Sichuan, into a moderately wealthy magistrate's family....
  
   (1901–1972)
• 1955 - Luo Ronghuan
  Luo Ronghuan
  Luo Ronghuan was a Chinese communist military leader.-Biography:Luo was born in a village in Hengshan County, Hunan Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in April 1927 and the Chinese Communist Party later that year...
  
   (1902–1963)
• 1955 - Xu Xiangqian
  Xu Xiangqian
  Xu Xiangqian was a Chinese communist military leader.-Biography:Xu was born in Wutai county, Shanxi province, China. He was admitted to the Whampoa Academy in 1924 and held various officer ranks in the National Revolutionary Army between 1925 and 1927...
  
   (1901–1990)
• 1955 - Nie Rongzhen
  Nie Rongzhen
  Nie Rongzhen was a prominent Chinese Communist military leader, and one of ten Marshals in the People's Liberation Army of China. He was the last surviving PLA officer with the rank of Marshal.-Biography:...
  
   (1899–1992)
• 1955 - Ye Jianying
  Ye Jianying
  Ye Jianying was a Chinese communist general and the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983.-Biography:...
  
   (1897–1986)

Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

• HH Abbas I Hilmi Pasha
  Abbas I of Egypt
  Abbas I , , also known as Abbas Hilmi I Pasha Wāli of Egypt and Sudan, was a son of Tusun Pasha and grandson of Muhammad Ali, founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt and Sudan at the time...
  
   (1813–1854)
• Yahya Mansur Yeghen (1837–1913)
• Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850–1916)
• 20 December 1914 - HH Sultan Hussein Kamel (1853–1917)
• HM King Fuad I
  Fuad I of Egypt
  Fuad I was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt and Sudan in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Sultan Hussein Kamel...
  
   (1868–1936)
• HM King Farouk
  Farouk of Egypt
  Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....
  
   (1920–1965)
• 1949 - HM King Abdullah I of Jordan
  Abdullah I of Jordan
  Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan [‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Husayn] عبد الله الأول بن الحسين born in Mecca, Second Saudi State, was the second of three sons of Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif and Emir of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah...
  
   (1882–1951)
• 26 July 1952 - HM King Fuad II
  Fuad II of Egypt
  Fuad II was the last King of Egypt and Sudan.- Biography :He ascended the throne on 26 July 1952 upon the abdication of his father King Farouk I following the Egyptian Revolution of 1952...
  
   (b.1952)
• 21 February 1955 - HM King Hussein of Jordan
  Hussein of Jordan
  Hussein bin Talal was the third King of Jordan from the abdication of his father, King Talal, in 1952, until his death. Hussein's rule extended through the Cold War and four decades of Arab-Israeli conflict...
  
   (1935–1999)
• Ahmed Ismail Ali (1917–1974)
• Abdel Hakim Amer
  Abdel Hakim Amer
  Mohamed Abdel Hakim Amer was an Egyptian general and political leader. Born in Astal, Samallot, in the Al Minya Governorate in 1919, he served in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, took part in the 1952 Revolution and commanded the Egyptian Army in the Suez Crisis, the North Yemen Civil War and the...
  
   (1919–1967)
• Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
  Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy
  Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy was an Egyptian Field Marshal and The Commander in Chief of The Armed Forces.- Early life :El Gamasy was born on 9 September 1921 in Batanoon, Monufia Governorate, Egypt...
  
   (1921–2003)
• Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala
  Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala
  Field Marshal Mohamed Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala was Defense Minister of Egypt from 1981 to 1989, when former Egyptian president Mubarak removed him from office due to claims that he was involved in a missile-parts illegal import scandal from the United States, by violating U.S. export laws...
  
   (1930–2008)
• Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (b.1935)

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

• 1934 - HH Prince Seyum Mangasha of Tigray
  Seyum Mangasha
  Seyum Mangasha KBE was an army commander and a member of the Royal family of the Ethiopian Empire.-Biography:...
  
   (1897–1960)
• HIM Emperor Haile Selassie (1892–1975)

Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

• 1933 - Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
  Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
  Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Commander-in-Chief of Finland's Defence Forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and a Finnish statesman. He was Regent of Finland and the sixth President of Finland...
  
   (1867–1951)

Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

• 1913 - HM King Constantine I
  Constantine I of Greece
  Constantine I was King of Greece from 1913 to 1917 and from 1920 to 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, in which Greece won Thessaloniki and doubled in...
  
   (1868–1923)
• 1922 - HM King George II
  George II of Greece
  George II reigned as King of Greece from 1922 to 1924 and from 1935 to 1947.-Early life, first period of kingship and exile:George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia...
  
   (1890–1947)
• 1947 - HM King Paul
  Paul of Greece
  Paul reigned as King of Greece from 1947 to 1964.-Family and early life:Paul was born in Athens, the third son of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia. He was trained as a naval officer....
  
   (1901–1964)
• 28 October 1949 - Alexandros Papagos (1883–1955)
• 1964 - HM King Constantine II
  Constantine II of Greece
  |align=right|Constantine II was King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973, the sixth and last monarch of the Greek Royal Family....
  
   (b.1940)

India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

• 1 January 1973 - Sam Manekshaw
  Sam Manekshaw
  Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, MC "Sam Bahadur" was a Field Marshal of the Indian Army. His distinguished military career spanned four decades and five wars...
  
   (1914–2008)
• 1983 - K. M. Cariappa
  Kodandera Madappa Cariappa
  Field Marshal Kodandera "Kipper" Madappa Cariappa OBE was the first Indian Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army and led the Indian forces on the Western Front during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1947.He is among only two Indian Army officers to hold the highest rank of Field Marshal Field Marshal...
  
   (1899–1993)

Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

• 1945 - Sudirman
  Sudirman
  General Sudirman was the first military commander of Indonesian forces during the country's fight for independence from the Dutch in the 1940s.-Life:...
  
   (1916–1950)
• 1985 - Suharto (1921–2008)
• 2000 - Abdul Haris Nasution
  Abdul Haris Nasution
  In this Indonesian name, the name "Nasution" is a family name, and the person should be referred to by the family name "Nasution".Abdul Haris Nasution was an Indonesian general who was twice appointed Army Chief of Staff and who escaped an assassination attempt during the...
  
   (1918–2000)

Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

• HM King Faisal I
  Faisal I of Iraq
  Faisal bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi, was for a short time King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria or Greater Syria in 1920, and was King of the Kingdom of Iraq from 23 August 1921 to 1933...
  
   (1883–1933)
• 8 September 1933 - HM King Ghazi
  Ghazi of Iraq
  Ghazi bin Faisal was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920...
  
   (1912–1939)
• 6 April 1939 - HRH Prince Abdul Illah (1913–1958)]
• 2 May 1953 - HM King Faisal II
  Faisal II of Iraq
  Faisal II was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the "14 July Revolution" together with several members of his family...
  
   (1935–1958)
• Abdul Salam Arif
  Abdul Salam Arif
  Abdul Salam Mohammed Arif Aljumaily was President of Iraq from 1963 till his death. He played a leading role in the coup in which the Hashemite monarchy was overthrown on July 14, 1958.-1958 revolution and conflict with Qasim:...
  
   (1921–1966)
• 1979 - Saddam Hussein
  Saddam Hussein
  Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
  
   (1937–2006)

Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

• 4 November 1924 - Conte Luigi Cadorna
  Luigi Cadorna
  Luigi Cadorna GCB was an ItalianField Marshal, most famous for being thechief of staff of the Italian army during the first part of World War I.-Biography:...
  
   (1850–1928)
• 4 November 1924 - Armando Diaz
  Armando Diaz
  Armando Diaz, 1st Duca della Vittoria was an Italian general and a Marshal of Italy.Born in Naples, Diaz began his military career as a student at the Military Academy of Turin, where he became an artillery officer. He was a colonel commanding the 93rd infantry during the Italo-Turkish War, and...
  
   (1861–1928)
• 25 June 1926 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta
  Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta
  Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy-Aosta, 2nd Duke of Aosta was a member of the House of Savoy, former Crown Prince of Spain and a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.-Biography:...
  
   (1869–1931)
• 25 June 1926 - Pietro Badoglio
  Pietro Badoglio
  Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino was an Italian soldier and politician...
  
   (1871–1956)
• 25 June 1926 - Enrico Caviglia
  Enrico Caviglia
  Enrico Caviglia KCB was a distinguished officer in the Italian Army. Victorious on the bloody battlefields of the Great War, he rose in time to the highest rank in his country, Marshal of Italy; he was also a Senator of the kingdom.-Early years:Caviglia was born in Finalmarina , the sixth son of...
  
   (1862–1945)
• 25 June 1926 - Gaetano Giardino
  Gaetano Giardino
  Gaetano Giardino was an Italian soldier that rose to the rank of Marshal of Italy during World War I.- Life :Born in Montemagno he attended the Italian military academy in Modena, then was named Lieutenant of 8th Bersaglieri regiment. In the late 80s of 19th century he joined the Italian forces...
  
   ( 1864–1935)
• 25 June 1926 - Guglielmo Pecori-Giraldi (1856–1941)
• 16 November 1935 - Emilio De Bono
  Emilio De Bono
  Emilio De Bono was an Italian General, fascist activist, Marshal, and member of the Fascist Grand Council . De Bono fought in the Italo-Turkish War, World War I, and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.-Early life:De Bono was born in Cassano d'Adda...
  
   (1866–1944)
• 9 May 1936 - Rodolfo Graziani
  Rodolfo Graziani
  Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli , was an officer in the Italian Regio Esercito who led military expeditions in Africa before and during World War II.-Rise to prominence:...
  
   (1882–1955)
• 30 March 1938 - HM King Vittorio Emanuele III
  Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
  Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy . In addition, he claimed the crowns of Ethiopia and Albania and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Albania , which were unrecognised by the Great Powers...
  
   (1869–1948)
• 30 March 1938 - Benito Mussolini
  Benito Mussolini
  Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
  
   (1883–1945)
• 1 July 1942 - Conte Ugo Cavallero
  Ugo Cavallero
  Ugo Cavallero was an Italian military commander before and during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
   (1880–1943)
• 12 August 1942 - Ettore Bastico
  Ettore Bastico
  Ettore Bastico was an Italian military officer before and during World War II. He held high commands during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War , the Spanish Civil War, and the North African Campaign....
  
   (1876–1972)
• 29 October 1942 - HRH Umberto, Prince of Piedmont (1904–1983)
• 12 May 1943 - Giovanni Messe
  Giovanni Messe
  Giovanni Messe was an Italian general, politician, and Field Marshal . He is considered by many to have been the best Italian general of the Second World War.-Early life and career:Born in Mesagne, Apulia, Giovanni Messe pursued a military career in 1901...
  
   (1883–1968)

Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

• 19 July 1872 - Saigō Takamori
  Saigo Takamori
  was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. He has been dubbed the last true samurai.-Early life:...
  
   (1827–1877)
• 20 January 1898 - Prince Komatsu Akihito
  Prince Komatsu Akihito
  -External links:**...
  
   (1846–1903)
• 20 January 1898 - Prince Oyama Iwao (1843–1916)
• 20 January 1898 - Prince Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922)
• 31 January 1906 - Marquis Nozu Michitsura
  Nozu Michitsura
  -External links:...
  
   (1840–1908)
• 24 October 1911 - Count Oku Yasukata (1846–1930)
• 9 January 1914 - Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
  Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
  was the 22nd head of the Fushimi-no-miya shinnōke . He was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.- Early life :...
  
   (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
  George V of the United Kingdom
  George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
  
   (1865–1936)
• 12 December 1919 - Prince Kanin Kotohito (1865–1945)
• 27 April 1922 - Baron Uehara Yusaku (1856–1933)
• 27 January 1929 - Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
  Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
  was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji and Taishō periods. He was the father of Empress Kōjun , and therefore, the maternal grandfather of the present emperor of Japan, Akihito.-Early life:Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi was born in...
  
   (1873–1929)
• 8 August 1932 - Prince Nashimoto Morimasa (1874–1951)
• 3 May 1933 - Baron Muto Nobuyoshi
  Nobuyoshi Muto
  -External links:*- Notes :...
  
   (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

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

• 1948 - HM King Abdullah I
  Abdullah I of Jordan
  Abdullah I bin al-Hussein, King of Jordan [‘Abd Allāh ibn al-Husayn] عبد الله الأول بن الحسين born in Mecca, Second Saudi State, was the second of three sons of Sherif Hussein bin Ali, Sharif and Emir of Mecca and his first wife Abdiyya bint Abdullah...
  
   (1882–1951)
• 20 July 1951 - HM King Talal
  Talal of Jordan
  Talal I bin Abdullah 26 February 1909 – 7 July 1972) was the second King of Jordan from 20 July 1951 until forced to abdicate in favour of his son Hussein due to health reasons on 11 August 1952....
  
   (1909–1972)
• 11 August 1952 - HM King Hussein
  Hussein of Jordan
  Hussein bin Talal was the third King of Jordan from the abdication of his father, King Talal, in 1952, until his death. Hussein's rule extended through the Cold War and four decades of Arab-Israeli conflict...
  
   (1935–1999)
• Habis Al-Majali
  Habis Al-Majali
  Field Marshal Habis al-Majali . A noted Jordanian soldier from the southern city of Kerak, Habis served as Chief of Staff, Jordanian Armed Forces 1958-1975, Minister of Defence 1967-1968, and 20-year member of the Jordanian Senate 1981?-2001.-Life and career:Habis Pasha he is the son of Sheik...
  
   (1914–2001)
• Fat'hi Abu Taleb
  Fat'hi Abu taleb
  - Field Marshal Fat'hi Abu Taleb :Field Marshal Fat'hi Abu Taleb is the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Jordanian military. He rose to become one of the most influential military men in Jordanian history...
  
  
• Abdul Hafeth Al Ka'abnah
• 7 February 1999 - HM King Abdullah II
  Abdullah II of Jordan
  Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein is the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. He ascended the throne on 7 February 1999 after the death of his father King Hussein. King Abdullah, whose mother is Princess Muna al-Hussein, is a member of the Hashemite family...
  
   (b.1962)
• 2005 - Sa'ad Khair
  Sa'ad Khair
  Field Marshal Sa'ad Khair was a noted Jordanian Intelligence and Security official. Sa'ad Khair served as the head of the newly formed Jordanian National Security Agency .-Career:...
  
   (d.2009)

Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

• 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
  Tribhuvan of Nepal
  King Tribhuhvan Bir Bikram Shah , King of Nepal was King of Nepal from 11 December 1911 until his death...
  
   (1906–1955)
• 1954 - Rudra Shamsher (1879–1964)
• 2 May 1956 - HM King Mahendra
  Mahendra of Nepal
  Possibly no heir for the time period of 1911 through 1920. Previous Crown Prince: Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, from 1906 to 1911....
  
   (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
  Birendra of Nepal
  Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was a King of Nepal. The son of King Mahendra, whom he succeeded in 1972, he reigned until his death in the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre...
  
   (1945–2001)
• 2 June 2001 - HM King Gyanendra
  Gyanendra of Nepal
  Gyanendra Shah was the last King of Nepal. During his life, he has held the title of the King twice: first between 1950 and 1951 as a child when his grandfather Tribhuvan was forced into exile in India with the rest of his family; and from 2001 to 2008, following the Nepalese royal massacre.King...
  
   (b.1947)
• Hari Shamsher
• Sir Nir Shamsher (b.1913)
• Sir Kiran Shamsher (b.1916)

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

• 11 June 1977 - HRH Prince Philip, 1st Duke of Edinburgh
  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
  
   (b.1921)

North Korea

North Korea

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

• Kim Il-sung
  Kim Il-sung
  Kim Il-sung was a Korean communist politician who led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death...
  
   (1912–1994)
• Kim Jong-Il
  Kim Jong-il
  Kim Jong-il, also written as Kim Jong Il, birth name Yuri Irsenovich Kim born 16 February 1941 or 16 February 1942 , is the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...
  
   (b.1942)
• O Jin U (1917–1995)
• Ri Ul-sol
• Choe Gwang (1919–1997)

Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

• 1809 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
  William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford
  General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, GCB, GCH, GCTE, PC , was a British soldier and politician...
  
   (1768–1854)
• Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
  Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
  Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
  
   (1769–1852)
• 1927 - Gomes da Costa
  Gomes da Costa
  Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, GOTE, GCA, commonly known as Manuel Gomes da Costa , or just Gomes da Costa , son of Carlos Dias da Costa Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, GOTE, GCA, commonly known as Manuel Gomes da Costa , or just Gomes da Costa (Lisbon, January 14, 1863 – Lisbon,...
  
   (1863–1929)
• 1948 - António Óscar Carmona (1869–1951)
• 1958 - Francisco Craveiro Lopes
  Francisco Craveiro Lopes
  Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes da Silva de Tovero , 6th Viscount de Molenos-Craveiro, GCTE, ComC, GCA, , was a Portuguese politician and military man...
  
   (1894–1964)
• 1981 - António de Spínola
  António de Spínola
  António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola , GCTE, ComA was a Portuguese soldier, conservative politician and author, who was important in the transition to democracy following the Portuguese Carnation...
  
   (1910–1996)

Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

• 1930 - Alexandru Averescu
  Alexandru Averescu
  Alexandru Averescu was a Romanian marshal and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three separate cabinets . He first rose to prominence during the peasant's revolt of 1907, which he helped repress in violence...
  
   (1859–1938)
• 1930 - Constantin Prezan
  Constantin Prezan
  Constantin Prezan was a Romanian general during World War I and after the war a Marshal of Romania....
  
   (1861–1943)
• 21 August 1941 - Ion Antonescu
  Ion Antonescu
  Ion Victor Antonescu was a Romanian soldier, authoritarian politician and convicted war criminal. The Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II, he presided over two successive wartime dictatorships...
  
   (1886–1946)

Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

• 1912 - Radomir Putnik
  Radomir Putnik
  Radomir Putnik, also known as Vojvoda Putnik, OSS OCT OKS GCMG was a Serbian Field Marshal and Chief of General Staff in the Balkan Wars and World War I, and took part in all wars that Serbia waged from 1876 to 1917.-Biography:...
  
   (1847–1917)
• 1914 - Zivojin Misic
  Živojin Mišic
  Živojin Mišić OKS GCMG was a Vojvoda and the most successful Serbian commander who participated in all Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918.-Early years:Misic's grandfather was born in Struganik near Mionica...
  
   (1855–1921)
• 1914 - Stepa Stepanovic
  Stepa Stepanovic
  Stepa Stepanović OSS OCT GCMG was a field marshal of the Serbian Army who distinguished himself in Serbia's wars from 1876 to 1918.Stepa Stepanović was born in the village of Kumodraž outside of Belgrade on...
  
   (1858–1929)
• 1918 - Petar Bojovic
  Petar Bojovic
  Petar Bojović OKS GCMG was one of four Serbian vojvodas in Balkan Wars and World War I.-Early:Petar was born on July 16, 1858 in Miševići, Nova Varoš. He had distant ancestry from the Vasojevići....
  
   (1858–1936)

Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

• List of Marshals of the Soviet Union

Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

• 1810 - Henry Joseph O'Donnell, Count of La Bisbal
  Henry Joseph O'Donnell, Count of La Bisbal
  Don Henry Joseph O'Donnell y Mareschal , 1st Count of la Bisbal , Spanish soldier, was descended from Joseph O'Donnell y O´ Donnell, Colonel of the Spanish Regiment Irlanda, Lieu - Tenant General of the Spanish Army.O'Donnell was the brother of Carlos O´Donnell y...
  
   (1769–1834)
• 1844 - Ramón María Narváez y Campos, Duke of Valencia (1800–1868)
• 1869 - Juan Prim, Marquis of Los Castillejos (1814–1870)

Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

• Gaafar Nimeiry
  Gaafar Nimeiry
  Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry was the Nubian President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985...
  
   (1930–2009)
• Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
  Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
  Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Suwar al-Dahab was the President of Sudan from April 6, 1985 to May 6, 1986. Born in the town of Omdurman in 1934, he graduated from the Sudanese Military Academy...
  
   (b.1934)
• Omar al-Bashir
  Omar al-Bashir
  Lieutenant General Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir is the current President of Sudan and the head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister...
  
   (b.1944)

Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

• HRH Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse
  Bhanurangsi Savangwongse
  Field Marshal Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse, The Prince Banubandhu Vongsevoradej was a son of HM King Mongkut of Siam and HM Queen Debsirindra....
  
   (1859–1928)
• Chao Phraya Bordindeachanuchit (1856–1921)
• Chao Phraya Surasakmontri (1851–1931)
• HRH Prince Paripatra Sukhumbhand (1881–1944)
• HRH Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath
  Chakrabongse Bhuvanath
  Field Marshal Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh, Prince of Phitsanulok, , was the fortieth child of King Chulalongkorn and the fourth child of Queen Sri Bajarindra....
  
   (1883–1920)
• HRH Prince Chirapravati Voradej (1876–1914)
• Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1887–1964)
• Phin Choonhavan
  Phin Choonhavan
  Field Marshal Phin Choonhavan was a Thai military leader. Phin was a leader of several coups against the government, most notably the 1947 coup...
  
   (1891–1973)
• Sarit Dhanarajata
  Sarit Dhanarajata
  Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat , was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963. He was born in Bangkok, but grew up in his mother's home town in Lao-speaking northeastern Thailand and considered himself a northeasterner...
  
   (1908–1963)
• HM Queen Sirikit
  Sirikit
  Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat , is the queen consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand. She is the second Queen Regent of Thailand...
  
   (b.1950)
• Thanom Kittikachorn
  Thanom Kittikachorn
  Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn was a military dictator of Thailand. A staunch anti-Communist, Thanom oversaw a decade of military rule in Thailand from 1963 to 1973, until public protests which exploded into violence forced him to step down...
  
   (1912–2004)
• Praphas Charusathien (1912–1997)
• Kriengkai Attanand (1913–1972) (posthumously)

Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

• 14 August 1840 - HH Abu Abbas Ahmed I Pasha Bey
  Ahmad I ibn Mustafa
  Ahmad I ibn Mustafa was the tenth leader of the Husainid Dynasty and ruled Tunisia as Bey of Tunis from October 10, 1837 to his death on May 30, 1855.-References:...
  
   (1806–1855)
• 7 August 1855 - HH Muhammed Pasha Bey
  Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn
  Muhammad II ibn al-Husayn was the eleventh leader of the Husainid Dynasty and the ruler of Tunisia from 1855 until his death in 1859....
  
   (1811–1859)
• 10 December 1859 - HH Muhammed as-Sadiq Pasha Bey
  Muhammad III as-Sadiq
  Muhammad III as-Sadiq, GCB was the ruler of Tunisia from 23 September 1859 to 28 October 1881, when he abdicated. He signed the Treaty of Bardo with France on 12 May 1881 signifying Tunisia as a French Protectorate.-References:...
  
   (1813–1882)
• 28 October 1882 - HH Ali III Pasha Bey
  Ali Muddat ibn al-Husayn
  Ali III Bey ibn al-Husayn was the ruler of Tunisia from 1882 until 1902. He was the first ruler under the French protectorate....
  
   (1817–1902)
• 11 June 1902 - HH Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha Bey
  Muhammad IV al-Hadi
  Muhammad IV al-Hadi was the ruler of Tunisia between 11 June 1902 and 11 May 1906.-References:...
  
   (1855–1906)
• 11 May 1906 - HH Muhammed al-Nasir Pasha Bey
  Muhammad V an-Nasir
  Muhammad V an-Nasir, GCMG was the ruler of Tunisia between 11 May 1906 and 10 July 1922.-Notes:Source: at www.4dw.net...
  
   (1855–1922)
• 10 July 1922 - HH Muhammad al-Habib Pasha Bey
  Muhammad VI al-Habib
  Muhammad VI al-Habib was the ruler of Tunisia from 10 July 1922 until 11 February 1929.He was born at the Palace of Bardo the only son of Prince Muhammad al-Ma'mun Bey. He was appointed heir apparent with the title Bey al-Mahalla on May 12, 1906...
  
   (1858–1929)
• 11 February 1929 - HH Ahmed II Pasha Bey (1862–1942)
• 19 June 1942 - HH Muhammad al-Munsif Pasha Bey
  Muhammad VII al-Munsif
  Muhammad VII al-Munsif was the ruler of Tunisia between 19 June 1942 and 14 May 1943.He was born in La Manouba the son of Muhammad V an-Nasir Pasha. He was appointed heir apparent to the Beylik of Tunis with the title of Bey al-Mahalla on April 30, 1942.Muhammad became bey of Tunis on the death...
  
   (1881–1948)
• 15 May 1943 - HH Muhammed al-Amin Pasha Bey
  Muhammad VIII al-Amin
  Muhammad VIII al-Amin was the last bey of Tunisia . He was the first head of state of independent Tunisia from 1956 until he was deposed in 1957...
  
   (1881–1962)

Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

• 29 November 1943 - Josip Broz Tito
  Josip Broz Tito
  Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
  
   (1892–1980)

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