List of field marshals

This is a list of the officers who have held the army rank offield marshalormarshal.It does not includeair force marshals.

Afghanistan

• HM Nasrullah Khan(1875–1920)
• 2004 -Mohammed Fahim(1957–2014)
• 2020 -Abdul Rashid Dostum(b. 1954)

Albania

King Zog Iof the Albanians

• 1 September 1928 -HM King Zog(1895–1961)

Australia

• 20 March 1925 -William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood(1865–1951; honorary)
• 2 June 1938 - HMKing George VI(1895–1952; honorary)
• 8 June 1950 -Sir Thomas Blamey(1884–1951)
• 1 April 1954 - HRHPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh(1921–2021; honorary)

Austria/Austria-Hungary

• List of Austrian field marshals
• List of Marshals of Austria

Bahrain

• HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa(b. 1950)
• HRH Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa(b. 1969)
• Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

Belarus

• Alexander Lukashenko(b. 1954)

Brandenburg

• List of Brandenburger field marshals

Brazil

• List of Brazilian marshals

Chad

• 11 August 2020 -Idriss Déby(1952–2021)

Cambodia

Lon Nol

• 1971 -Lon Nol(1913–1985)
• HRH Prince Norodom Ranariddh(1944–2021)
• 2009 -Heng Samrin(b. 1934)
• 2009 -Chea Sim(b. 1932)
• 2009 -Hun Sen(b. 1952)

Central African Empire

• Jean-Bédel Bokassa(1921–1986)

Republic of China

ChineseChiang Kai-shek

• 1912 -Yuan Shikai(1859–1916)
• 1917 -Sun Yat-sen(1866–1925)
• 1921 -Tang Jiyao(1883–1927)
• 1921 -Lu Rongting(1856–1927)
• 1927 -Zhang Zuolin(1875–1928)
• 1935 -Chiang Kai-shek(1887–1975)

People's Republic of China

Liu Bocheng

• 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)

Republic of Croatia

• 1995 -Franjo Tuđman(1922–1999)

Croatia

• 1941 -Slavko Kvaternik(1876–1947)

Kingdom of Egypt

Field marshal insignia

• HH Abbas I Hilmi Pasha(1813–1854)
• HH Ibrahim Pasha(1789–1848)
• Yahya Mansur Yeghen(1837–1913)
• Horatio Herbert Kitchener(1850–1916)
• 20 December 1914 -HH Sultan Hussein Kamel(1853–1917)
• HM King Fuad I(1868–1936)
• 'Aziz 'Ali al-Misri(1879–1965)
• 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)

Republic of Egypt

• Abdel Hakim Amer(1919–1967)
• November 1973 -Ahmad Ismail Ali(1917–1974)
• Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy(1921–2003)
• Ahmed Badawi(1927–1981)
• Mohammed Aly Fahmy(1920–1999)
• Abd al-Halim Abu Ghazala(1930–2008)
• 1993 -Mohamed Hussein Tantawi(1935–2021)
• 2014 -Abdel Fattah el-Sisi(b. 1954)

Ethiopia

• HIM Emperor Haile Selassie(1892–1975)
• 8 January 2022 -Birhanu Jula

Finland

Finnish President Mannerheimin 1943

• 1933 -Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim(1867–1951)

France

• List of Marshals of France

Germany

German World War II field marshalErich von Manstein

• List of German field marshals

Ghana

• 1965 -Kwame Nkrumah(1909–1972)

Greece

• 1913 -HM King Constantine I(1868–1923)
• 1937 -HM King George II(1890–1947)
• 1947 -HM King Paul(1901–1964)
• 28 October 1949 -Alexandros Papagos(1883–1955)
• 1964 -HM King Constantine II(1940–2023)

Guelders

• 1528 -Maarten van Rossum(1490–1555)

Holy Roman Empire

• List of field marshals of the Holy Roman Empire

India

Main article:Field marshal (India)

• 1 January 1973 -Sam Manekshaw(1914–2008)
• 28 April 1986 -K. M. Cariappa(1899–1993)

Iran

• 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 'Abd al-Ilah(1913–1958)]
• 2 May 1953 -HM King Faisal II(1935–1958)
• Abdul Salam Arif(1921–1966)
• Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr(1914–1982)
• 1979 -Saddam Hussein(1937–2006)
• Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri(1942–2020)

Italy

• 4 November 1924 -Conte Luigi Cadorna(1850–1928)
• 4 November 1924 -Armando Diaz(1861–1928)
• 25 June 1926 -Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta(1869–1931)
• 25 June 1926 -Pietro Badoglio(1871–1956)
• 25 June 1926 -Enrico Caviglia(1862–1945)
• 25 June 1926 -Gaetano Giardino( 1864–1935)
• 25 June 1926 -Guglielmo Pecori-Giraldi(1856–1941)
• 16 November 1935 -Emilio De Bono(1866–1944)
• 9 May 1936 -Rodolfo Graziani(1882–1955)
• 30 March 1938 -HM King Vittorio Emanuele III(1869–1948)
• 30 March 1938 -Benito Mussolini(1883–1945)
• 1 July 1942 -Conte Ugo Cavallero(1880–1943)
• 12 August 1942 -Ettore Bastico(1876–1972)
• 29 October 1942 -HM King Umberto II(1904–1983)
• 12 May 1943 -Giovanni Messe(1883–1968)

Japan

• List of Japanese field marshals

Jordan

Main article:Marshal of 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(d.2009)

Liberia

• Samuel Doe(1951–1990)

Libya

• 14 September 2016 -Khalifa Haftar(b. 1943)

Malaysia

Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin,Yang di-Pertuan Agongof Malaysia

• 31 August 1957 -Tuanku Abdul Rahmanof Negeri Sembilan (1885–1960)
• 14 April 1960 -Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shahof Selangor (1898–1960)
• 21 September 1960 -Tuanku Syed Putraof Perlis (1920–2000)
• 21 September 1965 -Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shahof Terengganu (1907–1979)
• 21 September 1970 -Tuanku Abdul Halimof Kedah (b. 1927)
• 21 September 1975 -Sultan Yahya Petraof Kelantan (1917–1979)
• 29 March 1979 -Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang(b. 1930)
• 26 April 1984 -Sultan Iskandar of Johor(1932–2010)
• 26 April 1989 -Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak(1928-2014)
• 26 April 1994 -Tuanku Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan(1922–2008)
• 26 April 1999 -Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shahof Selangor (1926–2001)
• 13 December 2001 -Tuanku Syed Sirajuddinof Perlis (b. 1943)
• 13 December 2006 -Mizan Zainal Abidinof Terengganu (b. 1962)
• 13 December 2011 -Tuanku Abdul Halimof Kedah (1927–2017)
• 13 December 2016 -Muhammad V of Kelantan(b. 1969)
• 31 January 2019 -Abdullah of Pahang(b. 1959)

Mongolia

• Khorloogiin Choibalsan(1895–1952)
• Gelegdorjiin Demid(1900–1937)
• Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal(1916–1991)

Morocco

• 17 November 1970 -Mohammed ben Mizzian(1897–1975)

Mozambique

• Samora Machel(1933–1986)

Nepal

• HH Maharaja Chandra Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski(1863–1929)
• HH Maharaja Bhim Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski(1865–1962)
• HH Maharaja Juddha Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski(1875–1952)
• HH Maharaja Padma Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski(1882–1961)
• HH Maharaja Mohan Shamsher of Lambjang and Kaski(1885–1967)
• HH Sir Keshar Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana(1892–1964)
• Hari Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
• Sir Nir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana(1913–2013)
• Sir Kiran Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana(1916–1983)
• 14 April 1953 -HM King Tribhuvan(1906–1955)
• 1954 -Rudra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana(1879–1964)
• 2 May 1956 -HM King Mahendra(1920–1972)
• 1972 -HM King Birendra(1945–2001)
• 2 June 2001 -HM King Gyanendra(b. 1947)

New Zealand

King Charles III in the combat uniform of a New Zealand Army field marshal.

• 11 June 1977 - HRHPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh(1921–2021)
• 3 August 2015 - HMKing Charles III(b. 1948)

North Korea

• 1953 -Kim Il Sung(1912–1994)
• 1992 -O Chin-u(1917–1995)
• 1992 -Kim Jong Il(1942–2011)
• 1995 -Ri Ul-sol(1921–2015)
• 1995 -Choi Kwang(1919–1997)
• July 2012 -Kim Jong Un(b. 1983)
• April 2016 -Kim Yong-chun(1936–2018)
• April 2016 -Hyon Chol-hae(b. 1934)
• October 2020 -Ri Pyong-chol(b. 1948)
• October 2020 -Pak Jong-chon

Ottoman Empire

• List of field marshals of the Ottoman Empire

Pakistan

• 1958 -Ayub Khan(1907–1974)

Peru

• List of Marshals of Peru

Philippines

• 24 August 1936 -Douglas MacArthur(1880–1964)

Poland

• List of Polish field marshals

Portugal

• List of Marshals of Portugal

Prussia

• List of Prussian field marshals

Romania

• 1914 -HM King Ferdinand(1865–1927)
• 1927 (1940)-HM King Michael I(1921–2017)
• 1930 -HM King Carol II(1893–1953)
• 1930 -Alexandru Averescu(1859–1938)
• 1930 -Constantin Prezan(1861–1943)
• 21 August 1941 -Ion Antonescu(1886–1946)

Russian Empire

• List of Russian field marshals

Russian Federation

• Igor Sergeyev(1938–2006)

Saudi Arabia

• 1991 -HH Prince Khalid bin Sultan(b. 1949)
• Saleh Al-Muhaya(b. 1939)

Saxony

• List of Saxon field marshals

Serbia

Živojin Mišić

• 14 January 1900 -HM King Milan I(1854–1901)
• 27 January 1901 -HM King Alexander I(1876–1903)
• 15 Jun 1903 -HM King Peter I(1844–1921)
• 20 October 1912 -Radomir Putnik(1847–1917)
• 20 August 1914 -Stepa Stepanović(1856–1929)
• 4 December 1914 -Živojin Mišić(1855–1921)
• 13 September 1918 -Petar Bojović(1858–1945)

South Africa

• 24 May 1941 -Jan Smuts(1870–1950)

Soviet Union

• List of Marshals of the Soviet Union

Spain

Main article:Captain general of the Army

• 1792 -Antonio Olaguer Feliú(1742–1813)
• 1810 -Henry Joseph O'Donnell, Count of La Bisbal(1769–1834)
• 1818 -Manuel Olaguer Feliú(1759–1824)
• 1844 -Ramón María Narváez y Campos, Duke of Valencia(1800–1868)
• 1869 -Juan Prim, Marquis of Los Castillejos(1814–1870)

Sri Lanka

Main article:Field Marshal (Sri Lanka)

• 22 March 2015 -Sarath Fonseka(b. 1950)

Sudan

• Gaafar Nimeiry(1930–2009)
• Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab(1934–2018)
• Omar al-Bashir(b. 1944)

Sweden

• List of Swedish field marshals

Syria

• Husni al-Za'im(1897–1949)
• Bashar al-Assad(b. 1965)

Thailand

• List of field marshals of Thailand

Tunisia

• 14 August 1840 -HH Abu Abbas Ahmed I Pasha Bey(1806–1855)
• 7 August 1855 -HH Muhammed Pasha Bey(1811–1859)
• 10 December 1859 -HH Muhammed as-Sadiq Pasha Bey(1813–1882)
• 28 October 1882 -HH Ali III Pasha Bey(1817–1902)
• 11 June 1902 -HH Muhammad al-Hadi Pasha Bey(1855–1906)
• 11 May 1906 -HH Muhammed al-Nasir Pasha Bey(1855–1922)
• 10 July 1922 -HH Muhammad al-Habib Pasha Bey(1858–1929)
• 11 February 1929 -HH Ahmed II Pasha Bey(1862–1942)
• 19 June 1942 -HH Muhammad al-Munsif Pasha Bey(1881–1948)
• 15 May 1943 -HH Muhammed al-Amin Pasha Bey(1881–1962)

Turkey

• 21 September 1921 -Mustafa Kemal Atatürk(1881–1938)
• 31 August 1922 -Fevzi Çakmak(1876–1950)

Uganda

• 1975 -John Okello(1928–1984)

United Kingdom

• List of British field marshals

Venezuela

• 1824 -Antonio José de Sucre(1795–1830)

Yemen

• 24 December 1997 -Ali Abdullah Saleh(b. 1942)

Yemen Arab Republic

• Abdullah as-Sallal(1917–1994)

Yugoslavia

King Peter II of Yugoslavia

• 16 August 1921 -HM King Alexander I(1888–1934)
• 9 October 1934 -HM King Peter II(1923–1970)
• 29 November 1943 -Josip Broz Tito(1892–1980)

Zaire

• 1983 -Mobutu Sese Seko(1930–1997)

Other countries

The rank also exists or has existed (on paper at least) inBangladesh,Brunei,South Korea,Nigeria,Oman,andSouth Vietnam,but not all of these countries have used it.