Английская Википедия:Four-star rank (Myanmar)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:See also In Myanmar Armed Forces, there are two different ranks, one higher than another, but both designated as four-star ranks.
- Vice-senior General (Шаблон:Lang-my): a rank between five-star rank of Senior general and four-star rank of General/Admiral, but designated as a four-star rank.
- General or Admiral (Шаблон:Lang-my): the actual four-star rank.
| Seniority in Armed Forces | Burmese title | English title | Rank insignia | Golden strap [1][2] |
Rank medal [1][2][3] |
Car insignia | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| for Army and Air Force | for Navy | |||||||
| 2. | Шаблон:My | Vice-senior general | Файл:Myanmar officer rank insignia 9.5.png | Файл:Tatmadaw Vice Senior General Insignia 02.png | Файл:Vice Senior General rank medal.png | Файл:Four star rank Tatmadaw.png | ||
| 3. | Шаблон:My | General | Admiral | Файл:Myanmar officer rank insignia 9.png | Файл:Tatmadaw General Insignia 02.png | Файл:General rank medal.png | Файл:Four star rank Tatmadaw.png | |
Vice-senior general
"Vice-senior general" (Шаблон:Lang-my) is the second highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces. It is held by the person appointed to both Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and Commander-in-Chief (Army). Since 2012, it can also be held by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services if he has not yet been promoted to Senior general.
It is between the five-star rank of Senior general and the four-star rank of General or Admiral, thus being a unique rank existing only in Myanmar Armed Forces. The rank medals of both Vice-Senior general and General/Admiral have the same obverse; both with golden logo of Armed Forces and four golden stars overheading it, but the rank medal of Senior general has a green stripe in addition to that of General/Admiral. Thus, it can be assumed as a higher variant of four-star rank. The flag of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services also confirms that.
Insignia
| Burmese title | English title | Rank insignia | Golden strap [1] |
Rank medal [1][3] |
Flag [4] | Car insignia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:My | Vice-senior general | Файл:Myanmar officer rank insignia 9.5.png | Файл:Tatmadaw Vice Senior General Insignia 02.png | Файл:Vice Senior General rank medal.png | Файл:Deputy Commander in Chief flag of Myanmar.svg | Файл:Four star rank Tatmadaw.png | |
| Insignia on regular uniform |
of Myanmar Army | of Myanmar Navy [5] |
of Myanmar Air Force |
|---|---|---|---|
| Файл:17. Myanmar Army VSGEN.svg | Файл:17. Myanmar Navy VSGEN.png | Файл:17. Myanmar Air Force VSGEN.png |
History
When the five-star rank Senior general was created above the four-star rank General, there was no Vice-senior general or similar rank between them. In 1990, General Saw Maung promoted himself directly to Senior general,[6][7] his deputy: Lieutenant General Than Shwe to General,[7] and Brigadier General Maung Aye to Major general.[8] In 1993, General Than Shwe was promoted directly to Senior general,[7] and Major General Maung Aye was promoted to Lieutenant general and became deputy of Than Shwe.[8]
Lieutenant General Maung Aye was promoted to General in 1994, and then Vice-senior general in 2002. Thus, he became the first person to hold the rank of Vice-senior general.
List of rank holders
| No. | Photo | Name | Date of promotion from previous rank | Date of promotion to next rank or retirement | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Файл:MaungAye.jpg | Maung Aye | 2002 | 30 March 2011 | Promoted from General. Retired. |
| 2. | Файл:Vice Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.jpg | Min Aung Hlaing | March 2012[9] | March 2013[10][11] | Promoted from General. Promoted to Senior general. |
| 3. | Файл:Soe Win.jpg | Soe Win | March 2013 | – | Promoted from General. Incumbent. |
General/Admiral
'General' or 'Admiral' (Шаблон:Lang-my) is the third highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces, and traditionally the highest rank that a personnel from Myanmar Navy and Myanmar Air Force can get. It is a four-star general rank.
The rank's Burmese title and insignia is the same for all branches. But Myanmar Navy uses different English translation, to be harmonized with the naval terms. "Шаблон:Lang" is translated as "General" for army and air force, and as "Admiral" for navy.
Since 2011, the rank "Шаблон:Lang" is designated to be held by the persons in following appointments.
| Appointment | Service branch | Number of posts |
|---|---|---|
| Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy and Air Force) | Шаблон:Flagicon image Myanmar Army | 1 |
| Commander-in-Chief (Navy) | Шаблон:Flagicon image Myanmar Navy | 1 |
| Commander-in-Chief (Air Force) | Шаблон:Flagicon image Myanmar Air Force | 1 |
Beside these appointments, the Armed Forces personnels appointed as Union Ministers in the government can also hold this rank. Currently, the Union Ministers of the Ministry of Defence[12] and the Ministry of Transport and Communications[13] are General and Admiral respectively.
Insignia
| Service branch | Burmese title | English title | Rank insignia | Golden strap | Rank medal | Car insignia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myanmar Army and Myanmar Air Force |
Шаблон:My | General | Файл:Myanmar officer rank insignia 9.png | Файл:Tatmadaw General Insignia 02.png | Файл:General rank medal.png | Файл:Four star rank Tatmadaw.png |
| Myanmar Navy | Admiral |
| Insignia on regular uniform |
of Myanmar Army | of Myanmar Navy | of Myanmar Air Force [14] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Файл:16. Myanmar Army GEN.svg | Файл:16. Myanmar Navy GEN.png | Файл:16. Myanmar Air Force GEN.png |
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite webШаблон:User-generated source
- ↑ Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Vice-Senior General Soe Win holds phone talks with Australian Vice-chief of Defence Force yesterday. Photo: MNA from Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Fleet Exercise-2020 conducted with involvement of attack submarine Minye Theinkhathu of Tatmadaw (Navy) to enhance defence prowess of State
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ မြန်မာ့အလင်းသတင်းစာ (၃.၄.၂၀၁၂) (Myanma Alin Newspaper (3.4.2012)) (in Burmese)
- ↑ ကြေးမုံသတင်းစာ (၂၈.၃.၂၀၁၃) (The Mirror Newspaper (28.3.2013)) (in Burmese)
- ↑ ကြေးမုံသတင်းစာ (၂၅.၃.၂၀၁၃) (The Mirror Newspaper (25.3.2013)) (in Burmese)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 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
