Commanders in chief

George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire. He is commonly known as the Father of His Country for his role in bringing about American independence.

Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868

A commander-in-chief (sometimes called a supreme commander or supreme commander-in-chief) is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch. As a technical term, it refers to military competencies that reside in a country's executive leadership, a head of state, head of government, or other designated government official.

thumb|200px|The eyalets of the Ottoman Empire in 1609 Beylerbey (, meaning the 'commander of commanders' or 'lord of lords’, sometimes rendered governor-general) was a high rank in the western Islamic world in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, from the Anatolian Seljuks and the Ilkhanids to Safavid Iran and the Ottoman Empire. Initially designating a commander-in-chief, it eventually came to be held by senior provincial governors. In Ottoman usage, where the rank survived the longest, it designated the governors-general of some of the largest and most important provinces, although

German Army field marshal and Military Chief of the Wehrmacht Military Forces (Heer,Luftwaffe,Kriegsmarine) (1878-1946)

German general (1880–1939)

head of the Israeli Defence Force

head of state and of government of the Confederate States

Commander and poet of king Diiriye Guure

' () or (; ), in Arabic rendered as () or ' (), was a title used in much of the Islamic world during the 10th–15th centuries, to denote the senior-most military commanders, but also as a generic general officer rank.

General-in-chief has been a military rank or title in various armed forces around the world.

commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of North Korea

Leader of the Ukrainian military

Abbasid army commander (845/6–933)

head of the Central Military Commission and the commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army

Abbasid commander-in-chief (died 902)

head of the armed forces of Myanmar

Commander-in-chief of the United Kingdom

Republic of Venice

Hyderabad state army commander (1899–1962)

head of the armed forces of Lebanon

Equivalent Spanish Army rank to Field marshal (five-star rank) OF-10