* The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ( Comandante en Jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas ) is the President of the Republic.

It is chaired by the President of the Republic, which is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

::: The President of the Republic represents the Portuguese Republic, guarantees national independence, the unity of the state and the proper operation of the democratic institutions, and is ex officio Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

::: The President of the Republic shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

::: The President of the Russian Federation shall be the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Although the Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces is legally the Sovereign: under constitutional practice the Prime Minister can declare war, and through the Secretary of State for Defence ( whom he may appoint, dismiss or even appoint himself as ) as chair of the Defence Council the power over the deployment and disposition of British forces.

* The president is the Commander-in-Chief of the French Armed Forces.

Officially, the politics of Sudan takes place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic consociationalist republic, where the President of Sudan is Head of State, Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces in a multi-party system.

The President of the Republic, Dési Bouterse, is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ( Opperbevelhebber van de Strijdkrachten ).

In times of crisis or war, the Federal Assembly elects a General ( OF-9 ) as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ( Oberbefehlshaber der Armee ).

According to the Syrian Constitution, the President of Syria is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

Politics of Tonga takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the King is the Head of State and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Tonga.

The President is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces ; he appoints the Chief of the General Staff and the commanders of all of the service branches ; in wartime he nominates the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and can order a general mobilization.

The monarch is the Commander-in-Chief of the Belgian Armed Forces and makes appointments to the higher positions.

The Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, in Spanish Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina, are controlled by the Commander-in-Chief ( the President ) and a civilian Minister of Defense.

Currently Raúl Castro — brother of former President Fidel Castro — is President of the Council of State, President of the Council of Ministers ( sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister ), First Secretary of the Communist Party, and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

Standard of the President as Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish Armed Forces.

Phibunsongkhram, a World War II hero of Thailand, the Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in 1941 had signed a formal treaty of alliance between the two Buddhist countries of Thailand and Japan in the divine presence of the Emerald Buddha in the wat.

During his time in this office, he persuaded the Duke of Cambridge, the Queen's cousin, to resign as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces.

On 31 July 2006, Fidel Castro's personal secretary Carlos Valenciaga announced on state-run television that Fidel Castro would provisionally hand over the duties of President of the Council of State of Cuba, President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to Raúl Castro while Fidel underwent and recovered from intestinal surgery to repair gastrointestinal bleeding.

Currently His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces.

According to the Croatian constitution, the President of Croatia is the Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.

According to the 1992 constitution, the President of Czech Republic is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and appoints and promotes generals.

Alexander was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of Allied Land Forces in Burma, March 1942, and ordered Slim to abandon Mandalay and retreat to India.

According to a modern history of the regiment, the idea for creating this unique force was proposed by Jacques Prevost, a Swiss soldier and adventurer who was a friend of The Duke of Cumberland ( William, who was the King's second son and was Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.

The King, according to the new constitution, is also Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces.

He became Commander-in-Chief of the Palestinian Revolutionary Forces two years later, and in 1973, became the head of the PLO's political department.

Although the constitution of Canada states that the " Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and Military Forces, of and in Canada, is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen ," the governor general acts in her place as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces and is permitted through the 1947 Letters Patent to use the title Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada.

The Crown also sits at the pinnacle of the Canadian Forces, with the constitution placing the monarch in the position of commander-in-chief of the entire force, though the governor general carries out the duties attached to the position and also bears the title of Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada.

Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst KCB ( sometimes spelled Geoffrey, or Jeffrey, he himself spelled his name as Jeffery ) ( 29 January 1717 – 3 August 1797 ) served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.

Although the jobs of Commander-in-Chief and Military Member were now held by same person, senior officers could approach only the Commander-in-Chief directly – they still had to deal with the Military Member through the Army Secretary, who reported to the Indian Government and had right of access to the Viceroy-there were even instances, when the two separate bureaucracies produced different answers to a problem, of the Commander-in-Chief disagreeing with himself as Military Member!

He was one of the few senior officers to be retained by Frederick Roberts, the new Commander-in-Chief.

The Curragh Incident caused great bitterness between senior officers: the former Commander-in-Chief Lord Roberts refused to speak to French.

French recommended Robertson as his successor and Kitchener told Esher ( 4 December ) that the government intended to appoint Robertson Commander-in-Chief, but General Sir Douglas Haig, Robertson's senior and a front line commander since the start of the war, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the BEF in December 1915.

His flight results in the firing of many senior Soviet military personnel, including the Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov, and the Commander-in-Chief of the National Air Defense Forces, Chief Marshal Alexander Koldunov.

* Ed Kemmer ... Commander-in-Chief Edward " Buzz " Corry: Corry was the senior officer of the Space Patrol whose assigned task including clearing the space lanes and maintaining peace in the galaxy.

The Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command ( 2SL / CNH ), commonly just known as the Second Sea Lord ( 2SL ), is one of the most senior admirals of the British Royal Navy ( after the First Sea Lord and the Commander-in-Chief Fleet ), and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establishments.

In attendance were Emperor Selassie, South African General Jan Smuts ( who held an advisory brief for the region with Winston Churchill ), the Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Command, Archibald Wavell and his senior military commanders in East Africa, Lieutenant-General Platt and Lieutenant-General Cunningham.

* John Thomson ( RAF officer ) ( 1941 – 1994 ), one of the senior officers of the Royal Air Force, later Commander-in-Chief Strike Command

In attendance were Emperor Selassie, South African General Jan Smuts ( who held an advisory brief for the region with Winston Churchill ), the Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Command, Archibald Wavell, and the senior military commanders in East Africa including Lieutenant-General Platt and Lieutenant-General Cunningham.

Two years later in 1933, he returned to the Air Defence of Great Britain, this time in the senior post of Air Officer Commander-in-Chief.

At one time he was the senior adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese armed forces and was given the title of Brevet Lieutenant-General, Chinese Army.

Against the advice of his senior officers, Governor Jackson exercised his authority as Commander-in-Chief and ordered the State Guard to make a stand at Boonville.

From 1899 to 1955, the Royal Navy maintained a Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, a senior officer responsible for protecting the entrance to the port of London, and merchant traffic along the east coast of Britain.

* Chief of the Defence Staff, the second most senior member of the Canadian Forces after the Commander-in-Chief

Macready ( Commander-in-Chief, Ireland ) had been initially impressed by Tudor ( June 1920 ) and thought he was getting rid of “ incompetent idiots ” from senior police positions.