Commandant-General

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Commandant-General was a military rank in South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic as well as in the Union of South Africa and the Republic of South Africa. The Commandant-General of one of the Boer republics was the head of its armed forces. The rank of full General in the South African Army was renamed "Commandant-General" from 1956 to 1968.

During the Irish Civil War of 1922-23, the Irregulars, or anti-Treaty IRA, applied this term to the leaders of their various brigades throughout the country. The term was acquired from the Afrikaner rank, through veterans of the Irish Transvaal Brigade.

Commandant General is the highest rank in the Argentine National Gendarmerie, and is held by the National Director of the gendarmerie and his senior deputies. Depending on the appointment, it may be equal to any Argentine Army rank from Brigade General to the highest Argentine Army rank, Lieutenant General.