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2185:[President Nishani decrees the dismissal of the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania, Major General Xhemal Gjunkshi] (in Albanian).
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2183:"Presidenti Nishani dekreton lirimin nga detyra të Shefit të Shtabit të Përgjithshëm të Forcave të Armatosura të Republikës së Shqipërisë, Gjeneral Major Xhemal Gjunkshi"
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and the formation of the
Republic of Albania. The new Albanian constitution shifted the powers of Commander in Chief to the newly formed office of the
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415:. On 1 September 1928, Zogolli amended the constitution, dissolved parliament, and proclaimed himself King, creating the
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1510:
1400:
1107:
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3463:
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3176:
2083:
2070:
1449:
1219:
959:
863:
631:
602:
1618:
1352:
911:
3302:
2699:
700:
88:
1733:
1890:
225:
2829:
2787:
2759:
360:
762:
713:
656:
3122:
2211:
2161:
2037:
1991:
156:
2011:
539:
472:
315:
270:
3458:
3453:
3307:
2186:
2045:
1201:
1172:
160:
98:
8:
601:. In this time, the powers of Commander-in-chief were held by the First Secretary of the
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1855:
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488:
483:
241:
236:
164:
127:
39:
589:
The following individuals served during the era of communism in
Albania, serving the
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521:
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2270:
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1543:
1491:
1071:
148:
179:
3609:
2033:
1826:
1774:
1651:
1599:
828:
667:
507:
408:
374:
1970:
1904:
1807:
1483:
1434:
1385:
1333:
778:
727:
672:
326:
2238:"Arben Kingji Shef i Shtabit/ Rama i dërgon propozimin presidentit Begaj"
1138:
1092:
1039:
993:
973:
944:
896:
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691:
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1632:
1309:
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1146:
1923:
1874:
1230:
1161:
550:
2635:
2182:
167:. The position was established on 4 May 1913 as part of the
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180:
Provisional
Government of Albania / Principality of Albania
2120:
2118:
2116:
2114:
2112:
2110:
2108:
2106:
2104:
2102:
185:
Date of term's end is based on start of successor's term.
2099:
402:
16:
Chief of the
General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces
174:
2266:
Former Chiefs of the
Albanian General Staff 1913–2013
411:
created a new constitution for
Albania, forming the
2044:. In 1991 the rank system was reestablished under
384:Term ended with dissolution of the Ministry of War
2208:"Chief of General Staff of Albanian Armed Forces"
3607:
2300:
2060:Dismissed and executed for high treason in 1975.
2010:Became Chief of the General Staff following the
2200:
1167:The following individuals served following the
29:
2286:
1987:General Staff of the Armed Forces (Albania)
2293:
2279:
159:. The chief of staff is appointed by the
2040:, following the example of the Chinese
3608:
1160:
599:People's Socialist Republic of Albania
419:. The Kingdom collapsed following the
2274:
1180:
610:
428:
191:
1206:
636:
584:
454:
403:Albanian Republic / Albanian Kingdom
212:
44:Emblem of the Albanian General Staff
1194:
1191:
624:
621:
442:
439:
205:
202:
175:List of chiefs of the general staff
13:
3439:Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023:Executed for high treason in 1974.
14:
3642:
3626:Lists of military chiefs of staff
2259:
644:Albanian National Liberation Army
526:
169:Provisional Government of Albania
1938:
1889:
1840:
1792:
1732:
1677:
1617:
1557:
1509:
1448:
1399:
1351:
1268:
1218:
1106:
1053:
1007:
958:
910:
862:
811:
761:
712:
655:
595:Democratic Government of Albania
538:
471:
359:
314:
269:
224:
38:
2783:Secretariat of National Defense
2230:
2175:
2076:
2063:
2054:
2026:
2017:
2004:
1181:
611:
429:
192:
145:Shef i Shtabit të Përgjithshëm
31:Shef i Shtabit të Përgjithshëm
1:
2093:
3444:Independent State of Croatia
2301:Chiefs of defence by country
2244:(in Albanian). 2 August 2022
1169:fall of communism in Albania
1089:7 years, 10 months
591:National Liberation Movement
571:10 years, 218 days
7:
1980:
1871:2 years, 275 days
1715:3 years, 2 months
1135:8 years, 3 months
744:2 years, 2 months
504:3 years, 227 days
421:Italian invasion of Albania
257:7 years, 5 months
10:
3647:
3096:Republic of China (Taiwan)
2084:Albanian Rebellion of 1997
2071:Albanian Rebellion of 1997
1967:2 years, 55 days
1920:1 year, 310 days
1823:3 years, 1 month
1763:2 years, 92 days
1648:1 year, 8 months
1480:1 year, 2 months
1306:1 year, 2 months
1189:Chief of the General Staff
794:1 year, 5 months
619:Chief of the General Staff
603:Party of Labour of Albania
437:Chief of the General Staff
394:1 year, 6 months
347:1 year, 6 months
200:Chief of the General Staff
137:Chief of the General Staff
24:Chief of the General Staff
3583:
3565:
3558:
3518:
3511:
3426:
3381:
3147:
3140:
3104:
3084:
2854:
2847:
2680:
2673:
2615:
2595:
2324:
2317:
2306:
699:
642:
515:
460:
302:1 year, 1 month
122:
104:
94:
84:
74:
64:
49:
37:
28:
23:
3631:Lists of Albanian people
3489:Republic of Serb Krajina
2369:Central African Republic
2069:Dismissed following the
2042:People's Liberation Army
1997:
407:In 1925, Prime Minister
59:since 3 August 2022
2788:Secretariat of the Navy
461:Albanian National Army
110:; 111 years ago
3182:Bosnia and Herzegovina
2036:were abolished in the
701:Albanian People's Army
144:
30:
2810:Saint Kitts and Nevis
2524:SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
2389:Republic of the Congo
2212:Albanian Armed Forces
2162:Albanian Armed Forces
2038:Albanian Armed Forces
1992:Albanian Armed Forces
157:Albanian Armed Forces
3111:Democratic Kampuchea
3061:United Arab Emirates
2187:President of Albania
1202:President of Albania
1173:President of Albania
450:President of Albania
161:President of Albania
3385:limited recognition
3088:limited recognition
2820:Trinidad and Tobago
2685:Antigua and Barbuda
2599:limited recognition
1162:Republic of Albania
548:von Myrdacz, Gustav
517:Royal Albanian Army
481:von Myrdacz, Gustav
234:Shkupi, Ali Shefqet
79:Minister of Defence
2740:Dominican Republic
2082:Served during the
2012:Congress of PĂ«rmet
1629:Lieutenant General
970:Lieutenant General
922:Lieutenant General
874:Lieutenant General
824:Lieutenant General
556:Gustav von Myrdacz
489:Gustav von Myrdacz
484:Divisional General
242:Ali Shefqet Shkupi
237:Lieutenant Colonel
165:commander-in-chief
128:Ali Shefqet Shkupi
3621:Albanian generals
3616:Chiefs of defence
3603:
3602:
3599:
3598:
3554:
3553:
3507:
3506:
3136:
3135:
2843:
2842:
2669:
2668:
2404:Equatorial Guinea
1978:
1977:
1911:
1862:
1852:Brigadier General
1850:Kollçaku, Bardhyl
1814:
1780:
1772:
1754:
1706:
1665:
1657:
1639:
1605:
1597:
1579:
1531:
1521:Brigadier General
1497:
1489:
1470:
1421:
1373:
1339:
1331:
1323:
1315:
1297:
1242:
1158:
1157:
1152:
1144:
1126:
1080:
1027:
980:
932:
884:
835:
785:
734:
679:
585:Communist Albania
582:
581:
562:
495:
413:Albanian Republic
400:
399:
381:
338:
324:Leskoviku, Xhavid
293:
282:Brigadier General
279:Kolonja, Ali Riza
248:
133:
132:
3638:
3563:
3562:
3538:Papua New Guinea
3516:
3515:
3484:Republika Srpska
3459:Imperial Germany
3145:
3144:
2852:
2851:
2678:
2677:
2641:Ethiopian Empire
2322:
2321:
2310:Chief of Defence
2295:
2288:
2281:
2272:
2271:
2254:
2253:
2251:
2249:
2234:
2228:
2227:
2225:
2223:
2218:on 18 March 2016
2214:. Archived from
2204:
2198:
2197:
2195:
2193:
2179:
2173:
2172:
2170:
2168:
2154:
2087:
2080:
2074:
2067:
2061:
2058:
2052:
2030:
2024:
2021:
2015:
2008:
1949:
1942:
1909:
1900:
1893:
1860:
1856:Bardhyl Kollçaku
1851:
1844:
1812:
1803:
1796:
1778:
1770:
1752:
1743:
1742:Gjunkshi, Xhemal
1736:
1704:
1701:
1688:
1681:
1663:
1655:
1637:
1628:
1621:
1603:
1595:
1577:
1568:
1561:
1529:
1520:
1513:
1495:
1487:
1468:
1459:
1452:
1419:
1410:
1403:
1371:
1362:
1355:
1337:
1329:
1321:
1313:
1295:
1292:
1279:
1272:
1240:
1229:
1222:
1208:
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1178:
1177:
1150:
1142:
1124:
1117:
1110:
1078:
1075:
1064:
1057:
1025:
1018:
1011:
978:
969:
962:
930:
921:
914:
882:
873:
866:
833:
822:
815:
783:
772:
765:
732:
723:
716:
677:
666:
659:
638:
613:
608:
607:
575:Zog I of Albania
565:1 September 1928
560:
549:
542:
528:
501:1 September 1928
493:
482:
475:
456:
431:
426:
425:
417:Albanian Kingdom
391:24 December 1924
385:
379:
370:
363:
336:
332:Xhavid Leskoviku
325:
318:
291:
287:Ali Riza Kolonja
280:
273:
246:
235:
228:
214:
194:
189:
188:
118:
116:
111:
42:
33:
21:
20:
3646:
3645:
3641:
3640:
3639:
3637:
3636:
3635:
3606:
3605:
3604:
3595:
3579:
3550:
3503:
3434:Austria–Hungary
3422:
3408:Northern Cyprus
3384:
3377:
3132:
3100:
3087:
3080:
2839:
2665:
2611:
2598:
2591:
2313:
2302:
2299:
2262:
2257:
2247:
2245:
2236:
2235:
2231:
2221:
2219:
2206:
2205:
2201:
2191:
2189:
2181:
2180:
2176:
2166:
2164:
2156:
2155:
2100:
2096:
2091:
2090:
2081:
2077:
2068:
2064:
2059:
2055:
2032:On 1 May 1966,
2031:
2027:
2022:
2018:
2009:
2005:
2000:
1983:
1951:
1947:
1944:
1943:
1908:
1902:
1898:
1895:
1894:
1865:28 October 2017
1859:
1853:
1849:
1846:
1845:
1817:8 November 2013
1811:
1805:
1801:
1798:
1797:
1777:
1773:
1769:
1760:8 November 2013
1751:
1748:Xhemal Gjunkshi
1745:
1741:
1738:
1737:
1703:
1695:
1690:
1686:
1683:
1682:
1662:
1658:
1654:
1636:
1630:
1626:
1623:
1622:
1602:
1598:
1594:
1576:
1570:
1567:Qazimi, PĂ«llumb
1566:
1563:
1562:
1528:
1522:
1518:
1515:
1514:
1494:
1490:
1486:
1471:
1467:
1461:
1457:
1454:
1453:
1422:
1418:
1412:
1408:
1405:
1404:
1370:
1364:
1360:
1357:
1356:
1336:
1332:
1328:
1324:
1320:
1318:Kastriot Islami
1316:
1312:
1294:
1286:
1281:
1277:
1274:
1273:
1239:
1233:
1227:
1224:
1223:
1165:
1149:
1145:
1141:
1129:13 October 1982
1123:
1115:
1112:
1111:
1086:13 October 1982
1077:
1069:
1062:
1059:
1058:
1024:
1017:Meçollari, Sami
1016:
1013:
1012:
981:
977:
971:
967:
964:
963:
929:
923:
919:
916:
915:
881:
875:
871:
868:
867:
839:28 January 1948
836:
832:
826:
820:
817:
816:
791:28 January 1948
782:
776:
774:Colonel General
770:
767:
766:
735:
731:
725:
721:
718:
717:
676:
670:
664:
661:
660:
632:First Secretary
587:
559:
553:
547:
544:
543:
522:King of Albania
498:18 January 1925
492:
486:
480:
477:
476:
405:
383:
382:
378:
372:
368:
365:
364:
335:
329:
323:
320:
319:
290:
284:
278:
275:
274:
245:
239:
233:
230:
229:
182:
177:
114:
112:
109:
108:4 May 1913
60:
58:
57:
53:
45:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3644:
3634:
3633:
3628:
3623:
3618:
3601:
3600:
3597:
3596:
3594:
3593:
3587:
3585:
3581:
3580:
3578:
3577:
3572:
3570:European Union
3566:
3560:
3556:
3555:
3552:
3551:
3549:
3548:
3545:
3540:
3535:
3530:
3525:
3519:
3513:
3509:
3508:
3505:
3504:
3502:
3501:
3496:
3491:
3486:
3481:
3479:Russian Empire
3476:
3474:Ottoman Empire
3471:
3466:
3461:
3456:
3451:
3449:Czechoslovakia
3446:
3441:
3436:
3430:
3428:
3424:
3423:
3421:
3420:
3415:
3410:
3405:
3400:
3395:
3389:
3387:
3379:
3378:
3376:
3375:
3370:
3368:United Kingdom
3365:
3360:
3355:
3350:
3345:
3340:
3335:
3330:
3325:
3320:
3315:
3310:
3305:
3300:
3295:
3290:
3287:
3282:
3277:
3272:
3267:
3262:
3257:
3252:
3247:
3244:
3239:
3234:
3229:
3224:
3219:
3214:
3209:
3204:
3202:Czech Republic
3199:
3194:
3189:
3184:
3179:
3174:
3169:
3164:
3159:
3154:
3148:
3142:
3138:
3137:
3134:
3133:
3131:
3130:
3125:
3120:
3117:
3115:Imperial Japan
3112:
3108:
3106:
3102:
3101:
3099:
3098:
3092:
3090:
3082:
3081:
3079:
3078:
3073:
3068:
3063:
3058:
3053:
3048:
3043:
3038:
3033:
3028:
3023:
3018:
3013:
3008:
3003:
2998:
2993:
2988:
2983:
2978:
2973:
2968:
2963:
2958:
2953:
2948:
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2938:
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2928:
2923:
2922:
2921:
2916:
2906:
2901:
2896:
2891:
2886:
2881:
2876:
2871:
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2855:
2849:
2845:
2844:
2841:
2840:
2838:
2837:
2832:
2827:
2822:
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2807:
2802:
2797:
2792:
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2790:
2785:
2777:
2772:
2767:
2762:
2757:
2752:
2747:
2742:
2737:
2732:
2727:
2722:
2717:
2712:
2707:
2702:
2697:
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3494:Soviet Union
3469:East Germany
3464:Nazi Germany
3418:Transnistria
3151:
3056:Turkmenistan
3026:Saudi Arabia
2549:South Africa
2539:Sierra Leone
2349:Burkina Faso
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2216:the original
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2019:
2006:
1971:Bajram Begaj
1962:
1954:Arben Kingji
1952:
1914:29 July 2020
1905:Bajram Begaj
1903:
1868:29 July 2020
1854:
1820:January 2017
1808:Jeronim Bazo
1806:
1746:
1693:Maksim Malaj
1691:
1642:October 2006
1631:
1571:
1525:Aleks Andoni
1523:
1484:Sali Berisha
1474:2 March 1997
1462:
1458:Çopani, Adem
1435:Sali Berisha
1428:2 March 1997
1415:Sheme Kosova
1413:
1386:Sali Berisha
1365:
1334:Sali Berisha
1282:
1234:
1228:Abazi, Halim
1166:
1120:Kiço Mustaqi
1118:
1065:
1063:Llakaj, Veli
1019:
972:
968:Dume, Petrit
924:
876:
872:Dume, Petrit
827:
779:Mehmet Shehu
777:
728:Spiro Moisiu
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682:10 July 1943
673:Spiro Moisiu
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568:7 April 1939
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126:Lt. Colonel
123:First holder
55:Arben Kingji
18:
3591:Warsaw Pact
3533:New Zealand
3383:states with
3353:Switzerland
3298:Netherlands
3086:states with
3016:Philippines
2956:South Korea
2951:North Korea
2889:PR of China
2859:Afghanistan
2750:El Salvador
2597:states with
2554:South Sudan
2449:Ivory Coast
1917:4 June 2022
1910:(born 1967)
1861:(born 1967)
1813:(born 1960)
1753:(born 1963)
1705:(born 1958)
1696: [
1638:(born 1960)
1627:Hoxha, Luan
1578:(born 1957)
1530:(born 1956)
1477:August 1997
1469:(1944–2018)
1464:Adem Çopani
1420:(born 1949)
1376:August 1992
1372:(born 1944)
1361:Vasho, Ilia
1303:August 1992
1296:(born 1945)
1287: [
1241:(born 1944)
1236:Halim Abazi
1195:Left office
1192:Took office
1139:Enver Hoxha
1125:(1938–2019)
1093:Enver Hoxha
1079:(1935–2011)
1070: [
1067:Veli Llakaj
1040:Enver Hoxha
1026:(born 1937)
994:Enver Hoxha
990:17–18 years
979:(1920–1975)
974:Petrit Dume
945:Enver Hoxha
931:(1918–1991)
920:Hasko, Arif
897:Enver Hoxha
883:(1920–1975)
878:Petrit Dume
849:Enver Hoxha
834:(1917–1974)
798:Enver Hoxha
788:August 1946
784:(1913–1981)
748:Enver Hoxha
741:August 1946
738:24 May 1944
733:(1900–1981)
692:Enver Hoxha
685:24 May 1944
678:(1900–1981)
625:Left office
622:Took office
561:(1874–1945)
494:(1874–1945)
443:Left office
440:Took office
380:(1884–1928)
292:(1880–1930)
247:(1883–1953)
206:Left office
203:Took office
3610:Categories
3499:Yugoslavia
3293:Montenegro
3270:Luxembourg
3167:Azerbaijan
3066:Uzbekistan
3046:Tajikistan
2966:Kyrgyzstan
2946:Kazakhstan
2894:East Timor
2869:Bangladesh
2607:Somaliland
2534:Seychelles
2499:Mozambique
2489:Mauritania
2474:Madagascar
2364:Cape Verde
2248:12 October
2094:References
2049:Ramiz Alia
1767:Bamir Topi
1719:Bamir Topi
1660:Bamir Topi
1633:Luan Hoxha
1367:Ilia Vasho
1310:Ramiz Alia
1255:Ramiz Alia
1147:Ramiz Alia
926:Arif Hasko
597:, and the
251:4 May 1913
115:1913-05-04
75:Reports to
3523:Australia
3275:Macedonia
3265:Lithuania
3123:Manchukuo
3119:Mengjiang
3036:Sri Lanka
3031:Singapore
2904:Indonesia
2835:Venezuela
2795:Nicaragua
2755:Guatemala
2690:Argentina
2046:President
1963:Incumbent
1924:Ilir Meta
1875:Ilir Meta
1709:June 2008
1645:June 2008
1588:5–6 years
1540:2–3 years
1431:2–3 years
1382:1–2 years
1300:June 1991
1248:June 1991
1186:Portrait
1030:July 1974
987:July 1974
941:1–2 years
893:1–2 years
845:3–4 years
616:Portrait
434:Portrait
388:June 1923
344:June 1923
197:Portrait
147:) is the
105:Formation
99:President
95:Appointer
85:Nominator
65:Member of
52:Incumbent
3393:Abkhazia
3338:Slovenia
3333:Slovakia
3313:Portugal
3187:Bulgaria
3051:Thailand
3011:Pakistan
2991:Mongolia
2986:Maldives
2981:Malaysia
2884:Cambodia
2815:Suriname
2800:Paraguay
2770:Honduras
2730:Colombia
2700:Barbados
2674:Americas
2651:Transkei
2646:Rhodesia
2587:Zimbabwe
2564:Tanzania
2419:Ethiopia
2414:Eswatini
2394:Djibouti
2384:DR Congo
2359:Cameroon
2344:Botswana
1981:See also
141:Albanian
3547:Vanuatu
3512:Oceania
3454:Prussia
3398:Artsakh
3373:Vatican
3363:Ukraine
3318:Romania
3285:Moldova
3250:Ireland
3246:Iceland
3242:Hungary
3232:Georgia
3227:Germany
3217:Finland
3212:Estonia
3207:Denmark
3192:Croatia
3177:Belgium
3172:Belarus
3162:Austria
3157:Armenia
3152:Albania
3071:Vietnam
2996:Myanmar
2976:Lebanon
2864:Bahrain
2830:Uruguay
2779:Mexico
2775:Jamaica
2745:Ecuador
2710:Bolivia
2695:Bahamas
2574:Tunisia
2544:Somalia
2529:Senegal
2514:Nigeria
2504:Namibia
2494:Morocco
2464:Liberia
2459:Lesotho
2409:Eritrea
2379:Comoros
2354:Burundi
2329:Algeria
2222:15 July
2192:28 July
2167:15 July
1569:General
1411:General
1363:General
1280:General
1231:Colonel
551:General
151:of the
113: (
3584:former
3427:former
3403:Kosovo
3358:Turkey
3348:Sweden
3328:Serbia
3323:Russia
3308:Poland
3303:Norway
3289:Monaco
3260:Latvia
3237:Greece
3222:France
3197:Cyprus
3141:Europe
3105:former
2961:Kuwait
2941:Jordan
2931:Israel
2879:Brunei
2874:Bhutan
2760:Guyana
2720:Canada
2715:Brazil
2705:Belize
2631:Ciskei
2622:Biafra
2616:former
2583:Zambia
2579:Uganda
2519:Rwanda
2479:Malawi
2439:Guinea
2429:Gambia
2334:Angola
2318:Africa
593:, the
3543:Tonga
3343:Spain
3280:Malta
3255:Italy
3076:Yemen
3041:Syria
3021:Qatar
3001:Nepal
2936:Japan
2899:India
2765:Haiti
2725:Chile
2661:Zaire
2656:Venda
2559:Sudan
2509:Niger
2469:Libya
2454:Kenya
2434:Ghana
2424:Gabon
2399:Egypt
2339:Benin
1998:Notes
1700:]
1291:]
1074:]
371:Major
327:Major
149:chief
3575:NATO
3528:Fiji
3006:Oman
2971:Laos
2926:Iraq
2919:IRGC
2909:Iran
2848:Asia
2805:Peru
2735:Cuba
2569:Togo
2484:Mali
2374:Chad
2250:2022
2224:2016
2194:2016
2169:2016
1585:2006
1582:2000
1537:2000
1425:1994
1379:1994
1207:Ref.
984:1956
938:1956
935:1954
890:1954
887:1952
842:1952
637:Ref.
527:Ref.
455:Ref.
213:Ref.
155:and
135:The
2914:AJA
1182:No.
953:(9)
707:(6)
612:No.
533:(5)
430:No.
193:No.
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