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{{short description|Military rank}} 
{{see also|Lieutenant colonel general}}
{{about|the military rank|the royal office of "lieutenant general" in Italian-speaking monarchies|Luogotenente}}
{{Military ranks|state=expanded}}

'''Lieutenant general''' ('''Lt Gen''', '''LTG''' and similar) is a [[military]] rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the [[Middle Ages]], where the title of lieutenant general was held by the [[second-in-command]] on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a [[captain general]].

In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below [[general]] (or [[colonel general]]) and above [[major general]]; it is equivalent to the navy rank of [[vice admiral]], and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to [[air marshal]]. In the United States, a lieutenant general has a three star insignia and commands an [[army corps]], typically made up of three [[Division (military)|army divisions]], and consisting of around 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers.

The seeming incongruity that a lieutenant general outranks a major general (whereas a [[Major (rank)|major]] outranks a [[lieutenant]]) is due to the derivation of major general from [[sergeant major general]], which was a rank subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenant outranks a [[sergeant major]]). Several countries (e.g. Balkan states) use the rank of [[lieutenant colonel general]] instead of lieutenant general, in an attempt to solve this apparent anomaly.<ref name="Albanian_Army" />

In contrast, in [[Russia]] and a number of other countries of the former [[Soviet Union]], lieutenant general is a rank immediately below [[colonel general]], and above [[major general]]&nbsp;– in these systems there is no use of the [[brigadier general]] of many Western countries.

In addition, some countries use the lieutenant general as the rank of divisional commander, and some have designated them with 
[[General officer#French Revolutionary system|French revolutionary system]]. For example, some countries of South America use [[divisional general]] as the equivalent of lieutenant general.

==Lieutenant general ranks by country==
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* [[Lieutenant general (Australia)]]
* [[Lieutenant general (Bangladesh)]]
* [[Lieutenant-general (Canada)]] 
* {{lang|fi|[[Kenraaliluutnantti]]}} ([[Finland]])
* {{lang|et|[[Kindralleitnant]]}} ([[Estonia]])
* {{lang|de|[[Generalleutnant]]}} ([[Germany]])
* [[Lieutenant general (India)]]
* [[Lieutenant general (Nigeria)]]
* [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)]]
* [[Lieutenant general (Sri Lanka)]]
* {{lang|sv|[[Generallöjtnant]]}} ([[Sweden]])
* [[Lieutenant general (United Kingdom)]]
* [[Lieutenant general (United States)]]

===Army ranks===
<gallery class="center">
File:ALB-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|sq|Gjeneral lejtant}}<ref name="Albanian_Army">{{cite web |title=GRADAT, FORCA TOKËSORE |url=https://aaf.mil.al/images/pdf/gradat_FT.pdf |website=aaf.mil.al |access-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428065132/https://aaf.mil.al/images/pdf/gradat_FT.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2021 |language=sq}}</ref><br />([[Albanian Army]])
File:Angola-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|pt|Tenente-general}}<ref name="Angola_Army">{{cite web |title=Postos do Exército |url=https://faa.ao/exe/posto_exe |website=faa.ao |publisher=Angolan Army |access-date=27 June 2021 |language=pt |archive-date=30 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630164549/https://faa.ao/exe/posto_exe |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />([[Angolan Army]])
File:Argentina-Army-OF-9.svg|{{lang|es|Teniente general}}<ref name="Argentina_Army">{{cite web |title=Grados |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ejercito/grados |website=argentina.gob.ar |date=14 February 2018 |publisher=Government of Argentina |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref><br />([[Argentine Army]])
File:Armenia-Army-OF-7.svg|{{lang|hy|գեներալ-լեյտենանտ}}<br />{{lang|hy-Latn|General-leytenant}}<ref name="Armenia">{{cite web |title=ԶԻՆՎՈՐԱԿԱՆ ԾԱՌԱՅՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԵՎ ԶԻՆԾԱՌԱՅՈՂԻ ԿԱՐԳԱՎԻՃԱԿԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ |url=https://www.arlis.am/documentview.aspx?docid=117633 |website=arlis.am |publisher=Legal information system of Armenia |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=hy |date=15 November 2017}}</ref><br />([[Armenian Ground Forces]])
File:Australian Army OF-8.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="Australia">{{cite web |title=Badges of rank |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/images/Badges_of_rank.pdf |website=defence.gov.au |publisher=Department of Defence (Australia) |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[Australian Army]])
File:Bundesheer - Rank insignia - Generalleutnant.png|{{lang|de|Generalleutnant}}<ref name="Austria_Army">{{cite web |title=Dienstgrade |url=https://www.bundesheer.at/abzeichen/dienstgrade.shtml# |website=bundesheer.at |publisher=Federal Ministry of Defence (Austria) |access-date=25 May 2021 |language=de}}</ref><br />([[Austrian Federal Army|Austrian Army]])
File:General-leytenant AzSQ.svg|{{lang|az|General-leytenant}}<ref name="Azerbaijan">{{cite web |title=Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələri hərbi qulluqçularının hərbi geyim forması və fərqləndirmə nişanları haqqında Əsasnamə |url=https://mod.gov.az//images/pdf/854d34d118da32783a511172925270d7.pdf |website=mod.gov.az |publisher=Ministry of Defense |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=az |pages=64–70 |date=25 June 2001}}</ref><br />([[Azerbaijani Land Forces]])
File:Bangladesh-army-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant general<br />{{lang|bn|লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল}}<ref name="Bangladesh_Army">{{cite web |title=Ranks & insignia |url=https://joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd/home/page/ranks-insignia |website=joinbangladesharmy.army.mil.bd |access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref><br />([[Bangladesh Army]])
File:Post-Soviet-Army-OF-7.svg|{{lang|be|Ґенэрал-лейтэнант}}<br />{{lang|be-Latn|G̀jeneral-liejtenant}}<ref name="Belarus">{{cite web |title=Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 21.07.2009 N 388 "О военной форме одежды, знаках различия по воинским званиям и внесении дополнений в Указ Президента Республики Беларусь от 9 июня 2006 г. N 383" |url=http://pravo.levonevsky.org/bazaby11/republic09/text814.htm |website=pravo.levonevsky.org/ |publisher=Government of Belarus |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=ru}}</ref><br />([[Belarusian Ground Forces]])
File:Belgium-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|nl-BE|Luitenant-generaal}}<br />([[Belgian Land Component]])
File:15.Bhutan Army-LG.svg|{{lang|dz|གུང་ བློན་ གོང མ །}}<br />Lieutenant general<ref name="Bhutan">{{cite web |title=Army ranks |url=http://www.rba.bt/rank |website=rba.bt |publisher=Royal Bhutan Army |access-date=14 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105122449/http://www.rba.bt/rank |archive-date=5 January 2015}}</ref><br />([[Royal Bhutan Army]])
File:Rank insignia of Генерал-лейтенант of the Bulgarian Army.png|{{lang|bg|Генерал-лейтенант}}<br />{{lang|bg-Latn|General-leytenant}}<ref name="Bulgaria">{{cite web |title=ЗАКОН ЗА ОТБРАНАТА И ВЪОРЪЖЕНИТЕ СИЛИ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ |url=https://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135631954 |website=lex.bg |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Глава седма. ВОЕННА СЛУЖБА |language=bg |date=12 May 2009 |archive-date=25 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525090426/https://lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135631954 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />([[Bulgarian Land Forces]])
File:Botswana-Army-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="Botswana">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/State-President/Botswana-Defence-Force-BDF/About-the-BDF1/Ranks-and-Insignia/ |title=Ranks |publisher=Government of Botswana |access-date=22 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826111806/http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/State-President/Botswana-Defence-Force-BDF/About-the-BDF1/Ranks-and-Insignia/ |archive-date=26 August 2016 }}</ref><br />([[Botswana Ground Force]])
File:18.RBrLF-LG.svg|{{lang|ms|Leftenan jeneral}}<ref name="Brunei_Army">{{cite web |title=Akta angkatan bersenjata diraja Brunei (Penggal 149) |url=http://www.agc.gov.bn/AGC%20Images/LAWS/Gazette_PDF/2013/BM/b088.pdf |website=agc.gov.bn |access-date=14 July 2021 |pages=1999–2000 |language=ms |date=16 December 2013}}</ref><br />([[Royal Brunei Land Force]])
File:Blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Lieutenant-général}}<br />{{lang|rn|Riyetena jenerai}}<ref name="Burundi">{{cite web |title=Loi organique N°1/ 04 du 20 février 2017 portant Missions, Organisation, Composition, Instruction, Conditions de service et Fonctionnement de la Force de Défense Nationale du Burundi |url=http://fdnb.bi/sites/default/files/loi-04-2017.pdf |website=fdnb.bi/ |publisher=Government of Burundi |access-date=27 June 2021 |page=45 |language=fr}}</ref><br />([[Burundi Army]])
File:Canadian Army OF-8.svg|Lieutenant-general<br />{{lang|fr|Lieutenant-général}}<ref name="Canada">{{cite web |title=Ranks and appointment |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/rank-appointment-insignia.html |website=canada.ca |date=23 November 2017 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[Canadian Army]])
File:DR Congo Army OF-8.svg|{{lang|fr|Lieutenant-général}}<br />([[Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Land Forces of the DR Congo]])
File:CzArmy 2011 OF8-Generalporucik shoulder.svg|{{lang|cs|Generálporučík}}<ref name="Czech_Republic">{{cite web |title=Ranks |url=https://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=49065 |website=army.cz |publisher=Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic |date=2018 |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[Czech Land Forces]])
File:Denmark-Army-OF-8-M69-service.svg|{{lang|da|Generalløjtnant}}<ref name="Denmark_Army">{{cite web |title=Hærens Gradstegn |url=https://forsvaret.dk/globalassets/fko---forsvaret/dokumenter/gradstegn/-harens-gradstegn-.pdf |website=[[forsvaret.dk]] |publisher=Danish Defence |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=da |date=2018}}</ref><br />([[Royal Danish Army]])
File:Capona Teniente General Ejercito Nacional.svg|{{lang|es|Teniente general}}<ref name="DominicanRepublic_Officers">{{cite web |title=Insignias |url=https://www.mide.gob.do/detail.aspx?id=477&sl=96 |website=mide.gob.do |publisher=Ministry of Defense (Dominican Republic) |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226162440/https://www.mide.gob.do/detail.aspx?id=477&sl=96 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />([[Dominican Army]])
File:Estonia-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|et|Kindralleitnant}}<ref name="Estonia_Army">{{cite web |title=Sümboolika: Maaväe Auastmed |url=https://mil.ee/kaitsevagi/kaitsevae-symboolika/#t-maavae-auastmed |website=mil.ee |publisher=Estonian Defence Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=et}}</ref><br />([[Estonian Land Forces]])
File:Kenraaliluutnantti kauluslaatta.svg|{{lang|fi|Kenraaliluutnantti}}<br >{{lang|sv|Generallöjtnant}}<ref name="Finland">{{cite web |title=Sotilasarvot Puolustusvoimissa |url=https://puolustusvoimat.fi/sotilasarvot |website=puolustusvoimat.fi |publisher=Finnish Defence Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=fi}}</ref><br />([[Finnish Army]])
File:15.Gambian Army-LG.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Gambian National Army]])
File:Georgia-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|ka|გენერალ ლეიტენანტი}}<br />{{lang|ka-Latn|General leit’enant’i}}<ref name="Georgia">{{cite web |title=სამხედრო წოდებები და ინსიგნიები |trans-title=Military Ranks and Insignia |url=https://mod.gov.ge/ge/page/34/samxedro-wodebebi-da-insigniebii |website=mod.gov.ge |publisher=Ministry of Defense of Georgia |access-date=12 March 2018 |language=ka}}</ref><br />([[Georgian Land Forces]])
File:HD H 63 Generalleutnant.svg|{{lang|de|Generalleutnant}}<ref name="Germany_Army">{{cite web |title=Dienstgradabzeichen Heer |url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/aktuelles/mediathek/dienstgradabzeichen-heer-69056 |website=bundeswehr.de |publisher=Bundeswehr |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=de}}</ref><br />([[German Army]])
File:15-Ghana Army-LG.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Ghana Army]])
File:14. Guinea-Bissau LG.svg|{{lang|pt|Tenente-general}}<br />([[Military of Guinea-Bissau|Army of Guinea-Bissau]])
File:Haiti-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|fr|Lieutenant-général}}<br />([[Armed Forces of Haiti|Haitian Army]])
File:Lieutenant General of the Indian Army.svg|Lieutenant general<br />{{lang|hi|लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल}}<ref name="India_Army">{{cite web |title=Indian Army Rank Badges |url=https://www.indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=eONNmmCN+tNKI1W4lLePYA==&ParentID=07brfiSEictrT4pH/Ap2MDmEuFrOV7w+937sVMAJv7E= |website=indianarmy.nic.in |publisher=Indian Army |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[Indian Army]])
File:21-TNI Army-LG.svg|{{lang|id|Letnan jenderal}}<ref name="Indonesia">{{cite web |title=Pangkat Harian |url=https://www.tni.mil.id/pages-39-pangkat-harian.html |website=tni.mil.id |access-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124202839/https://www.tni.mil.id/pages-39-pangkat-harian.html |publisher=Indonesian National Armed Forces |archive-date=24 November 2020 |language=id}}</ref><br />([[Indonesian Army]])
File:Ireland-Army-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant-general<br />{{lang|ga|Leifteanant-ghinearál}}<ref name="Ireland_Army">{{cite web |title=Army Rank Markings |url=http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Posters/rank_markings/Army_Rank_Markings_01.png |website=military.ie |publisher=Defence Forces (Ireland) |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425021608/http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Posters/rank_markings/Army_Rank_Markings_01.png |archive-date=25 April 2016}}</ref><br />([[Irish Army]])
File:IT-Army-OF8.svg|{{lang|it|Tenente Generale}}<ref name="Italy_Army">{{cite web |title=i gradi dell'Esercito Italiano - distintivi di incarico e funzionali |url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/equipaggiamenti/gradi_270906.pdf |website=esercito.difesa.it |publisher=Italian Army |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801094145/http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/equipaggiamenti/gradi_270906.pdf |archive-date=1 August 2010 |language=it}}</ref><br />([[Italian Army]])
File:Jamaica-Army-OF-8 (new).svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="Jamaica">{{cite web |title=BADGES OF RANK |url=https://www.jdfweb.com/badges-of-rank/ |website=Official Jamaica Defence Force Website |access-date=16 November 2019 |date=2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820143541/https://www.jdfweb.com/badges-of-rank/ |archive-date=20 August 2020}}</ref><br />([[Jamaica Defence Force|Jamaican Army]])
File:18-RKGF-LG.svg|{{lang|kk|Генерал-лейтенант}}<br />{{lang|kk-Latn|General-leytenant}}<ref name="Kazakhstan">{{cite web |title=Қазақстан Республикасының Қарулы Күштері, басқа да әскерлері мен әскери құралымдары әскери қызметшілерінің әскери киім нысаны және айырым белгілері туралы |url=https://adilet.zan.kz/kaz/docs/U1100000144 |website=adilet.zan.kz |publisher=Ministry of Justice (Kazakhstan) |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=kk |date=25 August 2011}}</ref><br />([[Kazakh Ground Forces]])
File:15. Kenyan Army LG.svg|Lieutenant general<ref>{{cite web |title=KDF Ranks |url=https://mod.go.ke/kdf-ranks/#1604604085917-4b478bbb-9515 |website=mod.go.ke |publisher=Ministry of Defence - Kenya |access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[Kenya Army]])
File:Kosovo-Army-OF-8 2024.svg|{{lang|sq|Gjeneral lejtnant}}<br />([[Kosovo Security Force]])<ref name="Kosovo">{{cite web |title=Gradat |url=https://fsk-rks.org/Page/14 |website=Forca e Sigurisë së Kosovës |access-date=10 March 2024 |language=sq |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227155215/https://fsk-rks.org/Page/14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:Latvia-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|lv|Ģenerālleitnants}}<ref name="Latvia">{{cite web |title=Pakāpju iedalījums |url=https://www.mil.lv/lv/aktivais-dienests/dienesta-gaita/dienesta-pakapes/pakapju-iedalijums |website=mil.lv/lv |publisher=Latvian National Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=lv}}</ref><br />([[Latvian Land Forces]])
File:Blank.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="Lesotho">{{cite web |title=Ranks in the Army |url=http://www.ldf.gov.ls/ranks.html |publisher=Lesotho Defence Force |access-date=5 May 2021 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601224631/http://www.ldf.gov.ls/ranks.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />([[Lesotho Army]])
File:Liberia-Army-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="Liberia">{{cite web |url=http://www.vertic.org/media/National%20Legislation/Liberia/LR_Defense%20Act%20of%202008.pdf |title=Defense Act of 2008 |date=3 September 2008 |page=8 |access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref><br />([[Armed Forces of Liberia|Liberian Ground Forces]])
File:21-Lithuania Army-LG.svg|{{lang|lt|Generolas leitenantas}}<ref name="Lithuania">{{cite web |title=Karių laipsnių ženklai |url=http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/kariuomenes_atributika/kariu_laipsniu_zenklai_3554.html |website=kariuomene.kam.lt |publisher=Ministry of National Defence (Lithuania) |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=lt}}</ref><br />([[Lithuanian Land Forces]])
File:15. Malawi Army - LG.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Malawi Army]])<ref name="MalawiOfficer">{{cite web |title=Commissioned Officers |url=https://mdf.gov.mw/commissioned |website=Malawi Defence Force |access-date=12 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250413100730/https://mdf.gov.mw/commissioned |archive-date=13 April 2025}}</ref>
File:Malaysia-army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|ms|Leftenan jeneral}}<ref name="Malaysia_Officer">{{cite web |title=Pangkat |url=http://www.mafhq.mil.my/index.php/my/mengenai-kami/kerjaya/pangkat |website=mafhq.mil.my |publisher=Malaysian Armed Forces |access-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429231449/http://www.mafhq.mil.my/index.php/my/mengenai-kami/kerjaya/pangkat |archive-date=29 April 2020 |language=ms}}</ref><br />([[Malaysian Army]])
File:Mongolian Army-LTG-service.svg|{{lang|mn|Дэслэгч генерал}}<br />{{lang|mn-Latn|Deslegch gyenyeral}}<br />([[Mongolian Ground Force]]s)
File:Mozambique-Army-OF-7.svg|{{lang|pt|Tenente general}}<br />([[Mozambique Defence Armed Forces|Mozambican Army]])
File:15-Namibia Army-LG.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Namibian Army]])
File:Netherlands-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|nl|Luitenant-generaal}}<ref name="Netherlands">{{cite web |title=De rangonderscheidingstekens van de krijgsmacht |url=https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/brochures/2021/01/15/rangen-krijgsmacht/rangonderscheidingstekens.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Netherlands) |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=19 December 2016 |language=nl}}</ref><br />([[Royal Netherlands Army]])
File:19.Nepalese Army-LG.svg|Lieutenant general<br />{{lang|ne|रथी}}<ref name="Nepal">{{cite web |author1=Nepali Army |author-link1=Nepali Army |title=Nepali Army Rank Structure |url=https://www.nepalarmy.mil.np/page/ranks |website=Nepalarmy.mil.np |publisher=Nepali Army |access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref><br />([[Nepali Army]])
File:New Zealand-Army-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant-general<ref name="NewZealand">{{cite web |title=Badges of Rank |url=https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/corporate-documents/badges-of-rank/ |website=nzdf.mil.nz |publisher=New Zealand Defence Force |access-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703193648/https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/corporate-documents/badges-of-rank/ |archive-date=3 July 2020}}</ref><br />([[New Zealand Army]])
File:Nigeria-Army-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Nigerian Army]])
File:Norway-army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|no|Generalløytnant}}<ref name="Norway">{{cite web |title=Militære grader |url=https://www.forsvaret.no/om-forsvaret/uniformer-grader-medaljer/grader |website=forsvaret.no |publisher=Norwegian Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=no |date=4 February 2021}}</ref><br />([[Norwegian Army]])
File:OF-8 PakistanArmy.svg|Lieutenant general<br />{{lang|ur|لیفٹیننٹ جنرل}}<ref name="Pakistan_Army">{{cite web |title=Pakistan Army Ranks with Salary and Insignia |url=https://pakistanforces.com/pakistan-army-ranks/ |website=pakistanforces.com |date=26 January 2021 |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[Pakistan Army]])
File:PA Lt. Gen.png|Lieutenant general<br />([[Philippine Army]])
File:Portugal-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|pt|Tenente-general}}<ref name="Portugal_Army">{{cite web |title=POSTOS E DISTINTIVOS EXÉRCITO |url=http://antigo.mdn.gov.pt/defesa/Simbolos/exercito.htm |website=antigo.mdn.gov.pt |access-date=30 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301024102/http://antigo.mdn.gov.pt/defesa/Simbolos/exercito.htm |archive-date=1 March 2010 |language=pt}}</ref><br />([[Portuguese Army]])
File:Romania-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|ro|General-locotenent}}<ref name="Romania">{{cite web |title=Grade militare (Military ranks) |url=https://www.defense.ro/foto/album6 |website=defense.ro |publisher=Romanian Defence Staff |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=ro}}</ref><br />([[Romanian Land Forces]])
File:Russia-Army-OF-7-2010.svg|{{lang|ru|Генера́л-лейтена́нт}}<br />{{lang|ru-Latn|Generál-leytenánt}}<ref name="Russia_Army">{{cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 марта 2010 года № 293 "О военной форме одежды, знаках различия военнослужащих и ведомственных знаках отличия" |url=https://rg.ru/2010/03/12/forma-dok.html |website=rg.ru |publisher=Российской газеты |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=ru |date=12 March 2010}}</ref><br />([[Russian Ground Forces]])
File:15-Rwanda Army-LG.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="Rwanda">{{cite web |title=RDF Insignia |url=https://www.mod.gov.rw/rdf/insignia |website=mod.gov.rw |publisher=Government of the Republic of Rwanda |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref><br />([[Rwanda Defence Force|Rwandan Land Forces]])
File:Blank.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Sierra Leone Army]])
File:10-RSA-OF08.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="Singapore">{{cite web |title=SAF Rank Insignias |url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/about-us/saf-rank-insignias |website=mindef.gov.sg |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |access-date=7 June 2021 |archive-date=19 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419120802/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/about-us/saf-rank-insignias |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />([[Singapore Army]])
File:Army-SVK-OF-08.svg|{{lang|sk|Generálporučík}}<ref name="Slovakia">{{cite web |title=Označenie vojenských hodností príslušníkov Ozbrojených síl Slovenskej republiky od 1.1.2016 |trans-title=Designation of military ranks of members of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic from 1.1.2016 |url=http://www.vhu.sk/oznacenie-vojenskych-hodnosti-prislusnikov-ozbrojenych-sil-slovenskej-republiky-od-112016/ |website=vhu.sk |publisher=Military History Institute |access-date=12 April 2021 |language=sk}}</ref><br />([[Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic|Slovak Ground Forces]])
File:Spain-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|es|Teniente general}}<ref name="Spain">{{cite web |title=Army Ranks & Insignia |url=https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/personal/divisas-empleos.html |website=ejercito.defensa.gob.es |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Spain) |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[Spanish Army]])
File:Sri Lanka-army-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="SriLanka_Army">{{cite web |title=Dress Regulation PDF - Part I |url=https://www.army.lk/sites/all/themes/bootstrap/common/images/images2/downloads/Dress-regulation-2019-PART-I.pdf |website=army.lk |publisher=Sri Lanka Army |pages=10-4–10-11 |date=January 2019 |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[Sri Lanka Army]])
File:SAA-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="SouthAfrica_Army">{{cite web |title=Uniform: Rank insignia |url=http://www.army.mil.za/aboutus/uniform/rankinsignia.htm |website=army.mil.za |publisher=Department of Defence (South Africa) |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020110337/http://www.army.mil.za/aboutus/uniform/rankinsignia.htm |archive-date=20 October 2020}}</ref><br />([[South African Army]])
File:Blank.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[South Sudan Army]])
File:Blank.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force|Eswatini Army]])
File:Sweden-Army-OF-8 (M1987).svg|{{lang|sv|Generallöjtnant}}<ref name="FMgrader2019">{{cite web|title=Nya gradbeteckningar införs|url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2019/10/nya-gradbeteckningar-infors/|publisher=Försvarsmakten|date=2019-10-01|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref><br />([[Swedish Army]])
File:Tajikistan-Army-OF-7.png|{{lang|tg|Генерал-лейтенант}}<br />{{lang|tg-Latn|General-lejtenant}}<ref name="Tajikistan">{{cite web |title=ҚОНУНИ ҶУМҲУРИИ ТОҶИКИСТОН ДАР БОРАИ ЎҲДАДОРИИ УМУМИИ ҲАРБӢ ВА ХИЗМАТИ ҲАРБӢ |url=https://majmilli.tj/%D2%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D2%B7%D1%83%D0%BC%D2%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%BE%D2%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8-35/ |website=majmilli.tj |publisher=The National Assembly of the Republic of Tajikistan |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=tg |date=13 April 2017 |archive-date=22 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022032326/https://majmilli.tj/%D2%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D2%B7%D1%83%D0%BC%D2%B3%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%BE%D2%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD-%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8-35/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />([[Tajik National Army]])
File:16-Tanzania Army-LG.svg|Lieutenant general<br>{{lang|sw|Luteni jenerali}}<br />([[Tanzania People's Defence Force|Tanzanian Army]])
File:Timor-Leste-Army-OF-8.svg|{{lang|pt|Tenente-general}}<br />([[Timor-Leste Defence Force|Timor-Leste Army]])
File:Post-Soviet-Army-OF-7.svg|{{lang|tk|General-leýtenant}}<ref name="Turkmenistan">{{cite web |title=TÜRKMENISTANYŇ KANUNY Harby borçlulyk we harby gulluk hakynda (Türkmenistanyň Mejlisiniň Maglumatlary 2010 ý., № 3, 58-nji madda) (Türkmenistanyň 01.10.2011 ý. № 234-IV Kanuny esasynda girizilen üýtgetmeler we goşmaçalar bilen) |trans-title=LAW OF TURKMENISTAN On military service and military service (Information of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, 2010, No. 3, Article 58) (as amended by the Law of Turkmenistan of October 1, 2011 No. 234-IV)  |url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/storage/file/04-harby-borclulyk-we-harby-gulluk-hakynda-ky9J0pKxTQ.pdf |website=milligosun.gov.tm |publisher=Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan) |access-date=2 June 2021 |pages=28–29 |language=tk}}</ref><br />([[Turkmen Ground Forces]])
File:Uganda-Army-OF-8 (2019).svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="Uganda_Army">{{cite journal |title=Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Act |journal=The Uganda Gazette |date=18 September 2019 |volume=CXII |issue=46 |pages=1851–1854 |url=https://www.updf.go.ug/Gazette.pdf |access-date=29 May 2021 |publisher=Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation}}</ref><br />([[Uganda People's Defence Force|Ugandan Army]])
File:Погон генерал-лейтенанта ЗСУ (2020).svg|{{lang|uk|Генерал-лейтенант}}<br />{{lang|uk-Latn|Heneral-leytenant}}<ref name="Ukraine">{{cite web |title=НАКАЗ 20.11.2017 № 606 |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1502-17#Text |website=zakon.rada.gov.ua |publisher=Ministry of Justice of Ukraine |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=uk |date=13 December 2017}}</ref><br />([[Ukrainian Ground Forces]])
File:British Army OF-8.svg|Lieutenant-general<ref name="UK_Army">{{cite web |title=Rank structure |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/our-people/ranks/ |website=army.mod.uk |publisher=British Army |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[British Army]])
File:US Army O9 (Army greens).svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="US_Army">{{cite web |title=U.S. Army Ranks |url=https://www.army.mil/ranks/ |website=army.mil |publisher=United States Army |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref><br />([[United States Army]])
File:Blank.svg|{{lang|es|Teniente general}}<ref name="Uruguay">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hudson |editor1-first=Rex A. |editor2-last=Meditz |editor2-first=Sandra W. |title=Uruguay: A Country Study |date=1992 |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |isbn=0-8444-0737-2 |pages=222–223 |edition=2nd |url=https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Uruguay%20Study_3.pdf?ver=2012-10-11-163307-517 |access-date=13 June 2021 |chapter=Chapter 5. National Security}}</ref><br />([[National Army (Uruguay)|National Army of Uruguay]])
File:Uzbekistan-army-OF-7.svg|{{lang|uz|General-leytenant}}<ref name="Uzbekistan">{{cite web |title=O'zbekiston Respublikasi fuqarolarining harbiy xizmatni o'tash tartibi to'g'risida |url=https://lex.uz/docs/-4513434 |website=lex.uz |publisher=Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan |access-date=3 June 2021 |language=uz |date=12 September 2019}}</ref><br />([[Uzbek Ground Forces]])
File:Blank.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Zambian Army]])
File:Zimbabwe-Army-OF-8.svg|Lieutenant general<br />([[Zimbabwe National Army]])
</gallery>

===Air force ranks===
<gallery class="center">
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File:PLAAF-0719-LTG.png|''Kōngjūn [[Jiang (rank)|zhong jiang]]'' ([[People's Liberation Army Air Force]])
File:Taiwan-airforce-OF-8.svg|''[[Jiang (rank)|Tiong-chiòng]]'' ([[Republic of China Air Force]])
File:Russia-Airforce-OF-7-2010.svg|''General-leytenant'' ([[Russian Aerospace Forces]])
File:US Air Force O9 shoulderboard.svg|[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant general]]<br />([[United States Air Force]])
File:Ukraine-AirForce-OF-8 (2020).svg|''Heneral-leytenant'' ([[Ukrainian Air Force]])
</gallery>

===Naval infantry===
<gallery class="center">
File:21-TNI Navy-VADM.svg|{{lang|id|Letnan jenderal (Marinir)}}<ref name="Indonesia"/><br />([[Indonesian Marine Corps]])
Maldives Army OF-8.svg|{{lang|dv|ލެފްޓިނަންޓް ޖެނެރަލް}}<br />Lieutenant general<ref name="Maldives">{{cite web |title=ރޭންކް ސްޓްރަކްޗަރ |url=https://mndf.gov.mv/mndf/ranks |website=mndf.gov.mv |publisher=Maldives National Defence Force |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229225234/https://mndf.gov.mv/mndf/ranks |archive-date=29 February 2020 |language=dv}}</ref><br />([[MNDF Marine Corps|Maldivian Marine Corps]])
Netherlands-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|nl|Lieutenant-generaal}}<ref name="Netherlands"/><br/>([[Netherlands Marine Corps]])
Генерал-лейтенант ВМФ (красный кант).png|''General-leytenant'' ([[Russian Naval Infantry]])
0infant.png|{{lang|es|Teniente general}}<ref name="Spain"/><br />([[Spanish Marine Infantry]])
Sweden-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|sv|Generallöjtnant}}<br />([[Swedish Amphibious Corps]])
British Royal Marines OF-8.svg|Lieutenant-general<br />([[Royal Marines]])
US Marine O9 shoulderboard vertical.svg|Lieutenant general<ref name="USMC">{{cite web |title=Ranks |url=https://www.marines.mil/Ranks/ |website=marines.mil |publisher=U.S. Marine Corps |access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref><br >([[United States Marine Corps]])
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Comparative military ranks]]
* [[Lieutenant-general insignia]]
* [[List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

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{{Star officer ranks}}
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