Highest military ranks

A number of countries, including the Republic of China, France, Russia, Venezuela, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, Cuba, Mexico, Sweden, Kingdom of Hawai'i and the USSR, have used these ranks.

[citation needed] The militaries of the Empire of Japan, Republic of China and North Korea use the rank of grand marshal (traditional Chinese and Japanese: 大元帥; ; Tongyong Pinyin: da yuan shuai; rōmaji: dai-gensui; Korean: 대원수; romaja: taewonsu).

The United States Armed Forces have proposed and used two six-star ranks: General of the Armies and Admiral of the Navy.

During the early years of the Republic of China, three individuals assumed the rank of "grand marshal of the army and navy" (陸海軍大元帥): Yuan Shikai in 1913, Sun Yat-sen in 1917 and Zhang Zuolin in 1927.

According to the Sénatus-consulte, a marshal was a grand officer of the Empire, entitled to a high-standing position at the court and to the presidency of an electoral college.

[citation needed] The rank of Reichsmarschall was originally created before the 12th century, during the time of the Holy Roman Empire.

Historically, holding the rank of Reichsmarschall was neither unique nor as prestigious[citation needed] as it was during World War II.

[citation needed] The highest rank in North Korea is taewonsu and is intended to be an honorific title for the nation's leaders.

[citation needed] North Koreans awarded the rank of wonsu have included: Kim Jong Il (1992), O Jin U (1992), Choe Kwang (1995) and Ri Ul-sol (1995).

[citation needed] López remains the only Paraguayan that was ranked as a marshal during his lifetime and also the only one with the title mariscal presidente de los ejércitos.