What is the highest rank of the Chinese People's Liberation Army? Many people think of the rank of marshal. The founding ten marshals have made many people remember it. However, there are also ranks that are larger than marshals, that is, grand marshals.
Grand Marshals are not available to ordinary people, and are generally only awarded to the highest commander of the armed forces of a country, that is, the president of the country. Such as Grand Marshal Stalin of the Soviet Union, Hermann Goering of the Reich of Nazi Germany, and George Washington, the six-star general of the United States, their rank is Grand Marshal.
In fact, the Grand Marshal has appeared in ancient times, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Guangxu Emperor and the regent Zaifeng both served as the Grand Marshal of the Navy and Army, after the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, Li Yuanhong, Duan Qirui, Zhang Zuolin, Sun Yat-sen also served as the Grand Marshal of the Navy and Army, and the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Ai Xinjue Luo Puyi, served as the Grand Marshal of the Manchukuo Army and Navy.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek was even given the post of Grand Marshal of the Republic of China's Army, Navy and Air Force, and was the last Grand Marshal of the Republic of China. However, these grand marshals are only honorary titles or titles, not official ranks.
Not long after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the People's Republic of China was founded, and on February 8, 1955, at the Sixth Session of the Standing Committee of the First People's Congress, the Regulations on the Service of Officers were adopted, and the rank system was formally implemented for the Chinese People's Liberation Army, from marshal to general, general, lieutenant general, major general to soldiers of the second rank and rank, and the number of people awarded the rank of general or above in the decade from 1955 to 1965 reached 1614.
Among them, the post of Grand Marshal above the Marshal was added and awarded to the Chairman in recognition of the outstanding contributions made by the Chairman, but the Chairman resolutely refused, and the post of Grand Marshal could only be treated as vacant.