Grand Admiral

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**Grand Admiral of the Libirachi Empire** is the most senior command rank within the Imperial Naval Legion of the Libirachi Imperial Army.

Directly appointed by the Central Military Commission, the rank of grand admiral is awarded to the most senior naval officer within the Imperial Naval Legion and gives them overall responsibility for the operational and organisational running of the fleets of the Fox Dynasty. Alongside responsibility for the management of the Libirachi navy, the grand admiral is also a member of Imperial High Command and the Joint Chiefs, with the rank of being the fourth most senior member of the nation's armed forces. As a member of the Joint Chiefs and Imperial High Command, the grand admiral is also expected to advice both the president and the empress on matters of naval and military importance, and is invited to meetings of the Imperial Cabinet as a special advisor. In the instance of the creation of a war cabinet, all members of the Joint Chiefs are invited to serve in the cabinet as full level members.

First created in 1913 in the last years of the presidency of Ashford Longwood, the title of grand admiral only began to take its modern form in the 1970s under the presidency of Jacob Zuma, who initiated a complete reform of the Libirachi Imperial Army upon taking office in 1970. Following the 2010 Presidential Election and the creation of the role of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the role of grand admiral became formally solidified within the Imperial Republic as the naval representative to the Joint Chiefs and 4th in the armed forces chain of command. Under the new system, the office of grand admiral also made it an elector for the role of supreme commander, though this was never used until after the formation of the Fox Dynasty in 2019 and the dismissal of Supreme Commander Kanan Garel in 2020.

Under the Fox Dynasty, the role of grand admiral was allowed to continue with high levels of autonomous power within the Imperial Naval Legion as Grand Admiral Rithnuro Thrawn became a significant member of the Fox Dynasty's political system; however, the creation of the Central Military Commission in 2033 meant that for the first time in the Libirachi Imperial Army's history, the role of grand admiral was to be selected by a political committee under the advice of the empress rather than by internal election of naval officers. Subsequently, during the 2034 Libirachi Army Purge, Grand Admiral Rithnuro Thrawn was one of the many senior armed forces leaders removed and sentenced to death; in his place, Sun Jianguo was appointed as an interim Grand Admiral by the Central Military Commission, before being confirmed as Thrawn's successor the following year.

## Known Grand Admirals

* Kashmir Ahmed (1913 - 1940)
* Tysonias Fury (1940 - 1970)
* Soloman Bleck (1970 - 1990)
* Albec Walker (1990 - 2010)
* Rithnuro Thrawn (2010 - 2034)
* Sun Jianguo (2034 -)

### See Also

* **Grand Admiral**
* High Admiral
* Fleet Admiral
* Admiral
* Vice Admiral
* Rear Admiral
* Commodore
* First Captain
* Captain
* Lieutenant
* Military Ranks in the Libirachi Empire