Grand General

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**Grand General of the Libirachi Empire** is the most senior command rank within the Imperial Occupation Legion, and the second most senior rank within the Imperial Army of the Fox Dynasty, only behind the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

Directly appointed by the Central Military Commission, the rank of grand general is awarded to the most senior army officer within the Imperial Occupation Legion and gives them overall responsibility for the operational and organisational running of the armies of the Fox Dynasty. Alongside responsibility for the management of the Libirachi ground forces, the grand general is also a member of Imperial High Command and the Joint Chiefs, with the rank of being the second most senior member of the nation's armed forces. As a member of the Joint Chiefs and Imperial High Command, the grand general is also expected to advice both the president and the empress on matters of army 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 2000 as a way to centralise power over the various Imperial Occupation armies, the rank of grand general was created following the retirement of Major General Chi Haotian and President Jacob Zuma's appointment of Anulax Pearson as the successor to lead the ground forces of the Libirachi republic. Initially the rank was the most senior within the Libirachi Imperial Army, but the creation of the post of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces in 2010 meant that the role of grand general was instead the second most senior in the army. Following the 2010 Presidential Election and the creation of the role of supreme commander, 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. In 2019, Grand General Cassio Tagge played a central role in leading the coup d'etat which overthrew President Nathan Jackson and reinstalled the imperial monarchy under a new regime led by former education secretary Laura Fox, and was chosen to become supreme commander in 2020.

Under the new Fox Dynasty, the role of grand admiral was allowed to continue with high levels of autonomous power within the Imperial Occupation Legion; following Cassio Tagge's assentation to the rank of supreme commander in 2020, Chen Bingde initially took over the role before taking up the title of Grand Moff the following year. As such, Guo Tijjan became the leader of the IOL and would go on to lead the army to victory in both the Has Wars and the Libirachi Civil War, before leading an ultimately unsuccessful attempted coup against Empress Penny Fox in 2026, which led to his execution.

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 general was to be selected by a political committee under the advice of the empress rather than by internal election of army officers. Despite surviving the 2034 Libirachi Army Purge, Grand General Fang Torrent was removed from office in 2035; in his place, Qi Jianguo was appointed as an interim grand general by the Central Military Commission.

## Military Ranks in the Libirachi Empire

* **Grand General**
* Major General
* Marshal
* General
* Lieutenant General
* Brigadier
* Colonel
* Major
* Captain
* Lieutenant
* Military Ranks in the Libirachi Empire