military leader

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Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta said the security situation in the country was under control.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

No one was more surprised than the king himself that a philosophically inclined monarch had become such an impressive military leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful military leader since the 1979 revolution and the architect of its shadowy expeditions around the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

In 1989, the George HW Bush administration removed Panama's military leader Manuel Noriega and brought him to the US to face drug trafficking charges.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

He named Colonel Gerineldo Márquez civil and military leader of Macondo and he went off to make contact with the rebel groups in the interior.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez