military leader

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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

Phelan is the latest high-ranking military leader to leave the administration in recent months.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 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

The appointment of Gen Horta N'Tam as Guinea-Bissau's new military leader has also raised suspicions, as the general was considered to be a close ally of Embaló's.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

In his position as civil and military leader of Macondo he would have telegraphic conversations twice a week with Colonel Aureliano Buendía.

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