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Lieutenant-general (Canada)
Please see "
Lieutenant General
" for other countries which use this rank
In the
Canadian Forces
, the rank of
lieutenant-general
(
LGen
) (
lieutenant-général
or
Lgén
in
French
) is an
Army
or
Air Force
rank equal to a
vice-admiral
of the
Navy
. A lieutenant-general is a
general officer
, the equivalent of a Naval
flag officer
. A lieutenant-general is senior to a
major general
or
rear-admiral
, and junior to a
general
or
admiral
. Prior to 1968, Canadian Air Force officers held the equivalent rank of
air marshal
, which was abolished with the unification of the Canadian Forces.
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