Senior general (Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး) is the highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces. It is held by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (CinCDS). Since 2011, a person appointed as CinCDS has to be quickly promoted one higher rank every year until he get the rank of Senior general.

The rank insignia of Senior general is with a big star surrounded by a flower branch and with four small stars. Its rank medal and car insignia show that it is the five-star general rank, and the flag of CinCDS confirms it. The rank of Senior general is two ranks higher than that of a General (a full General), but in terms of stars, the Senior general has only one more star than the General.

The Senior general rank exists in all branches: Myanmar Army, Myanmar Navy and Myanmar Air Force, but all these ranks are to be held by the same person at a time no matter from which branch he was promoted. A person holding the rank of Senior general can wear any uniform from all these branches.^[1][2]

Burmese title	English title	Rank insignia	Golden strap [3]	Rank medal [3][4]	Car insignia [5][6]	Flag[6][7][8]
ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး	Senior general

Insignia on regular uniform	of Myanmar Army	of Myanmar Navy [1]	of Myanmar Air Force [2]

History

In 1990, the Myanmar Armed Forces expanded its structure, and the then Commander-in-Chief General Saw Maung promoted himself to Senior General rank on 18 March 1990.^[9] Thus, he became the first person to hold the rank of Senior general.

List of rank holders

No.	Photo	Name	Date of promotion	Date of retirement	Remark
1		Saw Maung	18 March 1990 [9]	24 April 1992 [10]	Promoted directly from General[10]
2		Than Shwe	23 April 1993 [10]	30 March 2011 [10]	Promoted directly from General[10]
3		Min Aung Hlaing	March 2013[11][12]	–	Promoted from Vice-senior general