Commandant-General is a rank in several counties and is generally equivalent to that of Commandant

Commandant

Commandant is a senior title often given to the officer in charge of a large training establishment or academy. This usage is common in anglophone nations...

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Italy

Comandante generale (Commandant general), in Fascist Italy

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...

's MVSN

MVSN

MVSN can refer to:* The Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale of the Italian Fascist movement.* The Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale better known as the Tonton Macoutes....

, was the title of the head of the Blackshirts, held by Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

 from 1922 to 1943.
Nowadays, is the title held by the commander of the Carabinieri

Carabinieri

The Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations, and is a branch of the armed forces.-Early history:...

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South Africa

Commandant-General was a military rank

Military rank

Military rank is a system of hierarchical relationships in armed forces or civil institutions organized along military lines. Usually, uniforms denote the bearer's rank by particular insignia affixed to the uniforms...

 in South African Republic

South African Republic

The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African...

 and the Orange Free State Republic

Orange Free State

The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province...

 as well as in the Union of South Africa

Union of South Africa

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 and the Republic of South Africa. The Commandant-General of one of the Boer republics was the head of its armed forces. The rank of full General in the South African Army

South African Army

The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.The South African military evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by commando forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of large standing armies...

 was renamed "Commandant-General" from 1956 to 1968.

Ireland

During the Irish Civil War

Irish Civil War

The Irish Civil War was a conflict that accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State as an entity independent from the United Kingdom within the British Empire....

 of 1922-23, the Irregulars

Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

The original Irish Republican Army fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence 1919–1921. Following the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921, the IRA in the 26 counties that were to become the Irish Free State split between supporters and...

, or anti-Treaty IRA, applied this term to the leaders of their various brigades throughout the country. The term was acquired from the Afrikaner

Afrikaner

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 rank, through veterans of the Irish Transvaal Brigade.

Argentina

Commandant General is the highest rank in the Argentine National Gendarmerie

Argentine National Gendarmerie

The Argentine National Gendarmerie is the gendarmerie and corps of border guards of Argentina.The Argentine National Gendarmerie has a strength of 12,000....

, and is held by the National Director of the gendarmerie and his senior deputies. Depending on the appointment, it may be equal to any Argentine Army rank from Brigade General

Brigade General

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 to the highest Argentine Army rank, Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

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United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, Commandant-General is a military appointment, not a rank. See the following for more details:

• Commandant General Royal Marines
  Commandant General Royal Marines
  The Commandant General Royal Marines is the professional head of the Royal Marines. The title has existed since 1945...
  
  
• Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
  Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment
  The Commandant-General of the RAF Regiment is the Royal Air Force commander of the RAF Regiment. The post was established in January 1942 immediately prior to the creation of the RAF Regiment. The first two holders of the post were major-generals in the British Army. From 1948 onward, the...