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

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

And the US invaded Panama in 1989, and arrested the military leader Manuel Noriega.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Tuggar led a delegation to the Burkinabè capital, Ouagadougou, on Wednesday, to discuss the incident with military leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

The summons announced that the civil and military leader of the province would arrive on the following Friday ready to intercede in the conflict.

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