military leader

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Mali's military leader Gen Assimi Goïta has taken over as defence minister after the officer who previously held the post was killed in a wave of sweeping surprise attacks.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

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

As a senior U.S. military leader in the Middle East in recent years, Adm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"The pistol-shooting scene clearly serves to signal that she is cultivating the attributes of a military leader."

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

He understood that in spite of his present title of civil and military leader of the town, Don Apolinar Moscote was once more a figurehead.

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