Major general major-general was reintroduced in the Portuguese Army, Air Force and National Republican Guard in 1999, replacing the former rank of brigadier in the role of brigade commander. As a rank, it had previously been used in the Army only for a brief period (from 1862 to 1864). It is equivalent to the rank of "contra-almirante" (rear-admiral) in the Portuguese Navy. In 2015, the rank of major-general was moved up one level, with the role of brigade commander being assumed by the below rank of brigadier-general. In most of the 19th and first half of the 20th century, major-general was not
Colonel general tábornok" (general of cavalry), and "táborszernagy" (general of artillery) in the early 1940s. The rank title "vezérezredes" is still in use for the highest ranking (four-star) general officers of the "Magyar Honvédség" (Hungarian Defence Forces) and foreign four-star general officers' rank titles are usually translated as "vezérezredes" in Hungarian including Commonwealth air forces' Air Chief Marshals. The equivalent rank for Colonel general in Iraq is called "Ferik Awwal", in Arabic "فريق أول", which is considered the highest rank in Iraqi Army nowadays. The North Korean rank of "sangjang" translates as "colonel general". "Sangjang" is senior to that of "jungjang" (usually