Brigadier general by the rank of major-general in 1999. In the Romanian Army the "general de brigadă" is the lowest rank of general officers, The equivalent in the Navy is "contra-amiral" and in the Air-Force "general de flotilă aeriană". The rank of brigadier general is known in South Korea as "junjang" (; hanja: 准將) and is a direct equivalent to the United States one-star rank, with very similar insignia. The military of North Korea does not technically maintain a brigadier general rank, but the rank of senior colonel (대좌, "taejwa") which is above colonel (상좌, "sangjwa") and below major general (소장, "Sojang")
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