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<p><b>Lieutenant colonel general</b> (<a href="Serbo-Croatian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbo-Croatian language">Serbo-Croatian</a>: <span lang="sh">генерал-потпуковник</span>, <span title="Serbo-Croatian-language text"><i lang="sh">general-potpukovnik</i></span>, <small><a href="Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'general sub-colonel') is a <a href="General_officer" title="General officer">general officer</a> rank in a number of armed forces in the countries of the <a href="Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a>. The rank can be traced back the <a href="Military_ranks_of_Socialist_Yugoslavia" title="Military ranks of Socialist Yugoslavia">ranks used by the Yugoslav People's Army</a>, and continues to be used in a number of <a href="Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">former Yugoslav countries</a> following the <a href="Breakup_of_Yugoslavia" title="Breakup of Yugoslavia">breakup of Yugoslavia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The rank of lieutenant colonel general represents a rationalisation of the situation in some armies of a <a href="Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a> outranking a <a href="Major_general" title="Major general">major general</a>, when a <a href="Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> outranks a <a href="Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Albanian_Army_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Albanian_Army-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lieutenant_colonel_general's_insignia">Lieutenant colonel general's insignia</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army">Army</h3></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Serbian-language text"><i lang="sr-Latn">General Potpukovnik</i></span><br>(<a href="Montenegrin_Ground_Army" title="Montenegrin Ground Army">Montenegrin Ground Army</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Montenegro_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Montenegro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Macedonian-language text"><span lang="mk">Генерал потполковник</span></span><br><span title="Macedonian-language text"><i lang="mk-Latn">General potpolkovnik</i></span><br>(<a href="1st_Mechanized_Infantry_Brigade_(North_Macedonia)" title="1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (North Macedonia)">North Macedonian Ground Forces</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-NorthMacedonia_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorthMacedonia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Serbian-language text"><span lang="sr">Генерал-потпуковник</span></span><br><span title="Serbian-language text"><i lang="sr-Latn">General-potpukovnik</i></span><br>(<a href="Serbian_Army" title="Serbian Army">Serbian Army</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Serbia_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Serbia-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Slovene-language text"><i lang="sl">Generalpodpolkovnik</i></span><br>(<a href="Slovenian_Ground_Force" title="Slovenian Ground Force">Slovenian Ground Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Slovenia_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slovenia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Macedonian-language text"><span lang="mk">Генерал потполковник</span></span><br><span title="Macedonian-language text"><i lang="mk-Latn">General potpolkovnik</i></span><br>(<a href="North_Macedonia_Air_Brigade" title="North Macedonia Air Brigade">North Macedonia Air Brigade</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-NorthMacedonia_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorthMacedonia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>
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<div class="gallerytext"><span title="Serbian-language text"><span lang="sr">Генерал-Потпуковник</span></span><br><span title="Serbian-language text"><i lang="sr-Latn">General-Potpukovnik</i></span><br>(<a href="Serbian_Air_Force_and_Air_Defence" title="Serbian Air Force and Air Defence">Serbian Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Serbia_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Serbia-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Lieutenant_(Eastern_Europe)" title="Lieutenant (Eastern Europe)">Lieutenant (Eastern Europe)</a></li>
<li><a href="Lieutenant_colonel_(Eastern_Europe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant colonel (Eastern Europe)">Lieutenant colonel (Eastern Europe)</a></li>
<li><a href="Colonel_(Eastern_Europe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel (Eastern Europe)">Colonel (Eastern Europe)</a></li>
<li><a href="Colonel_general" title="Colonel general">Colonel general</a></li></ul>
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