Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces
The Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces (French: Commandant en chef des Forces armées canadiennes) is the supreme commander of Canada's armed forces. Constitutionally, command-in-chief is vested in the Canadian sovereign, presently Queen Elizabeth II. As the representative of the Queen, the Governor General of Canada, presently David Johnston, has been authorized to exercise the powers and responsibilities belonging to the sovereign and has consequently been bestowed with the title Commander-in-Chief. By viceregal protocol, the title used with Canadian audiences is Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces and, in international contexts, Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
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Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces
The Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces (French: Commandant en chef des Forces armées canadiennes) is the supreme commander of Canada's armed forces. Constitutionally, command-in-chief is vested in the Canadian sovereign, presently Queen Elizabeth II. As the representative of the Queen, the Governor General of Canada, presently David Johnston, has been authorized to exercise the powers and responsibilities belonging to the sovereign and has consequently been bestowed with the title Commander-in-Chief. By viceregal protocol, the title used with Canadian audiences is Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces and, in international contexts, Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
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Le commandant en chef des Forc ...... ommandant en chef du Canada ».
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The Commander-in-Chief of the ...... Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
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В Канаде термин главнокома́нду ...... те — Главнокомандующий Канады.
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カナダ軍最高司令官(カナダぐんさいこうしれいかん 英:Com ......
* 陸軍用最高司令官階級章
* 空軍用最高司令官階級章
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As a naval officer
As an air force officer
As an army officer
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Her Majesty's Canadian Armed Forces
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The Standard of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada
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1867-07-01
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Queen Elizabeth II
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Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces
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Currently constituted
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Reigning monarch of Canada, represented by the Governor General of Canada
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Le commandant en chef des Forc ...... ommandant en chef du Canada ».
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The Commander-in-Chief of the ...... Commander-in-Chief of Canada.
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В Канаде термин главнокома́нду ...... те — Главнокомандующий Канады.
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カナダ軍最高司令官(カナダぐんさいこうしれいかん 英:Com ......
* 陸軍用最高司令官階級章
* 空軍用最高司令官階級章
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Commandant en chef des Forces armées canadiennes
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Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces
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Главнокомандующий Канадскими вооружёнными силами
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カナダ軍最高司令官
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