Back Шэф палка Byelorussian Colonel-in-Chief German Colonel en chef French 名誉連隊長 Japanese Kolonel Yang DiPertua Malay Erekolonel Dutch Szef pułku Polish Почётный командир Russian Почесний шеф Ukrainian 荣誉司令 Chinese
Colonel-in-chief is a ceremonial position in a military regiment. It is in common use in several Commonwealth armies, where it is held by the regiment's patron, usually a member of the royal family.
Some armed forces take a light-hearted approach to the position, appointing animals or characters as colonel-in-chief. The Norwegian Army, for example, appointed a penguin named Sir Nils Olav as a colonel-in-chief.[1][2]
- ^ Norwegian Consulate in Edinburgh. Archived September 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Military penguin becomes a 'Sir'". BBC News. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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