In 1958, he was appointed a full general and assumed the offices of Prime Minister, Defence Minister, and Army Commander-in-Chief.

He was appointed as Army Inspector General (Army Commander-in-chief) on April 19, 1910, a position he held until April 26, 1921.

Division General Schneider would become Army Commander-in-chief, and the government would urgently upgrade the salaries of the army personnel and the military budget.

General Sir Frank Messervy was appointed as the first Army Commander-in-Chief of the new Pakistan Army.

He demanded a pay-raise for the Army and the resignation of both the Defense Minister and the Army Commander-in-Chief.

He was considered to be a mouthpiece for Bouterse, whom he immediately reinstated as Army Commander-in-Chief.

General Carlos Prats, Army Commander-in-chief and Interior minister, was responsible for maintaining order in an increasingly polarized country.

His resignation as Army Commander-in-chief removed the last obstacle for the Chilean coup of 1973.

After securing these troops, he called Army Commander-in-chief, General Carlos Prats already with a ready plan to neutralize Souper's forces.

He insisted that the insurrection against the constitutional government had to be put down, and as Army Commander-in-chief, he ordered them to the streets.