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Senior lieutenant is a military grade between alieutenant and acaptain, often used by countries from the formerEastern Bloc and inScandinavia. It is comparable tofirst lieutenant.
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Yliluutnantti (Swedish:premiärlöjtnant) is aFinnish military rank aboveluutnantti (Swedish:löjtnant) and belowkapteeni (Swedish:kapten). It is used in theFinnish Defence Forces (army, navy and air force) and theFinnish Border Guard.
The prescribed duty is a company second in command/executive officer. Officers who have graduated as Bachelors of Military Science from theNational Defence College with the rank ofluutnantti usually re-enter the college after four years' tour of duty[fi]. After a study of two additional years, they are promotedyliluutnantti and return to more challenging duties.Yliluutnantti is also the highest rank available to those educated in the now-decommissioned schoolMaanpuolustusopisto (comparable to amilitary junior college).
The Army of the Finnish Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire had a rank ofalikapteeni, similar in use as Prussian and RussianStabskapitän. The rank ofyliluutnantti came to Finland from Germany withFinnish Jäger troops in 1918, butCarl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim considered it too German and encouraged holders of the rank to use more the general rank of lieutenant instead. In some regiments officers with rank ofyliluutnantti were considered to have been promoted to captain, and the rank fell in disuse until 1952 when it was taken into regular use, and ever since it has been in use in all three branches;air force,navy and thearmy.
Prior to theSecond World War, graduates of the Defence College served with the rank ofluutnantti. The rank ofyliluutnantti was established in 1952, when it was felt that cadets graduating from the Defence College would be denied promotion avenues due to the large number of field-promoted company-grade officers in active service. As most of such officers held the rank ofvänrikki orluutnantti, and were unlikely to advance to field grade (due to their background as NCOs and lack of academic studies), the rank ofyliluutnantti circumvented the seniority issue. Due to this revision, reservists who held the wartime rank ofluutnantti did not receive a promotion to captain, as would have been expected, but rather toyliluutnantti; promotions were notgrandfathered.
WithinGerman language countries (Austria,Germany andSwitzerland), the rank ofOberleutnant (transl. senior lieutenant) is used.
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Senior lieutenant (Russian:старший лейтенант,romanized: starshy leytenant) is used in the army, air force or navy of Russia and the former USSR.
In the Russian Empire senior lieutenant first appeared in theTable of Ranks (1909–1911) exclusively as naval rank IX class, and from 1912 as VIII class. Corresponding ranks were captain in theinfantry,rotmister (derived from the GermanRittmeister) in thecavalry, andyesaul in the Cossacks corps. In the civil administration it was almost equivalent to the "council assessor" (Russian коллежский асессор;kollezhsky assessor).
As result of theOctober Revolution this rank was abolished along with all other Russian ranks and rank insignia. It was reintroduced to the armed forces of the Soviet Union by disposal of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union and the Council of People's Commissars in 1935.[1] A senior lieutenant was junior to a captain or captain-lieutenant and senior to a lieutenant.
The Russian Federation inherited the rank structure of the armed forces of the Soviet Union.
If military personnel serve in a guards formation, or on a guards warship, the word "guards" is placed before the rank (e.g. "guards senior lieutenant"). For civilian or military personnel with a specific level of expertise or knowledge in the medical or judicial professions, the words "medical" or "legal" are placed before the rank (e.g. "legal senior lieutenant"). The word "retired" is added after the rank for retired officers. Police, internal troops and tax office personnel have their branch added after the rank (e.g. "senior lieutenant of police")