Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces رئيس هيئة الأركان المشتركة للقوات المسلحة الأردنية
Incumbent Lieutenant general Mahmoud Freihat since 2 October 2016
Jordanian Armed Forces
Member of	Joint Chiefs of Staff
Reports to	The King of Jordan
Seat	Amman, Jordan
Appointer	The King of Jordan
Formation	1 March 1956
First holder	Major general Radi Annab

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, previously the chief of staff, is the office for the head of the Jordanian Armed Forces held by a Lieutenant general or higher ranking officers.^[1]

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Arab Legion (1920–1956)

№		Commander of the Army	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Peake, FrederickLieutenant General Frederick Peake (1886–1970)	22 October 1920	3 May 1939	7003676700000000000♠18 years, 193 days
2		Glubb, JohnLieutenant General John Glubb (1897–1986)	25 June 1939	1 March 1956	7003614700000000000♠16 years, 303 days

Jordanian Armed Forces-Arab Army (1956–present)

№		Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
3		Annab, RadiMajor General Radi Annab (1898–1980)	1 March 1956	24 May 1956	7001530000000000000♠53 days
4		Nuwar, Ali AbuMajor General Ali Abu Nuwar (1925–1991)	24 May 1956	14 April 1957	7002325000000000000♠325 days
5		Al-Hayari, AliMajor General Ali Al-Hayari (1923–2002)	17 April 1957	20 April 1957	7001100000000000000♠10 days
6		Al-Majali, HabisField Marshal Habis Al-Majali (1914–2001)	20 April 1957	8 October 1967	7003381900000000000♠10 years, 167 days
7		Khammash, AmerLieutenant General Amer Khammash (1924–2010)	9 October 1967	27 October 1968	7002384000000000000♠1 year, 18 days
8		Haditha, MashourLieutenant General Mashour Haditha (1928–2001)	27 October 1968	30 June 1969	7002246000000000000♠246 days
9		Nasser, SharifMajor General Sharif Nasser (1902–1982)	30 June 1969	11 June 1970	7002711000000000000♠1 year, 346 days
(6)		Al-Majali, HabisField Marshal Habis Al-Majali (1914–2001)	11 June 1970	15 September 1970	7001960000000000000♠96 days
(8)		Haditha, MashourLieutenant General Mashour Haditha (1928–2001)	16 September 1970	11 January 1976	7003194300000000000♠5 years, 117 days
10		ibn Shaker, ZaidField Marshal Zaid ibn Shaker (1934–2002)	11 January 1976	19 December 1988	7003472600000000000♠12 years, 343 days
11		Abu Taleb, FathiField Marshal Fathi Abu Taleb (1933–2016)	19 December 1988	5 April 1993	7003156800000000000♠4 years, 107 days
12		Al-Ka'abneh, Abdel HafezField Marshal Abdel Hafez Al-Ka'abneh (1937–2016)	5 April 1993	18 July 1999	7003229500000000000♠6 years, 104 days
13		Al-Ka'abneh, Abdel HafezGeneral Mohammad Al-Malkawi (born 1943)	18 July 1999	5 March 2002	7002961000000000000♠2 years, 230 days
14		Al-Sarayra, KhaledGeneral Khaled Al-Sarayra (born 1944)	5 March 2002	23 February 2010	7003291200000000000♠7 years, 355 days
15		Al-Zaben, MashalGeneral Mashal Al-Zaben (born 1953)	23 February 2010	2 October 2016	7003241300000000000♠6 years, 222 days
16		Freihat, MahmoudGeneral Mahmoud Freihat (born 1960)	2 October 2016	Incumbent	7002741000000000000♠2 years, 11 days

See also

• Arabization of the Jordanian Army command
• Jordanian military ranks

References