Joint Chiefs of Staff (Saudi Arabia)

Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces
رئاسة هيئة الأركان المشتركة
Standard of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Incumbent
Fayyad Hamid Rwaili
since 26 February 2018
Reports to Minister of Defense
Term length No fixed length
Constituting instrument Basic instructions Act of the Kingdom
Formation August 31, 1926 (92 years ago)
Deputy Eid Al Shalawi

Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: رئاسة هيئة الأركان المشتركة) is a group of senior uniformed leaders in the Saudi Ministry of Defense tasked with coordinating and supervising all major agencies and departments of the government relating directly to National security and the Royal Armed Forces.

List of Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

№ Chairman of the Joint Chief of StaffTook officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Afrique, Mohamed Tarek AbdelkaderMajor General
Mohamed Tarek Abdelkader Afrique
(1888–1955)		193919422–3 years
2
Pilot, Jafar BekLieutenant Colonel
Jafar Bek Pilot		194219452–3 years
3
Al-Sharif, Mohsen Al-HusseinColonel
Mohsen Al-Hussein Al-Sharif		194530 April 19493–4 years
4
Kurdi, Said bin AbdullahMajor General
Said bin Abdullah Kurdi
(?–1964)		30 April 194930 January 19577 years, 275 days
5
Al-Issa, AbdullahMajor General
Abdullah Al-Issa		30 January 195719602–3 years
6
Al-Tassan, Ibrahim bin SalehLieutenant General
Ibrahim bin Saleh Al-Tassan		196019654–5 years
7
Mutlaq, Abdullah bin AliGeneral
Abdullah bin Ali Mutlaq		196519737–8 years
8
Shammery, Hamad bin MohammedGeneral
Hamad bin Mohammed Shammery		197319762–3 years
9
al-Hamid, Othman bin MohammedGeneral
Othman bin Mohammed al-Hamid		197619803–4 years
10
al-Hamad, Mohammed bin SalehField Marshal
Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Hamad		198013 May 199716–17 years
11
al-Muhaya, SalehField Marshal
Saleh bin Ali al-Mahaya
(born 1939)		13 May 199717 June 201114 years, 35 days
12
al-Qayeb, Hussein bin AbdullahField Marshal
Hussein bin Abdullah al-Qayeb		17 June 201120142–3 years
13
al-Bunyan, Abdul Rahman bin SalehField Marshal
Abdulrahman bin Saleh al-Bunyan		201426 February 20183–4 years
14
Rwaili, Fayyad HamidGeneral
Fayyad bin Hamed al-Ruwayli
(born 1958)		26 February 2018Incumbent229 days


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