Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jordan) (original) (raw)

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Head of the armed forces of Jordan

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces
رئيس هيئة الأركان المشتركة للقوات المسلحة الأردنية
IncumbentMajor General Yousef Huneiti, RJAFsince 24 July 2019
Jordanian Armed Forces
Member of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Reports to King of Jordan
Seat Amman, Jordan
Appointer King of Jordan
Precursor Commander of the Arab Legion
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 officer.[1]

Major general Yousef Huneiti is the current Chairman, who was appointed to this position on 24 July 2019. Huneiti is the first Jordanian Air Force commander to be appointed Chairman.[2]

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Arab Legion (1920–1956)

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

Jordanian Armed Forces - Arab Army (1956–present)

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No. Portrait Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Took office Left office Time in office
3 Radi Annab Annab, RadiMajor General**Radi Annab**(1898–1980) 1 March 1956 24 May 1956 53 days
4 Ali Abu Nuwar Nuwar, Ali AbuMajor General**Ali Abu Nuwar**(1925–1991) 24 May 1956 14 April 1957 325 days
5 Ali Hayari Hayari, AliMajor General**Ali Hayari**(1923–2002) 17 April 1957 20 April 1957 3 days
6 Habis Majali Majali, HabisField Marshal**Habis Majali**(1914–2001) 20 April 1957 8 October 1967 10 years, 167 days
7 Amer Khammash Khammash, AmerLieutenant General**Amer Khammash**(1924–2010) 9 October 1967 27 October 1968 1 year, 18 days
8 Mashour Haditha Haditha, MashourLieutenant General**Mashour Haditha**(1928–2001) 27 October 1968 30 June 1969 246 days
9 Sharif Nasser Nasser, SharifMajor General**Sharif Nasser**(1902–1982) 30 June 1969 11 June 1970 1 year, 346 days
(6) Habis Majali Majali, HabisField Marshal**Habis Majali**(1914–2001) 11 June 1970 15 September 1970 96 days
(8) Mashour Haditha Haditha, MashourLieutenant General**Mashour Haditha**(1928–2001) 16 September 1970 11 January 1976 5 years, 117 days
10 Zaid ibn Shaker ibn Shaker, ZaidField Marshal**Zaid ibn Shaker**(1934–2002) 11 January 1976 19 December 1988 12 years, 343 days
11 Fathi Abu Taleb Abu Taleb, FathiField Marshal**Fathi Abu Taleb**(1933–2016) 19 December 1988 5 April 1993 4 years, 107 days
12 Abdel Hafez Ka'abneh Ka'abneh, Abdel HafezField Marshal**Abdel Hafez Ka'abneh**(1937–2016) 5 April 1993 18 July 1999 6 years, 104 days
13 Mohammad Malkawi Malkawi, MohammadGeneral**Mohammad Malkawi**(born 1943) 18 July 1999 5 March 2002 2 years, 230 days
14 Khaled Sarayra Sarayra, KhaledGeneral**Khaled Sarayra**(born 1944) 5 March 2002 23 February 2010 7 years, 355 days
15 Mashal Zaben Zaben, MashalGeneral**Mashal Zaben**(born 1953) 23 February 2010 2 October 2016 6 years, 222 days
16 Mahmoud Freihat Freihat, MahmoudLieutenant General**Mahmoud Freihat**(born 1960) 2 October 2016 24 July 2019 2 years, 295 days
17 Yousef Huneiti Huneiti, YousefMajor General**Yousef Huneiti**(born 1959) 24 July 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 57 days
  1. ^ "Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Arab Army". Jordanian Armed Forces (in Arabic). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Jordanian military gets new chief". Janes. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.