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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces
رئيس هيئة الأركان المشتركة للقوات المسلحة الأردنية
Incumbent
Major General Yousef Huneiti, RJAF
since 24 July 2019
Jordanian Armed Forces
Member ofJoint Chiefs of Staff
Reports toKing of Jordan
SeatAmman, Jordan
AppointerKing of Jordan
PrecursorCommander of the Arab Legion
Formation1 March 1956
First holderMajor 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.

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.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Arab Legion (1920–1956)

No. Portrait Commander of the Army Took office Left office Time in office
1 Frederick PeakePeake, FrederickLieutenant General
Frederick Peake
(1886–1970)
22 October 19203 May 193918 years, 193 days
2 John GlubbGlubb, JohnLieutenant General
John Glubb
(1897–1986)
25 June 19391 March 195616 years, 303 days

Jordanian Armed Forces - Arab Army (1956–present)

No. Portrait Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Took office Left office Time in office
3 Radi AnnabAnnab, RadiMajor General
Radi Annab
(1898–1980)
1 March 195624 May 195653 days
4 Ali Abu NuwarNuwar, Ali AbuMajor General
Ali Abu Nuwar
(1925–1991)
24 May 195614 April 1957325 days
5 Ali HayariHayari, AliMajor General
Ali Hayari
(1923–2002)
17 April 195720 April 19573 days
6 Habis MajaliMajali, HabisField Marshal
Habis Majali
(1914–2001)
20 April 19578 October 196710 years, 167 days
7 Amer KhammashKhammash, AmerLieutenant General
Amer Khammash
(1924–2010)
9 October 196727 October 19681 year, 18 days
8 Mashour HadithaHaditha, MashourLieutenant General
Mashour Haditha
(1928–2001)
27 October 196830 June 1969246 days
9 Sharif NasserNasser, SharifMajor General
Sharif Nasser
(1902–1982)
30 June 196911 June 19701 year, 346 days
(6) Habis MajaliMajali, HabisField Marshal
Habis Majali
(1914–2001)
11 June 197015 September 197096 days
(8) Mashour HadithaHaditha, MashourLieutenant General
Mashour Haditha
(1928–2001)
16 September 197011 January 19765 years, 117 days
10 Zaid ibn Shakeribn Shaker, ZaidField Marshal
Zaid ibn Shaker
(1934–2002)
11 January 197619 December 198812 years, 343 days
11 Fathi Abu TalebAbu Taleb, FathiField Marshal
Fathi Abu Taleb
(1933–2016)
19 December 19885 April 19934 years, 107 days
12 Abdel Hafez Ka'abnehKa'abneh, Abdel HafezField Marshal
Abdel Hafez Ka'abneh
(1937–2016)
5 April 199318 July 19996 years, 104 days
13 Mohammad MalkawiMalkawi, MohammadGeneral
Mohammad Malkawi
(born 1943)
18 July 19995 March 20022 years, 230 days
14 Khaled SarayraSarayra, KhaledGeneral
Khaled Sarayra
(born 1944)
5 March 200223 February 20107 years, 355 days
15 Mashal ZabenZaben, MashalGeneral
Mashal Zaben
(born 1953)
23 February 20102 October 20166 years, 222 days
16 Mahmoud FreihatFreihat, MahmoudLieutenant General
Mahmoud Freihat
(born 1960)
2 October 201624 July 20192 years, 295 days
17 Yousef HuneitiHuneiti, YousefMajor General
Yousef Huneiti
(born 1959)
24 July 2019Incumbent5 years, 174 days

See also

References

  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.
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