Chairman of the General Staff

Chairman of the General Staff
رئاسة هيئة الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة
Incumbent Air Chief Marshal Fayyadh al-Ruwaili, RSAF since 26 February 2018
Ministry of Defense
Type	Chief of defence
Status	Highest-ranking (within MoD)
Abbreviation	COGS
Member of	General Staff Presidency Council of Military Service
Nominator	Minister of Defence
Appointer	King of Saudi Arabia
Term length	No fixed length
Precursor	Military Affairs Director
Formation	29 September 1939 (1939-09-29)
First holder	Mohammad Tarek Abdelkader [ar]

The Chairman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (abbreviated COGS) also known as the "Chief of the General Staff" is the chief and highest ranking officer of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces.

He usually holds the highest military rank within the Ministry of Defense. The current Chairman is Air Chief Marshal Fayyadh al-Ruwaili, who succeeded General Abdulrahman al-Bunian in February 2018.^[1]

List of chairmen

No.	Portrait	Chairman	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Abdelkader, Mohammed TarekMajor General Mohammad Tarek Abdelkader [ar] (c. 1886–1965)	1939	1941	1–2 years
2		Al-Tayyar, Ja'farBrigadier general Ja'far Al Tayyar (18??–1944)	1941	1944	2–3 years
3		Al-Sharif, Mohsen bin Al-HusseinBrigadier general Al-Sheriff Mohsen al-Hussein [ar] (1908–1968)	1944	1949	4 years
4		Al-Kurdi, Said bin AbdullahBrigadier general Said al-Kurdi [ar] (1896–1964)	1949	1957	7 years
5		Al-Issa, Abdullah bin SulaimanMajor General Abdullah al-Issa [ar] (1924–1975)	1957	1959	1–2 years
6		Al-Tassan, Ibrahim bin SalehLieutenant General Ibrahim al-Tassan [ar] (1???–1963)	1959	1962	2–3 years
7		Al-Mutlaq, Abdullah bin AliGeneral Abdullah al-Mutlaq [ar] (19??–2015)	1962	1971	8–9 years
8		Shammemry, Hamad bin MohammedGeneral Hamad Shammemry [ar] (1919–2016)	1971	1975	3–4 years
9		Al Hamid, Othman bin MohammedGeneral Othman Al Hamid [ar] (c. 1923–2004)	1975	1980	4–5 years
10		Al-Hamad, Mohammed bin SalehGeneral Mohammed al-Hamad [ar] (19??–2010)	1980	1996	16–17 years
11		Al-Muhaya, Saleh bin AliGeneral Saleh al-Mahaya (born 1939)	1996	2011	14–15 years
12		Al-Qabil, Hussein bin AbdullahGeneral Hussein al-Qabil [ar] (born 1942)	2011	2014	2–3 years
13		al-Bunyan, Abdul Rahman bin SalehGeneral Abdulrahman al-Bunyan [ar]	2014	2018	3–4 years
14		Al-Ruwaili, FayyadhAir Chief Marshal Fayyadh al-Ruwaili (born 1958)	26 February 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 61 days

See also

• General Staff Presidency

References

External links

• MoD (official website)

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Chairmen of the General Staff

The list of Chairmen of the General Staff since September 29, 1939, is as follows:

   

Fayyadh al-Ruwaili (incumbent)   · Abdulrahman al-Bunyan   · Hussein al-Qabil   · Saleh al-Muhaya   · Mohammed al-Hamad   · Othman al-Hamid   · Hamad Shammemry   · Abdullah al-Mutlaq   · Ibrahim al-Tassan   · Abdullah al-Issa (acting)   Said al-Kurdi (acting)   · Mohsen al-Hussein (acting)   · Ja'far al-Tayyar (acting)   · Mohammad Tariq (acting)

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