Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces | |
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رئيس هيئة الأركان المشتركة للقوات المسلحة الأردنية | |
since 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
[edit]Arab Legion (1920–1956)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Commander of the Army | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Frederick Peake (1886–1970) | Lieutenant General22 October 1920 | 3 May 1939 | 18 years, 193 days | |
2 | John Glubb (1897–1986) | Lieutenant General25 June 1939 | 1 March 1956 | 16 years, 303 days |
Jordanian Armed Forces - Arab Army (1956–present)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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3 | Radi Annab (1898–1980) | Major General1 March 1956 | 24 May 1956 | 53 days | |
4 | Ali Abu Nuwar (1925–1991) | Major General24 May 1956 | 14 April 1957 | 325 days | |
5 | Ali Hayari (1923–2002) | Major General17 April 1957 | 20 April 1957 | 3 days | |
6 | Habis Majali (1914–2001) | Field Marshal20 April 1957 | 8 October 1967 | 10 years, 167 days | |
7 | Amer Khammash (1924–2010) | Lieutenant General9 October 1967 | 27 October 1968 | 1 year, 18 days | |
8 | Mashour Haditha (1928–2001) | Lieutenant General27 October 1968 | 30 June 1969 | 246 days | |
9 | Sharif Nasser (1902–1982) | Major General30 June 1969 | 11 June 1970 | 1 year, 346 days | |
(6) | Habis Majali (1914–2001) | Field Marshal11 June 1970 | 15 September 1970 | 96 days | |
(8) | Mashour Haditha (1928–2001) | Lieutenant General16 September 1970 | 11 January 1976 | 5 years, 117 days | |
10 | Zaid ibn Shaker (1934–2002) | Field Marshal11 January 1976 | 19 December 1988 | 12 years, 343 days | |
11 | Fathi Abu Taleb (1933–2016) | Field Marshal19 December 1988 | 5 April 1993 | 4 years, 107 days | |
12 | Abdel Hafez Ka'abneh (1937–2016) | Field Marshal5 April 1993 | 18 July 1999 | 6 years, 104 days | |
13 | Mohammad Malkawi (born 1943) | General18 July 1999 | 5 March 2002 | 2 years, 230 days | |
14 | Khaled Sarayra (born 1944) | General5 March 2002 | 23 February 2010 | 7 years, 355 days | |
15 | Mashal Zaben (born 1953) | General23 February 2010 | 2 October 2016 | 6 years, 222 days | |
16 | Mahmoud Freihat (born 1960) | Lieutenant General2 October 2016 | 24 July 2019 | 2 years, 295 days | |
17 | Yousef Huneiti (born 1959) | Major General24 July 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 29 days |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Arab Army". Jordanian Armed Forces (in Arabic). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
- ^ "Jordanian military gets new chief". Janes. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.