Chairman of the General Staff
| Chairman of the General Staff | |
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| رئاسة هيئة الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحة | |
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 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 |
| First holder | Mohammad Tarek Abdelkader |
The Chairman Of the General Staff Of the Armed Forces (abbreviated COGS) also known as the "Chief of the General Staff" is second in command after the Defense Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and head 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 | Major General Mohammad Tarek Abdelkader (c. 1886–1965) | 1939 | 1941 | 1–2 years | |
| 2 | Brigadier general Ja'far Al Tayyar (18??–1944) | 1941 | 1944 | 2–3 years | |
| 3 | Brigadier general Al-Sheriff Mohsen al-Hussein (1???–1968) | 1944 | 1949 | 4 years | |
| 4 | Brigadier general Said al-Kurdi (189?–1964) | 1949 | 1957 | 7 years | |
| 5 | Major General Abdullah al-Issa (18??–19??) | 1957 | 1959 | 1–2 years | |
| 6 | Lieutenant General Ibrahim al-Tassan (18??–c. 1963) | 1959 | 1962 | 2–3 years | |
| 7 | General Abdullah al-Mutlaq | 1962 | 1971 | 8–9 years | |
| 8 | General Hamad Shammemry | 1971 | 1975 | 3–4 years | |
| 9 | General Othman Al Hamid | 1975 | 1980 | 4–5 years | |
| 10 | General Mohammed al-Hamad | 1980 | 1996 | 16–17 years | |
| 11 | General Saleh al-Mahaya (born 1939) | 1996 | 2011 | 14–15 years | |
| 12 | General Hussein al-Qabil | 2011 | 2014 | 2–3 years | |
| 13 | General Abdulrahman al-Bunyan | 2014 | 2018 | 3–4 years | |
| 14 | Air Chief Marshal Fayyadh al-Ruwaili (born 1958) | 26 February 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 300 days |
![Mohammad Tarek Abdelkader [ar]](/wiki/File:No_image.png)
![Abdulrahman al-Bunyan [ar]](/wiki/File:Abdulrahman_bin_Saleh_al-Bunyan_(cropped).jpg)
See also
References
- ^ "Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley's Meeting with Saudi Arabia Chief of General Staff Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili". airuniversity.af.edu. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
External links
- MoD (official website)
 | 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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