Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jordan)
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]
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces | |
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رئيس هيئة الأركان المشتركة للقوات المسلحة الأردنية | |
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 |
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
Arab Legion (1920–1956)
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 (1956–present)
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 | 4 years, 92 days |
References
- "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.
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