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.

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 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.

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		Peake, FrederickLieutenant General Frederick Peake (1886–1970)	22 October 1920	3 May 1939	18 years, 193 days
2		Glubb, JohnLieutenant General John Glubb (1897–1986)	25 June 1939	1 March 1956	16 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		Annab, RadiMajor General Radi Annab (1898–1980)	1 March 1956	24 May 1956	53 days
4		Nuwar, Ali AbuMajor General Ali Abu Nuwar (1925–1991)	24 May 1956	14 April 1957	325 days
5		Hayari, AliMajor General Ali Hayari (1923–2002)	17 April 1957	20 April 1957	3 days
6		Majali, HabisField Marshal Habis Majali (1914–2001)	20 April 1957	8 October 1967	10 years, 167 days
7		Khammash, AmerLieutenant General Amer Khammash (1924–2010)	9 October 1967	27 October 1968	1 year, 18 days
8		Haditha, MashourLieutenant General Mashour Haditha (1928–2001)	27 October 1968	30 June 1969	246 days
9		Nasser, SharifMajor General Sharif Nasser (1902–1982)	30 June 1969	11 June 1970	1 year, 346 days
(6)		Majali, HabisField Marshal Habis Majali (1914–2001)	11 June 1970	15 September 1970	96 days
(8)		Haditha, MashourLieutenant General Mashour Haditha (1928–2001)	16 September 1970	11 January 1976	5 years, 117 days
10		ibn Shaker, ZaidField Marshal Zaid ibn Shaker (1934–2002)	11 January 1976	19 December 1988	12 years, 343 days
11		Abu Taleb, FathiField Marshal Fathi Abu Taleb (1933–2016)	19 December 1988	5 April 1993	4 years, 107 days
12		Ka'abneh, Abdel HafezField Marshal Abdel Hafez Ka'abneh (1937–2016)	5 April 1993	18 July 1999	6 years, 104 days
13		Malkawi, MohammadGeneral Mohammad Malkawi (born 1943)	18 July 1999	5 March 2002	2 years, 230 days
14		Sarayra, KhaledGeneral Khaled Sarayra (born 1944)	5 March 2002	23 February 2010	7 years, 355 days
15		Zaben, MashalGeneral Mashal Zaben (born 1953)	23 February 2010	2 October 2016	6 years, 222 days
16		Freihat, MahmoudLieutenant General Mahmoud Freihat (born 1960)	2 October 2016	24 July 2019	2 years, 295 days
17		Huneiti, YousefMajor General Yousef Huneiti (born 1959)	24 July 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 114 days

See also

• Arabization of the Jordanian Army command
• Military ranks of Jordan