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.
^"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.
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chairman, general, staff, armed, forces, abbreviated, cogs, also, known, chief, general, staff, chief, highest, ranking, officer, saudi, arabian, armed, forces, رئاسة, هيئة, الأركان, العامة, للقوات, المسلحةincumbentair, chief, marshal, fayyadh, ruwaili, rsafsi. 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 Chairman of the General Staffرئاسة هيئة الأركان العامة للقوات المسلحةIncumbentAir Chief Marshal Fayyadh al Ruwaili RSAFsince 26 February 2018Ministry of DefenseTypeChief of defenceStatusHighest ranking within MoD AbbreviationCOGSMember ofGeneral Staff PresidencyCouncil of Military ServiceNominatorMinister of DefenceAppointerKing of Saudi ArabiaTerm lengthNo fixed lengthPrecursorMilitary Affairs DirectorFormation29 September 1939 1939 09 29 First holderMohammad Tarek Abdelkader ar 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 Contents 1 List of chairmen 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksList of chairmen editNo Portrait Chairman Took office Left office Time in office1 nbsp Abdelkader Mohammed Tarek Major GeneralMohammad Tarek Abdelkader ar c 1886 1965 193919411 2 years 2 nbsp Al Tayyar Ja far Brigadier generalJa far Al Tayyar 18 1944 194119442 3 years 3 nbsp Al Sharif Mohsen bin Al Hussein Brigadier generalAl Sheriff Mohsen al Hussein ar 1908 1968 194419494 years 4 nbsp Al Kurdi Said bin Abdullah Brigadier generalSaid al Kurdi ar 1896 1964 194919577 years 5 nbsp Al Issa Abdullah bin Sulaiman Major GeneralAbdullah al Issa ar 1924 1975 195719591 2 years 6 nbsp Al Tassan Ibrahim bin Saleh Lieutenant GeneralIbrahim al Tassan ar 1 1963 195919622 3 years 7 nbsp Al Mutlaq Abdullah bin Ali GeneralAbdullah al Mutlaq ar 19 2015 196219718 9 years 8 nbsp Shammemry Hamad bin Mohammed GeneralHamad Shammemry ar 1919 2016 197119753 4 years 9 nbsp Al Hamid Othman bin Mohammed GeneralOthman Al Hamid ar c 1923 2004 197519804 5 years 10 nbsp Al Hamad Mohammed bin Saleh GeneralMohammed al Hamad ar 19 2010 1980199616 17 years 11 nbsp Al Muhaya Saleh bin Ali GeneralSaleh al Mahaya born 1939 1996201114 15 years 12 nbsp Al Qabil Hussein bin Abdullah GeneralHussein al Qabil ar born 1942 201120142 3 years 13 nbsp al Bunyan Abdul Rahman bin Saleh GeneralAbdulrahman al Bunyan ar 201420183 4 years 14 nbsp Al Ruwaili Fayyadh Air Chief MarshalFayyadh al Ruwaili born 1958 26 February 2018Incumbent6 years 78 daysSee also edit nbsp Saudi Arabia portal General Staff PresidencyReferences edit 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 editMoD official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chairman of the General Staff amp oldid 1205809296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
