Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces | |
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رئيس هيئة الأركان العامة للجيش والقوات المسلحة | |
Ministry of Defence | |
Reports to | Minister of Defense |
Residence | Damascus |
Seat | Hay'at al-Arkan |
Appointer | President |
Formation | 1947 |
First holder | Abdullah Atfeh |
The Chief of the General Staff of the Army and Armed Forces (Arabic: رئيس هيئة الأركان العامة للجيش والقوات المسلحة, romanized: Rayiys hayyat al'arkan aleamat liljaysh walquaat almusalaha) is the professional head of the Syrian Armed Forces and the Syrian Army. The Chief of the General Staff is appointed by the President of Syria, who is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | Major general Abdullah Atfeh (1897–1976) |
1947 | 1948 | 0–1 years | [1] | |
2 | Brigadier general Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949) |
1948 | 1949 | 0–1 years | ||
3 | Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi (1898–1950) |
1949 | 1950 | 0–1 years | ||
4 | Brigadier general Anwar Bannud (1908–1979) |
2 January 1950 | 23 April 1951 | 1 year, 111 days | [2] | |
5 | Fawzi Selu (1905–1972) |
23 April 1951 | 1953 | 1–2 years | ||
6 | General Shawkat Shuqayr (1912–1982) |
1953 | 8 July 1956 | 2–3 years | ||
7 | Tawfiq Nizam al-Din | 8 July 1956 | 1957 | 0–1 years | ||
8 | Lieutenant general Afif al-Bizri (1912–1982) |
1957 | 1959 | 1–2 years | ||
9 | Jamal al-Faisal | 1959 | ||||
10 | General Abdul Karim Zahreddine (1917–2009) |
16 April 1962 | 8 March 1963 | 326 days | ||
11 | Major general Ziad al-Hariri (born 1930) |
8 March 1963 | 8 July 1963 | 122 days | ||
12 | Major general Salah Jadid (1926–1993) |
11 November 1963 | 1966 | 2–3 years | [3] | |
13 | Major general Ahmed Suidani (1932–1994) |
February 1966 | February 1968 | 1–2 years | ||
14 | Colonel general Mustafa Tlass (1932–2017) |
1968 | 1972 | 3–4 years | ||
15 | Colonel general Yusuf Shakkur (1926–2018) |
1972 | 1974 | 1–2 years | ||
16 | Colonel general Hikmat al-Shihabi (1931–2013) |
12 August 1974 | 8 July 1998 | 23 years, 330 days | [4] | |
17 | Lieutenant general Ali Aslan (born 1932) |
8 July 1998 | 23 January 2002 | 3 years, 199 days | [5] | |
18 | Lieutenant general Hasan Turkmani (1935–2012) |
23 January 2002 | 12 May 2004 | 2 years, 110 days | [6][7] | |
19 | Colonel general Ali Habib Mahmud (1939–2020) |
12 May 2004 | 3 June 2009 | 5 years, 22 days | [8][9] [10] | |
20 | Colonel general Dawoud Rajiha (1947–2012) |
3 June 2009 | 8 August 2011 | 2 years, 66 days | [11][12] [13] | |
21 | Colonel general Fahd Jassem al-Freij (born 1950) |
8 August 2011 | 18 July 2012 | 345 days | [14] | |
22 | Lieutenant general Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (born 1952) |
18 July 2012 | 1 January 2018 | 5 years, 167 days | [15] | |
Vacant[16] 1 January 2018–1 April 2019 | ||||||
23 | Lieutenant general Salim Harba |
1 April 2019 | 30 April 2022 | 3 years, 29 days | [17] | |
24 | Lieutenant general Abdul Karim Mahmoud Ibrahim |
30 April 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 129 days | [18] |
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