Chief of the General Staff (Iraq)
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Chief of the General Staff | |
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رئاسة اركان الجيش | |
![]() Coat of arms of the General Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces | |
since 8 June 2020 | |
Ministry of Defense | |
Member of | Armed Forces of Iraq |
Reports to | Ministry of Defense |
Seat | Green Zone, Baghdad |
Appointer | Prime Minister of Iraq |
Formation | 6 Jan 1921 |
First holder | Saleh Saeb |
Website | mod.mil.iq |
The chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iraq (Arabic: رئاسة اركان الجيش العراقي, romanized: riasat arkan aljaysh aleiraqiu; is the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iraq. He is appointed by the Prime Minister of Iraq, who is the commander-in-chief. The position dates to the period of the Independence of Iraq.[1] Up until 2003, the Chief of Staff was the second most senior officer in the Armed Forces behind the Minister of Defence.
Since 8 June 2020, the current chief of the General Staff is General Abdel Emir Yarallah.[2]
List of chiefs of the General Staff
[edit]Kingdom of Iraq
[edit]No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Saleh Saeb (1898–1993) | Colonel General1944 | 1951 | |
2 | Nur Ad-Din Mahmud (1899–1981) | Colonel General1951 | 1953 | |
3 | Hussain Maki Khammas (-–-) | Major General1953 | 1954 | |
4 | Rafiq Arif (1908–1992) | Lieutenant General1954 | 1958 |
Republic of Iraq (1958-2003)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces | Took office | Left office |
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1 | Ahmed Saleh Al-Abdi (1912–1968) | Major General1958 | 1963 | |
2 | Tahir Yahya (1916–1986) | Lieutenant General1963 | 1963 | |
3 | Abdul Rahman Arif (1916–2007) | Lieutenant General1963 | 1966 | |
4 | Hamudi Mahdi (1916–2007) | Major General1966 | 1967 | |
5 | Ibrahim Faisal Al-Ansari (1920–2010) | Major General1967 | 1968 | |
6 | Hammad Shihab (1922–1973) | Lieutenant General1968 | 1970 | |
7 | Abdul Jabbar Shanshal (1920–2014) | Lieutenant General1970 | 1984 | |
8 | Abdul Jawad Dhanuun (1936–2020) | Lieutenant General1984 | 1986 | |
9 | Saad Eddin Aziz Mustafa (born 1938) | Lieutenant General1986 | 1987 | |
10 | Nizar Al-Khazraji (born 1938) | Lieutenant General1987 | 1990 | |
11 | Hussein Rashid (born 1940) | Colonel General1990 | 1991 | |
12 | Iyad Futayyih (1942–2018) | Colonel General1991 | 1995 | |
13 | Sultan Hashim (1945–2020) | Colonel General1995 | 1995 | |
14 | Abdul Wahid Shannan (born 1944) | Colonel General1995 | 1999 | |
15 | Ibrahim Abdul Sattar (1950–2010) | Lieutenant General1999 | 2003 |
References
[edit]- ^ "في ذكرى تأسيسه.. تعرف على أبرز محطات الجيش العراقي". كركوك ناو. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ "الكاظمي يعين مجموعة جديدة من المسؤولين في مناصب عليا". الشرق الأوسط (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-01-07.