Post: | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces |
Native Name: | رئيس هيئة الأركان المشتركة للقوات المسلحة الأردنية |
Insigniasize: | 150px |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Jordanian Armed Forces |
Incumbent: | Major General Yousef Huneiti, RJAF |
Incumbentsince: | 24 July 2019 |
Department: | Jordanian Armed Forces |
Member Of: | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
Reports To: | King of Jordan |
Seat: | Amman, Jordan |
Appointer: | King of Jordan |
Formation: | 1 March 1956 |
First: | Major General Radi Annab |
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]
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]