Fayyadh bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili

Chief of the General Staff

He became Chief of the General Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces by royal order in 2018, with promotion to the rank of General. He completed his schooling in Turaif and Arar, then joined the King Faisal Air Academy and graduated as a first lieutenant pilot. He was sent to the United States for flight training and earned a master's degree in strategic studies from the US Air Force university. He rose in the air force from squadron commander to wing commander and assistant to the Taif air base, commanded King Fahd Air Base in Al-Hawiyah, and after promotion to lieutenant general was appointed commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force. Pakistan's president conferred on him the military Order of Excellence, and he has headed the Kingdom's delegation at meetings of the Supreme Military Committee of the Gulf Cooperation Council chiefs of staff.