Fayyadh Al Ruwaili
{{short description|Chairman of the Saudi General Staff}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|4|27|df=y}}
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Deputy Chairman of the General Staff
Royal Saudi Air Force{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Past and present leadership- COGS|url=https://www.mod.gov.sa/en/Leaders/COGS/Pages/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709101819/https://www.mod.gov.sa/en/Leaders/COGS/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=9 July 2019|access-date=21 September 2020|website=mod.gov.sa|url-status=dead}}
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Air Chief Marshal{{Cite web |title=Chairman of the General Staff Air Chief Marshal Fayyadh Al Ruwaili, right, conducts walkthrough of medical training exercises at the first Multinational Medical Response Training in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 11-13, 2024. |work=US CENTCOM |url=https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/igphoto/2003396754/}} Fayyadh bin Hamed bin Raqed Al Ruwaili (born 27 April 1958)Karasik, Theodore (18 May 2014). [https://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2014/05/18/Hagel-and-the-GCC-Partnership-and-a-Saudi-military-sweep.html Hagel and the GCC: Partnership and a Saudi military sweep]. Al Arabiya. Retrieved 27 February 2018. is a Royal Saudi Air Force officer who has served as the Chairman of the General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces since 2018.{{Cite web |title=Focus on Saudi chief Al-Ruwaili |date=21 September 2018 |work=Gulf States Newsletter |url=https://www.gsn-online.com/news-centre/article/focus-saudi-chief-al-ruwaili }} Before that, he served as Deputy Chairman of the General Staff from 2014 to 2018[http://www.tacticalreport.com/view_news/Saudi-Lt-General-Al-Ruwaili-and-meetings-in-Washington/5048 Saudi Lt-General Al-Ruwaili and meetings in Washington]. Tactical Report. Published 24 June 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2018. and as Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force from 2013[http://www.arabnews.com/news/451202 Al-Ruwaili new air force chief]. Arab News. Published 11 May 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2018.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/179907913?q&versionId=195834474 MAJ. GEN. FAYYADH AL-RUWAILI PROMOTED TO COMMANDER OF ROYAL SAUDI AIR FORCE.]. State News Service. Published 10 May 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2018. to 2014.[http://www.tacticalreport.com/view_news/Saudi-Lt-General-Mohammad-Al-Shaalan-new-RSAF-Commander/4006 Saudi Lt-General Mohammad Al-Shaalan, new RSAF Commander]. Tactical Report. Published 21 May 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
Biography
Al Ruwaili was born on 27 April 1958 to a merchant family with ties to the Red Sea trade.
He was appointed as Deputy Chairman of the General Staff in May 2014 during a reshuffle of the Saudi Arabian military command by King Abdullah. His selection of new commanders reflected a realignment of the kingdom's military to focus on strategic directions of defense. Al Ruwaili, being from the Red Sea coast, was seen as "overlooking" Egypt.
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Category:Royal Saudi Air Force personnel
Category:Saudi Arabian military personnel of the Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
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