Fayyadh Al Ruwaili

Air Chief Marshal Fayyadh bin Hamed bin Raqed Al Ruwaili 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. Before that, he served as Deputy Chairman of the General Staff from 2014 to 2018 and as Commander of the Royal Saudi Air Force from 2013 to 2014.

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.