Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces | |
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Pemerintah Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei | |
Royal Brunei Armed Forces | |
Type | Armed forces commander |
Status | Major general |
Reports to | Minister of Defence |
Seat | Bolkiah Garrison, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei BB3510 [1] |
Appointer | Sultan of Brunei |
Formation | 30 December 1985 |
First holder | Mohammad Daud |
Website | Official website |
The Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (Malay : Pemerintah Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei) [1] is the professional head of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF). He is responsible for the overall management, administration, and the operational control of the entire military of Brunei. The current commander is Major general Dato Paduka Seri Haji Muhammad Haszaimi bin Bol Hassan.
No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Service branch | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Major general Mohammad Daud (born 1943) | 30 Dec 1985 | 9 Aug 1990 | 4 years, 222 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [2] | |
2 | Major general Sulaiman Damit (1941–2016) | 10 Aug 1990 | 29 Sep 1994 | 4 years, 50 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [3] | |
3 | Major general Husin Ahmad (born 1944) | 30 Sep 1994 | 29 Sep 1997 | 2 years, 364 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [4] [5] | |
4 | Major general Abidin Ahmad | 30 Sep 1997 | 3 Jul 1999 | 1 year, 276 days | Royal Brunei Air Force | [6] | |
5 | Major general Shari Ahmad | 31 Aug 1999 | 2 Apr 2001 | 1 year, 214 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [5] | |
6 | Major general Jaafar Abdul Aziz | 2 Apr 2001 | 27 Mar 2003 | 1 year, 359 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [5] | |
7 | Major general Halbi Mohammad Yussof (born 1956) | 28 Mar 2003 | 31 Dec 2009 | 6 years, 278 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [5] [7] [8] [9] | |
8 | Major general Aminuddin Ihsan (born 1966) | 31 Dec 2009 | 29 Jan 2014 | 4 years, 29 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [8] [9] [10] | |
9 | Major general Tawih Abdullah (born 1964) | 30 Jan 2014 | 31 Jan 2018 | 4 years, 1 day | Royal Brunei Land Force | [7] [11] [12] | |
10 | Major general Aminan Mahmud | 31 Jan 2018 | 1 Sep 2020 | 2 years, 214 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [12] [13] [14] [15] | |
11 | Major general Hamzah Sahat | 1 Sep 2020 | 1 Mar 2022 | 1 year, 181 days | Royal Brunei Air Force | [13] [16] | |
12 | Major general Haszaimi Bol Hassan | 1 Mar 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 139 days | Royal Brunei Land Force | [16] [17] |
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