No. |
Portrait |
Chief of Defence Forces | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch | Ref. |
1 | | Brook, FrankLieutenant General Tan Sri Sir Frank Hasting Brooke (1909–1982) | 11 June 1956 | 26 October 1959 | 3 years, 138 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
2 | | Moore, RodneyLieutenant General Tan Sri Sir Rodney Moore (1905–1985) | 27 October 1959 | 31 December 1963 | 4 years, 66 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
3 | | Osman, TunkuYang Mulia General Tan Sri Tunku Osman (1919–1994) | 1 January 1964 | 24 November 1969 | 5 years, 328 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
4 | | Bidin, AbdulGeneral Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bidin (1917–1995) | 25 November 1969 | 30 June 1970 | 218 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
5 | | Ismail, IbrahimGeneral Tun Ibrahim Ismail (1922–2010) | 1 July 1970 | 30 November 1977 | 7 years, 153 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
6 | | Ghaffar, Mohd SanyGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar (1927–2015) | 1 December 1977 | 19 January 1982 | 4 years, 50 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
7 | | Seth, Mohd GhazaliGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Sri Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth (1929–2021) | 20 January 1982 | 31 October 1985 | 3 years, 285 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
8 | | Mat, Mohd GhazaliGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Mohd Ghazali Che Mat (1931–2021) | 1 November 1985 | 5 October 1987 | 1 year, 339 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
9 | | Ali, Mohamed HashimGeneral Tun Tan Sri Mohamed Hashim Mohd Ali (born 1937) | 6 October 1987 | 10 April 1992 | 4 years, 188 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
10 | | Zain, YaacobGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Yaacob Mohd Zain (born 1935) | 11 April 1992 | 3 March 1993 | 327 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
11 | | Hamid, AbdulGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid (1938–2022) | 4 March 1993 | 31 January 1994 | 334 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
12 | | Ahmad, BorhanGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Borhan Ahmad (born 1939) | 1 February 1994 | 2 February 1995 | 1 year, 2 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
13 | | Omar, IsmailGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ismail Omar (born 1941) | 3 February 1995 | 31 December 1998 | 3 years, 332 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
14 | | Zainuddin, MohdGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Zahidi Zainuddin (born 1949) | 1 January 1999 | 28 April 2005 | 6 years, 118 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
15 | | Nor, MohdAdmiral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor (born 1951) | 29 April 2005 | 31 January 2007 | 1 year, 278 days | Royal Malaysian Navy | [3][8] |
16 | | Zainal, AbdulGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Abdul Aziz Zainal (born 1951) | 1 February 2007 | 31 August 2009 | 2 years, 212 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
17 | | Ariffin, AzizanGeneral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Azizan Ariffin (born 1953) | 1 September 2009 | 14 June 2011 | 1 year, 287 days | Royal Malaysian Air Force | [3][9] |
18 | | Zin, ZulkifeliGeneral Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin (born 1956) | 15 June 2011 | 16 December 2016 | 5 years, 185 days | Malaysian Army | [3] |
19 | | Noor, RajaYang Mulia General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor (born 1958) | 17 December 2016 | 19 June 2018 | 1 year, 186 days | Malaysian Army | [3][10] |
20 | | Zainal, ZulkifliGeneral Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin (born 1960) | 20 June 2018 | 1 January 2020 | 1 year, 196 days | Malaysian Army | [3][7] |
21 | | Buang, AffendiGeneral Tan Sri Affendi Buang (born 1962) | 2 January 2020 | 5 September 2023 | 3 years, 247 days | Royal Malaysian Air Force | [11] |
22 | | Ab Rahman, MohammadGeneral Tan Sri Mohammad Ab Rahman (born 1964) | 6 September 2023 | Incumbent | 229 days | Malaysian Army | [4] |