Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces

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Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
Pemerintah Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei
Ensign of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
Incumbent Major General Dato Paduka Seri Haszaimi Bol Hassan since 1 March 2022
Royal Brunei Armed Forces
Status	Major general
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Seat	Bolkiah Garrison, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Appointer	the Sultan of Brunei
Formation	30 December 1985; 38 years ago (1985-12-30)
First holder	Mohammad Daud
Website	Official website

The Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (Malay: Pemerintah Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei) 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.

List of RBAF commanders

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Ref.
1		Major general Mohammad Daud (born 1943)	30 December 1985	9 August 1990	4 years, 222 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces
2		Major general Sulaiman Damit (1941–2016)	10 August 1990	29 September 1994	4 years, 50 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces
3		Major general Husin Ahmad	30 September 1994	29 September 1997	2 years, 364 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces
4		Major general Abidin Ahmad	30 September 1997	3 July 1999	1 year, 276 days	Royal Brunei Air Force
5		Major general Shari Ahmad	31 August 1999	2 April 2001	1 year, 214 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces
6		Major general Jaafar Abdul Aziz	2 April 2001	27 March 2003	1 year, 359 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces
7		Major general Halbi Mohammad Yussof (born 1956)	28 March 2003	31 December 2009	6 years, 278 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces
8		Major general Aminuddin Ihsan (born 1966)	31 December 2009	29 January 2014	4 years, 29 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces
9		Major general Tawih Abdullah (born 1964)	30 January 2014	31 January 2018	4 years, 1 day	Royal Brunei Land Forces
10		Major general Aminan Mahmud (born 1968)	31 January 2018	1 September 2020	2 years, 214 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces
11		Major general Hamzah Sahat	1 September 2020	1 March 2022	1 year, 181 days	Royal Brunei Air Force
12		Major general Haszaimi Bol Hassan	1 March 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 57 days	Royal Brunei Land Forces

References

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