General Saleh Al-Muhaya ( ar, صالح المحيا), is the former Chief of the General Staff of the

Saudi Arabian Army Royal Saudi Land Forces ( ar, القُوَّاتُ البَرِّيَّةُ المَلَكِيَّة السُّعُودِيَّة, Al-Quwwat al-Bariyah al-Malakiyah as-Su'udiyah) is the land warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arab ...

and the Vice-Commander of the

Saudi Armed Forces The Saudi Arabian Armed Forces (SAAF) ( ar, القُوَّات المُسَلَّحَة العَرَبِيَّة السُّعُودِيَّة, Al-Quwwat al-Musallahah al-Malakiyah as-Su’ūdiyah), also known as the Royal Saudi Armed Forces, ar ...

. Beside the Field Marshal-Prince

Khalid bin Sultan Khaled bin Sultan Al Saud ( ar, خالد بن سلطان بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) (born 24 September 1949) is the former deputy minister of defense and a member of the House of Saud. Early life and education Prince Khalid was bor ...

, Al-Muhaya led the

in the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...

with the Allied Forces. He later commanded Saudi Forces during the Shia insurgency in

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...

before retiring in 2011.Royal Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington D.C., May 20, 2011

Biography

* Born in Ar Rass in 1939. * Graduate high school arts section * Graduated from King Abdul Aziz Military Academy on 1957 * Holds a session of Staff of the Command and Staff College from Britain, a similar course (staff) of the Command and Staff College in Saudi Arabia and the War Staff of China also won a number of military courses including a course artillery advanced from the United States the role of maintenance of missiles and cycle air defense and Staff training missiles from the United States of America and the intelligence course from China and other courses.

Positions held

* From 1975 Commander of the air defense school. * From 1979 Office Manager of the Commander-in-chief. * From 1982, Director of Planning and Budget. * From 1989, Commander of the Eastern region. * From 1992, Commander of

Royal Saudi Land Force Royal Saudi Land Forces ( ar, القُوَّاتُ البَرِّيَّةُ المَلَكِيَّة السُّعُودِيَّة, Al-Quwwat al-Bariyah al-Malakiyah as-Su'udiyah) is the land warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of Saudi Arab ...

. * From 1997 to 2011 Commander-in-chief.

References

Field marshals of Saudi Arabia Military leaders of the Gulf War 1939 births Living people People from Ar Rass Recipients of the Order of the Niger {{SaudiArabia-bio-stub