Chief of the General Staff (Iraq)

The chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iraq (Arabic: رئاسة اركان الجيش العراقي, romanized: Riʼāsat Arkān al-Jaysh al-ʻIrāqī) is the chief of the General Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces. He is appointed by the Prime Minister of Iraq, who is the commander-in-chief. The position dates to the period of the Independence of Iraq. Up until the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Chief of Staff was the second most senior officer in the Armed Forces behind the Minister of Defence.

Since 8 June 2020, the current chief of the General Staff is General Abdul-Amir Yarallah.