No. Portrait Commander Took office Left office Time in office Ref 1 al-Zuhair, AsaadLieutenant General Asaad Abdel Aziz al-Zuhair [ar] (1929–?) 1972 1 January 1980 7–8 years [1][2] 2 Suleiman, MohammedLieutenant General Mohammed Sabri Suleiman 1 January 1980 1984 3–4 years [1] 3 al-Hamdan, AbdullahLieutenant General Abdullah bin AbdulAziz al-Hamdan 1984 1987 2–3 years [1] 4 Behery, AhmedLieutenant General Ahmed Ibrahim Behery 1987 March 1996 8–9 years [1] 5 al-Henadi, AbdulLieutenant General Abdul Aziz bin Mohammad al-Henadi March 1996 4 April 2004 8 years [1] 6 al-Faisal, AbdulrahmanLieutenant General Prince Abdulrahman al-Faisal 4 April 2004 16 June 2010 6 years [1][3] 7 al-Ayesh, MohammedLieutenant General Mohammed Al-Ayesh 16 June 2010 10 May 2013 2 years [1][4] 8 al-Ruwaili, FayyadhLieutenant General Fayyadh Al Ruwaili (born 1958) 10 May 2013 14 May 2014 1 years [1][4][5] 9 al-Shaalan, MuhammadLieutenant General Muhammad Al Shaalan (?–2015) 14 May 2014 10 June 2015 † 1 years [1][6] 10 al-Otaibi, MohammedMajor General Mohammed al-Otaibi 10 June 2015 26 February 2018 2 years [1][7][8][9] 11 al-Saud, TurkiLieutenant General Prince Turki bin Bandar 26 February 2018 Incumbent 1 years [1][9][10]