# Chief of Army (Malaysia)

The Chief of Army (Malay: Panglima Tentera Darat — PTD, Jawi: ڤڠليما تنترا دارت‎) is the most senior appointment in the Malaysian Army and has been held by a four-star officer in the rank of General since 1977. The Chief of Army is a member of the Malaysian Armed Forces Council and directly reports to the Chief of the Armed Forces.
The current Chief of Army (Malay: Panglima Tentera Darat — PTD) is General Datuk Muhammad Hafizuddeain bin Jantan, who succeeded General Tan Sri Mohammad Ab Rahman on September 6, 2023, who was also appointed as the new Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia) on the same day.

## List of officeholders

| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| General Officer Commanding, Federation of Malaya Army |||||||
| 1 | | Brook, FrankMajor General Dato' Sir Frank Hastings Brooke (1909–1982) | 11 July 1956 | 25 October 1959 | 3 years, 106 days | – |
| Chief of General Staff |||||||
| 2 | | Moore, RodneyLieutenant General Tan Sri Dato' Sir James Newton Rodney Moore (1904–1985) | 26 October 1959 | 4 September 1962 | 2 years, 313 days | – |
| 3 | | Osman, TunkuYang Mulia Major General Tunku Osman Tunku Mohd Jewa (1919–1995) | 5 September 1962 | 31 December 1963 | 1 year, 117 days | – |
| 4 | | Bidin, AbdulLieutenant General Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bidin (1918–1995) | 1 January 1964 | 24 November 1969 | 5 years, 327 days | – |
| Chief of Army |||||||
| 5 | | Mohamed, UngkuYang Mulia Lieutenant General Tan Sri Dato' Ungku Nazaruddin Ungku Mohamed (1923–2004) | 25 November 1969 | 30 June 1975 | 5 years, 217 days | – |
| 6 | | Lieutenant General Tan Sri Dato' Haji Mohd Sany Abdul Ghaffar (1926–2015) | 1 July 1975 | 30 November 1977 | 2 years, 152 days | – |
| 7 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth (1929–2021) | 1 December 1977 | 19 January 1982 | 4 years, 49 days | – |
| 8 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Zain Hashim (1930–2011) | 20 January 1982 | 16 January 1984 | 1 year, 361 days | – |
| 9 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Ghazali Che Mat (1930–2021) | 17 January 1984 | 30 October 1985 | 1 year, 286 days | – |
| 10 | | General Tun Tan Sri Mohamed Hashim bin Mohd Ali (born 1937) | 1 November 1985 | 5 October 1987 | 1 year, 338 days | – |
| 11 | | General Tan Sri Yaacob Mohd Zain (born 1937) | 6 October 1987 | 10 April 1992 | 4 years, 187 days | – |
| 12 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid (1935–2022) | 11 April 1992 | 3 March 1993 | 326 days | – |
| 13 | | General Tan Sri Borhan Ahmad (born 1939) | 4 March 1993 | 31 January 1994 | 333 days | – |
| 14 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ismail Omar (born 1941) | 1 February 1994 | 2 February 1995 | 1 year, 1 day | – |
| 15 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Che Md Noor Mat Arshad (born 1942) | 3 February 1995 | 31 May 1997 | 2 years, 117 days | – |
| 16 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Ismail Hassan (born 1942) | 1 June 1997 | 31 December 1997 | 213 days | – |
| 17 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Zahidi Zainuddin (born 1948) | 1 January 1998 | 31 December 1998 | 364 days | – |
| 18 | | General Tan Sri Md Hashim Hussein (born 1947) | 1 January 1999 | 31 December 2002 | 3 years, 364 days | – |
| 19 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Wira Mohd Shahrom Nordin | 1 January 2003 | 9 September 2003 | 251 days | – |
| 20 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Mohd Azumi Mohamed | 10 September 2003 | 8 September 2004 | 364 days | – |
| 21 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Abdul Aziz Zainal (born 1951) | 9 September 2004 | 31 January 2007 | 2 years, 144 days | – |
| 22 | | General Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail Jamaluddin (born 1952) | 1 February 2007 | 20 May 2010 | 3 years, 108 days | – |
| 23 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin (born 1956) | 21 May 2010 | 13 June 2011 | 1 year, 23 days | – |
| 24 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Panglima Haji Zulkifli Zainal Abidin (born 1958) | 14 June 2011 | 13 June 2013 | 2 years, 0 days | – |
| 25 | | Affandi, RajaYang Mulia General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi (born 1958) | 14 June 2013 | 16 December 2016 | 3 years, 185 days | – |
| 26 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Zulkiple Kassim (born 1959) | 17 December 2016 | 2 September 2018 | 1 year, 259 days | |
| 27 | | General Tan Sri Ahmad Hasbullah Mohd Nawawi (born 1960) | 3 September 2018 | 10 June 2020 | 1 year, 281 days | |
| 28 | | General Tan Sri Zamrose Mohd Zain (born 1962) | 11 June 2020 | 22 March 2023 | 2 years, 284 days | |
| 29 | | General Tan Sri Datuk Seri Mohammad Ab Rahman (born 1964) | 22 March 2023 | 5 September 2023 | 168 days | |
| 30 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan (born 1968) | 6 September 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 177 days | |