Brigadier General Ziad Hamdi Majali
Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attache

Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
3504 International Drive NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Telephone # (202) 966 - 1009
Fax # (202) 363 - 0196

     Brigadier Gneral Ziad Hamdi Majali was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of the Royal Jordanian Air Force/Air Defense in 1976. Since his commissioning, he has served in a variety of commands and staff assignments in the Jordan Armed Forces. He has served as Platoon Commander and an Air Defense Unit Commander, S3, at the Central Air Defense Group, an Evaluation Team Chief in the Air Defense Branch, and a Chief Instructor at the Air Defense School. Brigadier Majali later became the Training and Operations Brach Chief at the Air Defense Directorate and then commanded the Second Air Defense Group. Next, he became the Protocol Director of the Royal Jordanian Air Force Headquarters and then commanded the central Air Defense Group and served as the Director of the Administration and Manpower ant the Royal Jordanian Air Force Headquarters. He moved to the Army and Served as Procurement Director and then as the Military Consumer Establishment Director from 2005-2007.

     Brigadier General Ziad Hamdi Majali is a graduate from the Royal Military Academy in Jordan. He also earned a Bachelor’s Degree of Military Sciences from Mu’taa University in Jordan and a Masters Degree of Military and Management Science from Nasir Academy in Egypt. Brigadier Majali’s military education includes all the specialized Air Defense Courses in Jordan and basic and advanced Hawk Staff courses in the United States. He has also attended the Command and General Staff Courses (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and the Defense Resource Management Course (DRMC) at the U.S. Naval Base in Monterey, California.

     He has been awarded the following medals and awards: Medal of Training Competence, Medal of Loyal Service, Medal of Leadership Competence, Decoration of Independence, Decoration of Military Merit, Decoration of Silver Jubilee, and Decoration of GLORIASS.

     BG Majali is married and has three sons and two daughters. He enjoys reading, playing soccer, swimming, and traveling.