Ali Ghaidan Majid

Ali Ghaidan Majid
Ghaidan in 2009.
Bornc. 1950
Balad Ruz, Diyala Governorate, Kingdom of Iraq
Allegiance Iraq
Service / branch Iraqi Ground Forces
RankLieutenant General
CommandsCommander of Iraqi Ground Forces
Battles / wars

Lt. General Ali Ghaidan Majid (born 1950) is an Iraq military officer who was the commander of the Iraqi Ground Forces between 2006 and September 2014. He is from the Balad Ruz area of Diyala Province, Iraq. He served in the Iraqi Army during the regime of Saddam Hussein, but like a number of other generals, was imprisoned by Saddam following the Gulf War.