Jamal al-Faisal (1915 – 28 September 1995) was a Syrian military officer who played a significant role during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

He served as the Chief of Staff of the Syrian Army in 1959, succeeding Lieutenant General Afif al-Bizri.

[1] He was born in Homs to a father who was a merchant and mosque imam, and a mother from the influential Haraki family in Maarat al-Numan.

During his tenure, al-Faisal was appointed as the commander of the First Army, a position he held from 1958 to 1961.

After the secession coup, he traveled with Field Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer to Cairo and came back three months later, where he was met with legal charges.