Mohammad Tawih bin Abdullah (born 9 June 1964) is a Bruneian aristocrat and retired military officer who became the ninth Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) who serves from 2014 until 2018.
Throughout his career, he was sent to several training institutes which include the Platoon Commander Course at Army Combat Training Centre (PULADA), Johor Bahru, Malaysia in 1985, Royal School of Military Engineering, Kent, England, from 1987 until 1988, Company Tactic Course and Battalion Tactic Course in Singapore and the Intermediate Operation Course at the Land Warfare Centre, Canungra, Australia, Command and Staff Course at the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1997,[1] Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (ACDSS) at Weston Creek, Canberra, Australia in 2007 and obtained a Master of Arts (MA) in Strategic studies from Deakin University, Australia.
He was assigned to the Director of Personnel at the Ministry of Defence in early 2006 and became the Acting Deputy Commander of RBLF in February of that same year.
In October 2008, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and became commander of Training Institute Royal Brunei Armed Forces (TI RBAF).
Then Lieutenant Colonel Mohamad Tawih was bestowed the Manteri title of Yang Dimuliakan Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya on 1 April 2004.