We develop the fuzzy generalized ordered weighted averaging distance (FGOWAD) operator. It is a new aggregation operator that uses the main characteristics of the generalized OWA (GOWA), the ordered weighted averaging distance (OWAD) and uncertain information represented as fuzzy numbers. This operator includes a wide range of distance measures and aggregation operators such as the fuzzy maximum distance, the fuzzy minimum distance, the fuzzy normalized Hamming distance (FNHD), the fuzzy weighted Hamming distance (FWHD), the fuzzy normalized Euclidean distance (FNED), the fuzzy weighted Euclidean distance (FWED), the fuzzy ordered weighted averaging distance (FOWAD) operator, the fuzzy Euclidean ordered weighted averaging distance (FEOWAD) operator and the fuzzy generalized ordered weighted averaging (FGOWA) operator. We study some of its main properties. Finally, we apply the developed operator to a multi-person decision-making problem regarding the selection of strategies.