Combined military forces of Algeria
People's National Army (PNA) |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/ANP.png/220px-ANP.png) People's National Army emblem |
Founded | 1954 (as National Liberation Army) |
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Current form | 1962 |
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Service branches | Algerian Land Forces
Algerian National Navy
Algerian Air Force
Territorial Air Defence Forces
Republican Guard |
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Headquarters | Algiers |
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Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces | President. Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
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Minister of National Defense | President. Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
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Chief of Staff of the PNA and Deputy Minister of National Defence | Army General. Saïd Chengriha[1] |
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Conscription | 19–30 years of age 12-month term[2] |
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Available for military service | 20,941,263 males, age 16–49[2] (2021 est.), 20,267,208 females, age 16–49[2] (2021 est.) |
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Fit for military service | 18,000,000 males, age 16–49[2] (2021 est.), 18,000,000 females, age 16–49[2] (2021 est.) |
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Reaching military age annually | 690,000 males (2021 est.), 683,470 females (2021 est.) |
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Active personnel | 130,000[3] |
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Reserve personnel | 150,000[3] |
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Budget | $21.6 Billion (2024)[4] |
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Domestic suppliers | Military Industry of Central Direction SNVI ECMK-K ENIM BCL ECM-R SCAFSE |
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Foreign suppliers | France[5]
Spain[5]
Mexico[5]
Canada
Russia[6]
United States[7] |
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History | Military history of Algeria Algerian War of Independence Sand War Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Algerian Civil War Insurgency in the Maghreb ISIL insurgency in Tunisia |
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Ranks | Military ranks of Algeria |
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The People's National Army (PNA) (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الشعبي الجزائري, romanized: al-Jaysh al-Waṭanī al-Shaʿbī al-Jazāʾirī) is the military armed forces of the Algerian Republic. It is the direct successor of the National Liberation Army (ALN), the armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front, which fought French colonial rule during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962). It ranks as the 26th most powerful military in the world according to Global Firepower Index,[8] and ranks 22nd in defense spending globally.[9]
The People's National Army include the Algerian Land Forces, the Algerian Air Force, the Navy, and the Algerian Air Defence Force.[10] The antecedents of the army were the conventional military units formed in neighbouring Morocco and Tunisia during the war of independence from France.