Algerian People's National Army

Algerian People's National Army
Arabic: الجيش الوطني الشعبي الجزائري
People's National Army emblem
Founded1954 (as National Liberation Army)
Current form1962
Service branches Algerian Land Forces
Algerian National Navy
Algerian Air Force
Territorial Air Defence Forces
Republican Guard
HeadquartersAlgiers
Leadership
PresidentAbdelmadjid Tebboune
Minister of National DefenseAbdelmadjid Tebboune
Chief of StaffArmy general Saïd Chengriha[1]
Personnel
Conscription19–30 years of age
12-month term[2]
Available for
military service
20,941,263 males, age 16–49[2] (2021 est.),
20,267,208 females, age 16–49[2] (2021 est.)
Fit for
military service
18,000,000 males, age 16–49[2] (2021 est.),
18,000,000 females, age 16–49[2] (2021 est.)
Reaching military
age annually
690,000 males (2021 est.),
683,470 females (2021 est.)
Active personnel130,000[3]
Reserve personnel150,000[3]
Expenditure
Budget$10 Billion (2022)[4]
Industry
Domestic suppliersMilitary Industry of Central Direction
SNVI
ECMK-K
ENIM
BCL
ECM-R
SCAFSE
Foreign suppliers France[5]
 Spain[5]
 Mexico[5]
 Canada
 Russia[6]
 United States[7]
Related articles
HistoryMilitary 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
RanksMilitary ranks of Algeria

The Algerian People's National Army (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الشعبي الجزائري, romanizedal-Jaysh al-Waṭanī al-Shaʿbī al-Jazāʾirī) is the military force of Algeria. 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).

The People's National Army include the Algerian Land Forces, the Algerian Air Force, the Navy, and the Algerian Air Defence Force.[8] The antecedents of the army were the conventional military units formed in neighbouring Morocco and Tunisia during the war of independence from France.

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  2. ^ a b "The World Factbook – Africa – Algeria". CIA. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b IISS 2021, p. [1]
  4. ^ "Algeria Finance Laws 2022" (PDF). 31 December 2021. p. 60.
  5. ^ a b c "Largest importer of arms: Ranking the top 10 countries of 2018". Army Technology. 23 April 2019.
  6. ^ https://mecouncil.org/publication/algeria-russia-ties-beyond-military-cooperation/
  7. ^ "Le MRAP MaxxPro opérationnel en Algérie". menadefense. 10 January 2019.
  8. ^ CIA 2009. IISS 2013 does not list the air defence command separately from the air force.

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