The 2nd Military Region is a

military region Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and ...

of the

Algerian People's National Armed Forces french: Armée nationale populaire , image = ANP.png , alt = , caption = People's National Army emblem , image2 = , alt2 = , caption2 = , motto = ...

. Its headquarters is at

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. Up until the early 1990s, most of the field units of the armed forces were stationed in the 2nd and the 3rd Military Regions. The 8th Armoured Division is based at Ras El Ma, 90 kilometres from

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, in the 2nd Military Region. Previous commanders have included

Chadli Bendjedid Chadli Bendjedid ( ar, الشاذلي بن جديد; ALA-LC: ''ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd''; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was the third President of Algeria and an Algerian Nationalist. His presidential term of office ran from 9 February 19 ...

(1964–78){{cite web, url=http://www.el-mouradia.dz/francais/presidence/portrait/Chadli.htm , title=El Mouradia, Chadli Ben Djedid , publisher=El-mouradia.dz , date= , accessdate=2014-06-20 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109221112/http://www.el-mouradia.dz/francais/presidence/portrait/Chadli.htm , archivedate=2013-11-09 and Kamal Abderrahim. While commanding the region, Benjedid supervised the withdrawal of French forces from

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in accordance with the

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