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Chief Of Staff Of The People's National Army
The Chief of Staff of People's National Army (; ) is the highest position in the Algerian People's National Army. It was left empty for many years after Chief of Staff Tahar Zbiri staged a 1967 Algerian coup attempt, coup attempt against President Houari Boumédiène. The current chief of staff is Saïd Chengriha, who has served in the position in an acting capacity since the death of Ahmed Gaid Salah on 23 December 2019. Chiefs of staff References * Algerian People's National Army Chiefs of defence, Algeria {{mil-rank-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army General
Army general or General of the army is the highest ranked general officer in many countries that use the French Revolutionary System. Army general is normally the highest rank used in peacetime. In countries that adopt the general officer four-rank system, it is the rank of a general commanding a field army. However, in some countries such as Brazil, Ecuador and Peru, which have adopted the three-rank system, the rank of army general is immediately above that of divisional general. As such, it is the rank of commander of an army corps or larger formations. The equivalent position in the Commonwealth, U.S., and several other countries is simply general, four-star rank, or informally " full general". Country specific Army general ranks by country * Army general (France) * Army general (East Germany) * Army general (Russia) ** Army general (Soviet Union) * Army general (Vietnam) * Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) *General of the Army (United States) Army generals' army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Gaid Salah
Ahmed Gaid Salah (; 13 January 1940 – 23 December 2019) was an Algerian military officer and chief of staff of the Algerian People's National Army from 2004 to 2019. In 2004, he was appointed by then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to the position of chief of staff of the army. On 15 September 2013, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense. Gaid Salah served as Algeria's '' de facto'' leader in 2019. Biography On 26 March 2019, after months of unrelenting anti-Bouteflika protests, Gaid Salah compelled President Bouteflika to resign. The president handed over his resignation under intense public pressure after having announced that he was seeking reelection for a fifth term. Later, in an effort to ease public tension, General Gaid Salah ordered the arrest of the president's brother and close adviser, Said Bouteflika, alleging that he was conspiring with two former intelligence chiefs, retired General Toufik Mediene and General Tartag, to make changes in the leadership of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Lamari
Lt. Gen. Mohamed Lamari (7 June 1939 – 13 February 2012) () was Chief of Staff of the Algerian army during most of the Algerian Civil War. Personal life He was born on 7 June 1939 in Biskra, to a family originally from Bordj Benazzouz (near Biskra). Early military career He joined the French army, completing his training in the cavalry at the Ecole de guerre in Saumur. In 1961, seven years into the Algerian War of Independence (and just a year before independence), he changed sides, joining the National Liberation Army. After independence, he trained as an artilleryman at the M. V. Frunze Military Academy, then as a general staff officer at the Ecole de Guerre in Paris. From 1970 to 1976 he commanded a regional general staff, then he worked in the general staff operational bureau until 1988, when he became commander of the 5th military region (eastern Algeria around Constantine). In 1989, he became commander of ground forces. Lamari's sons include Farid (a military den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general. In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general (or colonel general) and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral, and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal. In the United States, a lieutenant general has a three star insignia and commands an army corps, typically made up of three army divisions, and consisting of around 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers. The seeming incongruity that a lieutenant general outranks a major general (whereas a major outranks a lieutenant) is due to the derivation of major general from sergeant major general, which was a rank subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdelmalek Guenaizia
Abdelmalek Guenaïzia was a major general and Algerian politician who served as Chief of Staff of the People's National Army from 1990 to 1993 and Delegate Minister to the Minister of Defense from 2005 to 2013. Biography Guenaizia was born on November 20, 1936, in Souk Ahras, then French Algeria. He deserted from the French army, joining the FLN in April 1958 at the age of 22. In the FLN, he served as instructor officer, and later a commander of command units. After Algerian independence, and following training in the US and USSR, Guenaizia assumed the functions of Chief of Staff of military regions. He also assumed duties of armored brigade commander, deputy regional military commander, and central logistics director. He then was promoted to military equipment and manufacturing. In 1973, Guenaizia commanded an armored brigade during the Yom Kippur War. Guenaizia was promoted to general in 1984, and Commander of the Air Force in 1985, which he held along with deputy Chief of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaled Nezzar
Major-General Khaled Nezzar (; 25 December 1937 – 29 December 2023) was an Algerian general and a member of the High Council of State of Algeria. He was born in the ''douar'' of Thlet, in Seriana in the Batna region. His father, Rahal Nezzar, was a former non-commissioned officer in the French army who had turned to farming after World War II. His mother died in 1941. Military career After studying in the local native school (''école indigène''), Nezzar was transferred to a school for troops' children at Koléa, and then joined the French army, studying at the Strasbourg military school in Algiers where non-commissioned officers were trained. Nezzar subsequently served with the ''13e Régiment de tirailleurs'' before gaining commissioned rank as a junior officer in the French Army. Nezzar was of a number of Algerian professional soldiers who gained their initial training and experience serving with the French forces before defecting to the nationalist FLN forces during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdellah Belhouchet
Abdellah Belhouchet (1924 – September 16, 2003) was an Algerian military officer and nationalist activist, best known for his role during the Algerian War of Independence and in the development of the Algerian People's National Army (ANP). Belhouchet assumed various positions throughout his military career, including chief of staff of the People's National Army from 1986 to 1988, and served as deputy minister of National Defense. He was also a member of the National Council of the Algerian Revolution and the Revolutionary Council and military advisor to president Chadli Bendjedid. Biography Belhouchet was born in Souk Ahras, Algeria. He initially joined the French military during the Indochina War before returning to Algeria, where he became involved with the National Liberation Army (ALN) at the onset of the armed struggle for independence from French colonial rule. Role in the War of Independence During the War of Liberation, Belhouchet was appointed to the National Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostefa Belloucif
Mostefa Belloucif (April 2, 1939January 14, 2010) was an Algerian military officer who served as the chief of staff of the People's National Army (19841986) and secretary general of the Ministry of National Defense (19861987). Regarded as one of the central figures of the Algerian socialist regime, he also served as military adviser to Chadli Bendjedid, third president of Algeria. Biography Mostefa Belloucif was born on April 2, 1939, in Marsa Ben M'Hidi, Algeria. His early years coincided with the final stages of Algeria's fight for independence from French colonial rule. He was the first Algerian military officer of to hold the rank of major general. Belloucif joined the Armée de Libération Nationale (ALN), the military wing of the National Liberation Front (FLN), at the age of 18, during the Algerian War of Independence. Following Algeria's independence in 1962, Belloucif continued his military career with the newly established Algerian People's National Army (ANP). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houari Boumédiène
Houari Boumédiène (; born Mohammed ben Brahim Boukharouba; 23 August 1932 – 27 December 1978) was an Algerian military officer and politician who was the list of heads of state of Algeria, second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978. He served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council (Algeria), Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976 and thereafter as president of Algeria until his death. Born in Guelma, Mohammed ben Brahmin Boukharouba was educated at the Islamic Institute in Constantine. In 1955, He joined the National Liberation Front (Algeria), National Liberation Front (FLN) and adopted the Pseudonym, nom de guerre Houari Boumediene. By 1960, he had risen through the organization's ranks to become the commander of the FLN's military wing. After the FLN's victory over the French in the Algerian War of Independence in 1962, Boumediene became the Minister of Defense in Algeria's new government. However, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saïd Chengriha
Saïd Chengriha (; born 1 August 1945) is a senior official in the Algerian People's National Army. He was the commander of the ground forces in September 2018 and was named acting chief of staff after the death of Ahmed Gaid Salah on 23 December 2019 until 3 July 2020 when he was officially appointed by president Abdelmadjid Tebboune. In November 2024, General Chengriha joined the Tebboune government as delegate for national defense. Military service After graduating from Saint-Cyr Military Academy, Chengriha took part in the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973. He then attended the Voroshilov Academy. He has received a number of awards, including the PNA 1st, 2nd and 3rd chevron medals, Medal of the PNA participation in the middle-east wars 1967 and 1973, Medal of Military Merit, Medal of Honor and the Medal of Bravery of the PNA. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1998, to major general in 2003, to army corps general in 2020 and then to army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
