Ministry of National Defense (Algeria)
| وزارة الدفاع الوطني | |
Logo of the Ministry of National Defence | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Algeria |
| Headquarters | Algiers, Algeria |
| Employees | more than 400,000 employees (military, gendarmes, Republican Guards, agents, assimilated civilian personnel)[1] |
| Annual budget | 10,3 Billion $ (2013)[2] |
| Ministers responsible |
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| Website | https://www.mdn.dz/site_principal/accueil_fr.php |
The Algerian Ministry of National Defence (in Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الوطني) is the Algerian governmental administrative structure responsible for military defence policy, the organization and permanent management of the Algerian armed forces.[3]
Ministers of Defence
- Krim Belkacem (September 19, 1958-January 18, 1960)
- Houari Boumédiène (September 27, 1962-December 27, 1978)
- Chadli Bendjedid (March 8, 1979-July 25, 1990)
- Khaled Nezzar (July 25, 1990-July 10, 1993)
- Liamine Zéroual (July 10, 1993-April 27, 1999)
- Mohamed Lamari (April 27, 1999-June 17, 2002)
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (June 17, 2002-April 2, 2019)
- Ahmed Gaid Salah (April 2, 2019-December 19, 2019) (Acting)
- Abdelmadjid Tebboune (December 19, 2019-Present)
References
- ^ "N° 305 - ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE" (Assemblee-nationale.fr). Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ Ghali, Lila. "Algérie : Plus de 10 milliards de dollars pour la défense". www.algerie1.com.
- ^ "وزارة الدفاع الوطني - الجزائر". mdn.dz. Retrieved 2023-05-28..