Algeria also has a military industrial company called as the Military Industry of Central Direction, which produces military arms, vehicles, weapons, ships, jets, helicopters, tanks, and other equipment. Nevertheless, current and retired officers—"le pouvoir"—remain important decision-makers. It is the direct successor of the Armée de Libération Nationale (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 ground forces, the Algerian Air Force, the Navy (the Marine de la République Algérienne), and the Algerian Air Defence Force. The GlobalFirepower.com logo is a trademark of this website and is protected by all applicable domestic and international intellectual property laws. The Algerian army has also, especially in later years, been very active along the country's border with northern Mali, where various insurgent movements are based. The army is under the control of the president, who also is the minister of National Defence. Le niveau de détail est moindre. Entries below are chosen based on similar military qualities or are bordering/regional neighbors. *Each nation is assessed on individual and collective values processed through an in-house formula to generate a 'PwrIndx' score. The development of the military industry in Algeria in the 1980s played a crucial role when the Algerian Civil War occurred a decade later. [14] Previously, the armed forces had relied on the secretary general of the Ministry of National Defence to coordinate staff activities. Algeria exports its indigenously manufactured weapons to Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Libya, Mauritania and several other African as well as Arab states in the Middle East. Over Boutiflika's 20-year-presidency, the military's influence over politics decreased, as commanders who once held strong political power started to retire, and Boutiflika himself secured more mandate from the people, as his foreign policies rejuvenated Algeria's international status and domestic policies were successful in achieving reconciliation between different sides of the Civil War and achieving peace.

For an in-depth overview of current leading air powers of the world, including active inventories and strengths, consult the, World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (www.WDMMA.org). [13] Algeria supported the guerrilla Western Sahara War (1975–1991) against Moroccan control of Western Sahara by the Polisario Front, a national liberation movement of Sahrawi Bedouin exiled in Algeria's Tindouf Province.

[32] In 2006, multibillion-dollar purchases of Russian military equipment were made in order to upgrade the country's conventional arsenal. Reading, UK: Ithaca Press, U.S. Department of State Background Notes, 2003.

Another weapons supplier of Algeria is France.

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Recognizing the role that the military played in bringing him to power, Ben Bella appointed senior officers as ministers and other important positions within the new state, including naming Boumediène as the defence minister.[10]. It was founded in 1998. [15] As Minister of Defence, he nominated new commanders for military regions in August 2004. [27] Mortimer wrote that '..In March 2010, the Centre d'Etat-Major commun Opérationel Conjoint (CEMOC) was established'. [25] Regular military forces are composed of conscripts; all Algerian men are required to do a year of military service. The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political history. On 19 January 2013, Algerian troops killed 32 militant hostage-takers and freed more than 650 hostages held at the Tigantourine gas facility, situated near in Amenas in the Illizi Province. L4131-1. In 1991, fearing the installation of Sharia Law, which would result in Algeria becoming an Islamic state, the Algerian Army stopped free elections that were likely to bring an Islamist party, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) (Front Islamique du Salut) to power.

This is displayed during the Algerian protests that forced Bouteflika to resign from office in 2019, after losing support of the military, which Chief of Staff of the military, General Ahmed Gaid Salah, demanded that he be declared unfit for office and be removed immediately.

But it was the general staff of the ALN that was actually in charge of the revolution. Algeria, Mauritania, Niger, and Mali will take part.

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