Overview of the Organization of the Algerian Armed Forces

Overview of the Organization of the
Algerian Armed Forces
Formal & Informal Security,
Counterterrorism, Political,
Diplomatic-Foreign Affairs,
Personal Advisors, Aides
President of the Republic
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Direction de la documentation
et de la sécurité extérieure
(DDSE)
Maj-Gen Mohamed Bouzit (Yacef)
c. 2013; Previously Under the
Authority of the DRS
Major Military &
Security Forces of Algeria
c. 2013-2014
Supreme Commander &
Minister of Defense
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Defense Council (CD)
Minister of the
Interior
Minister of
Defense
Commander of
Ground Forces
Commander of
the Air Force
Commander of
the Navy
DRS
Commander of
the Gendarmerie
Nationale
Teyib Belaiz
Direction de contre-espionnage
(DCE) / Direction de la sécurité
intérieure (DSI)
Gendarmerie
Nationale
Maj-Gen Ahmed
Boustila
Maj-Gen Abdelhaimd Bendaoud (Ali)
Direction Générale de la
Sûreté Nationale
Direction Générale de la
Protection Civile
Maj-Gen Abdelghani Hamel
Lt. Colonel M El Habiri
Intervention &
Research
Groups (AntiRiot Squads)
Forensics
Border
Guards
Security &
Intervention
Section
Economic
Affairs Units
Cyber &
Economic
Crimes Unit
Police
Forces
Special
Intervention
Detatchment
Heritage
Protection
Units
Environmental
Protection Unit
Republican
Security Unit
Traffic & Public
Safety
Border &
Immigration
Police
Technical Brigade
Mobile Police
Communal Guard
(Militia;
dissolved c. 2012)
Ahmed Gaid Saleh
Chief of the General
Staff
Lt. Gen. Ahmed Gaid
Saleh
Region
Commanders
c. 2013; Previously Under the Authority of the DRS
Road Safety
Squads
Vice Minister of the
Ministry of Defense
Wilaya of
Algiers
Repression of
Banditry
Brigade
Military Region Commanders
Presidential Security &
Protection Directorate
Research &
Intervention
Brigade
Département du Renseignement et de la
Sécurité
Département du
renseignement de
l’armée (DRA)
Region I
Maj-Gen
Habib Chentouf
Region II
Maj-Gen
Said Bey
Region III
Maj-Gen
Said Chengriha
Region IV
Maj-Gen
Cherif Abderrezak
Region V
Maj-Gen
Ben Ali Ben Ali
Region VI
Maj-Gen Ammar
Athamnia
Service Chiefs
Other Departments, Components, Centers & Schools
Region VII
(Planned)
Director of External
Relations &
Cooperation Gen.
Nour Eddine Mekri
Director of
Communications,
Information &
Orientation
Gen. Boualem Meddi
Central Director for
Materiel
Maj-Gen Ali
Akroum
Director of Legal
Affairs & General
Council
Maj-Gen Amar
Boussisse
National
Institute of
Cartography
& Remote
Sensing
Director
General of
Geography &
Remote
Sensing
Secretary General of
the Ministry of
Defense
Maj-Gen Mohamed
Zenakhri
Inspector of
Communications,
Information &
Orientation
Gen. Slimane Mouali
Director of Military
Institute for
Documentation,
Evaluation &
Forecasting (IMDEP)
Gen. Bechir Berkani
Department for
Employment &
Preparation
Maj-Gen Cherif
Zerrad
Director of
Geography &
Remote Sensing
Gen. Omar
Farouk
Zerhouni
Center for
Reception &
Exploitation of
Satellite
Imagery
Lt. Gen. Mohamed "Tewfk" Mediène
Central Directorate for
Army Security (DCSA)
Maj-Gen Lakhdar Tireche
Direction de contre-espionnage
(DCE) / Direction de la sécurité
intérieure (DSI)
Maj-Gen Abdelhaimd Bendaoud (Ali)
Central Directorate for Army
Security (DCSA)
Network Control Group (GCN)
Direction de la documentation et de
la sécurité extérieure (DDSE)
Maj-Gen Mohamed Bouzit (Yacef)
Special
Intervention
Group (GIS)
c. 2013; Previously Under the Authority of the
DRS
Commander of Ground
Forces
Centre principal militaire
d'investigation (CPMI)
Commander of
Special Forces
Brig. Gen. Rachid
Saoudi
Direction des relations extérieures
et de la coopération (DREC)
Special Intervention Group (GIS)
Poste de commandement
opérationnel (PCO)
Centre territorial de recherche et
d'investigation (CTRI)
Centre de Communication et de
Diffusion (CCD)
Institut supérieur des techniques du
renseignement (ISTR)
Beni Missous
Service Central de la Police
Judiciaire (SCPJ)
Known Structures Under the Authority of the DRS, 1990-2013
25th Reconnaissance
Regiment (Beni
Messous)
17th ParaCommando
Division
Maj-Gen Malek Nacib
Maj-Gen Ali
Bekkouche
Military Region
Commandant
Military Region
Commandant
Military Region
Commandant
Military Region
Commandant
Combat Arms
Operations
Combat
Arms
Operations
Combat
Arms
Brigades
Independent
Units
Air
Commandos
(RFCA)
772nd
RFCA
Air Bases
Commander of the
Republican Guard
Maj-Gen Ahmed
Moulay Meliani
Chief of Staff
Republican Guard
Gen. Ahmed Menad
Nouba
Military Region
Commandant
Logistics
Logistics
85th, 90th, 93rd
Military Police
Battalions
Commander of
Territorial Air
Defense Forces
Maj-Gen Abdelkader
Lounès
Operations
Bureau d'Organisation (BO)
Commander of the
Navy
Maj-Gen Ahcene Tafer
Logistics
Action Service (External) (SA)
Commander of the Air
Force
Regions
Coast Guard
Ship
Divisons
Amphibious Assault
Units/Naval Infantry
Key Schools
Commandant of AMIA-Cherchell
Maj-Gen Ali Sidane
Commandant of EMP-Bordj el-Bahri
Maj Gen. Abed Hallouz
Commandant of ESGN-Issers
Col. Mohamed Berkani
Commandant of Ecole Supérieure de
Guerre-Brodj el-Bahri
Nouredine Khaloui
Commandant of ESA-Tafraoui
Gen. Hamid Boumazia
Commandant of ESN-Temenfoust
Gen. Mohamd Koriche
Commandant of EATS
Gen. Abed Litim
Commandant of ESDAT-Réghaïa
Gen. Moufdi Yous
Commandant of Superior School for
Military Administration - Oran
Gen. Hamid Meftah
782nd
RFCA
HQ (Biskra)
ParaCommando
Regiments
1st RPC
(Tebessa)
4th RPC
(Laghouat)
5th RPC
(Jijel)
12 RPC
(Biskra)
18 RPC
(Hassi
Messaoud)
Parachute
Artillery
Regiment
Engineer
Battalion
Anti-Tank
Battalion
Commandant of Superior School for
Transmissions Abdelhafid Boussouf
Blida
Gen. Farid Bedjghit
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Commandant of the Field Artillery
Application School
Boussada
Gen. El-Hachemi Bachiri