Agency Name: | Ministry of National Defense |
Native Name: | وزارة الدفاع الوطني |
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] |
Budget: | 10,3 Billion $ (2013)[2] |
Minister1 Name: | Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
Minister1 Pfo: | President of the Republic, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defense |
Minister2 Name: | Saïd Chengriha |
Minister2 Pfo: | Lieutenant General, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Chief of Staff of the People's National Army |
Minister3 Name: | Mohamed Salah Benbicha |
Minister3 Pfo: | Secretary General of the Ministry of National Defense |
Website: | http://www.mdn.dz/site_principal |
The Algerian Ministry of National Defense (in Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الوطني) is the Algerian governmental administrative structure responsible for military defense policy, the organization and permanent management of the Algerian armed forces.[3]