Chief of Staff of the People's National Army

The Chief of Staff of the People's National Army is the highest position in the Algerian People's National Army (the armed forces as a whole, rather than the army solely). It was left empty for many years after Chief of Staff Tahar Zbiri attempted a coup against President Houari Boumedienne.

Chiefs of Staff

• Ahmed Gaid Salah (2004-present)
• Mohamed Lamari (1993-2004)
• Abdelmalek Guenaizia (1990-1993)^[1] Led the armoured brigade at Ras-El-Ma, that was later to become the 8th Armoured Division from 1970 to 1976.^[2]
• Mostefa Belloucif (1982-1984)
• Tahar Zbiri (1963-1967)

References

1. ↑ Hichem Aboud, La mafia des généraux, Éditions JC Lattès, Paris, 2002 (ISBN 2-7096-2337-4)
2. ↑ http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2007/04/18/article.php?sid=52403&cid=2

• Metz, Helen (1994). Algeria: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 257. ISBN 0-8444-0831-X. Retrieved January 2015.