Chief of Staff of the People's National Army

The Chief of Staff of the People's National Army (Arabic: رئيس أركان الجيش الوطني الشعبي‎; French: Chef d'État-Major de l'Armée nationale populaire) is the highest position in the Algerian People's National Armed Forces (the armed forces of Algeria as a whole, rather than the ground forces solely). It was left empty for many years after Chief of Staff Tahar Zbiri attempted a coup against President Houari Boumédiène. The current chief of staff is Saïd Chengriha, who has served in the position in an acting capacity since the death of Ahmed Gaid Salah on 23 December 2019.

Chiefs of Staff

No.	Portrait	Chief of Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Colonel Tahar Zbiri (born 1929)	4 March 1964	1 November 1967	3 years, 7 months	–
2		Major general Mostefa Belloucif (1939–2010)	28 November 1984	22 November 1986	1 year, 11 months	People's National Army
3		Major general Abdellah Belhouchet (1924–2003)	22 November 1986	16 November 1988	1 year, 11 months	People's National Army
4		Major general Khaled Nezzar (born 1937)	16 November 1988	25 July 1990	1 year, 8 months	People's National Army
5		Major general Abdelmalek Guenaizia (1936–2019)	25 July 1990	10 July 1993	2 years, 11 months	People's National Army
6		Major general Mohamed Lamari (1939–2012)	10 July 1993	23 August 2004	11 years, 1 month	People's National Army
7		Army corps general Ahmed Gaid Salah (1940–2019)	23 August 2004	23 December 2019 †	15 years, 4 months	People's National Army
–		Major general Saïd Chengriha (born 1945) Acting	23 December 2019	3 July 2020	193 days	People's National Army
8		Major general Saïd Chengriha (born 1945)	3 July 2020	Incumbent	221 days	People's National Army

References

• Metz, Helen (1994). Algeria: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 257. ISBN 0-8444-0831-X. Retrieved 1 January 2015.