Chief of Staff of the People's National Army

Chief of Staff of the People's National Army French: Chef d'État-Major de l'Armée nationale populaire
Incumbent Ahmed Gaïd Salah since 2004
Ministry of Defence
Reports to	Minister Delegate to the Minister of National Defence
First holder	Tahar Zbiri

The Chief of Staff of the People's National Army is the highest position in the Algerian People's National Armed Forces (the armed forces of Algeria 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

№		Chief of Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Zbiri, TaharTahar Zbiri (born 1929)	1963	December 1967	3–4 years
2		Belloucif, MostefaMostefa Belloucif	1984	1986	1–2 years
3		Belhouchet, AbdellahAbdellah Belhouchet	1986	October 1988	1–2 years
4		Nezzar, KhaledKhaled Nezzar (born 1937)	October 1988	10 July 1990	1 year, 9 months
5		Guenaizia, AbdelmalekAbdelmalek Guenaizia (born 1936)	1990	1993	2–3 years
6		Lamari, MohamedMohamed Lamari (1939–2012)	1993	3 August 2004	10–11 years
7		Salah, AhmedAhmed Gaïd Salah (born 1940)	3 August 2004	Incumbent	7003518300000000000♠14 years, 70 days

References

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