1st Military Region (Algeria)
The 1st Military Region is a military region of the People's National Army of Algeria. It has its headquarters at Blida, and includes the capital of Algiers
Much of the internal disorder and violence associated with economic distress and the Islamist movement of the 1980s occurred in this Military Region, as well as the 5th Military Region (Constantine). Army units were strengthened in and near the cities where attacks against the government and security forces have occurred.
Regional commanders were originally all colonels, and Said Abid probably served in this rank from 1964 when he took over the region.[1] He appeared to be holding command during the 1965 Algerian coup d'état. The commander of the 1st Military Region (Mohamed Djenouhat) (as well as the commander of the 5th Military Region) were both promoted to major general in 1992. Brahim Fodel Chérif was appointed in 2000 as head of the military region, replacing Major General Boughaba Rabah.[2]
The higher military school of the Territorial Air Defence Forces (école supérieure de la défense aérienne du territoire) is located at Reghaïa in the 1st Military Region.[3] It provides engineering training.
Notes
- ↑ I. William Zartman, The Algerian Army in Politics, in Claude Welch, The Soldier and the State in Africa, Northwestern University Press, 1970
- ↑ http://www.algeria-watch.org/fr/article/mil/fodhil_cherif_mort.htm
- ↑ http://www.jeunessedalgerie.com/article.php?id=9163
References
- Library of Congress Country Study, 1993, 258-260
- Metz, Helen (1994). Algeria: A Country Study (PDF). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. ISBN 0-8444-0831-X. Retrieved January 2015.
5th Ed. Supersedes the 1986 edition of Algeria: A Country Study edited by Harold D. Nelson. Research completed December 1993.
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