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Algeria
Mahrez Djeribi confirmed as head of military intelligence unit

On 4 July, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune promoted Colonel Mahrez Djeribi, acting director of the army's military intelligence unit, to the rank of general, in a tacit confirmation of the officer's position at the head of this major intelligence service. [...]

Published on 17/07/2023 at 05:40 GMT

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Abdelaziz Nouiouet Chouiter
Abdelkader Ait Ouarabi
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Belkacem Laribi
DCSA
DGSI
Djamel Kehal Medjdoub
Mahrez Djeribi

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Army chief of staff Saïd Chengri in Algiers on 12 October 2022.

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Three senior intelligence officers convicted of conspiracy

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Tebboune-Chengriha rift behind Chouiter's sacking

The dismissal of military intelligence chief General Abdelaziz Nouiouet Chouiter is one of the tell-tale signs that not everything is going smoothly between the head of the Algerian army and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, as is also the case with the Foreign Affairs Minister.

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Algerian military Chief of Staff Said Chengriha in Paris, 24 January 2023.

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Tebboune shakes up his secret services

As he restructures the intelligence services, a process that he embarked upon in July, the Algerian leader is retaking control of an apparatus that for many years had enjoyed a certain autonomy from presidential oversight.

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Director of the DGSE Bernard Emie, French Armies Minister Sebastien Lecornu, French President Emmanuel Macron and French Chief of the Defence Staff General Thierry Burkhard, attend a lunch with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (2nd R) and Algerian generals at the presidential residence in Zeralda on 26 August 2022, during an official visit to Algeria.

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Ex-spy chief helps Chengriha and Tebboune retake control of intelligence services

M'henna Djebbar, who was caught up in former chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah's purge, is now advising army chief Said Chengriha and President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. But the overhaul of the intelligence apparatus is not over.

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Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Belkacem Laribi
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Djamel Kehal Medjdoub
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Algeria
Mahrez Djeribi confirmed as head of military intelligence unit

Inner circles | Algeria
Army chief Saïd Chengriha asserts himself in relation to Tebboune

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Three senior intelligence officers convicted of conspiracy

Algeria
General Abdelkader Haddad tipped to head domestic intelligence agency

Algeria
Tebboune-Chengriha rift behind Chouiter's sacking

Spotlight | Algeria
Tebboune shakes up his secret services

Algeria
Ex-spy chief helps Chengriha and Tebboune retake control of intelligence services