Official Statement of MND
08th July 2021
President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence presides over the graduation ceremony at the Military Academy of Cherchell “The Late President Houari Boumediene”
Crowning the annual ceremonies of the graduated promotions at the level of the training establishments of People's National Army, the President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence presided over, this Thursday, 08th July 2021, at the level of the Military Academy of Cherchell “the late President Houari Boumediene”, the annual ceremony for the graduation of the 52nd promotion of fundamental training, the 14th promotion of common basic military training, and the 5th promotion of officers in the Master cycle.
The President of the Republic was greeted, at the main entrance of the Academy, by the Lieutenant General Saïd Chanegriha, Chief of Staff of People's National Army, accompanied by the Major General Ammar Athamnia, Commander of the Land Forces, the Major General Ali Sidane, Commander of the 1st Military Region and the Major General Salmi Bacha, Commander of the Military Academy of Cherchell, where a military formation presented him with military honours.
At the entrance of the Academy, the President of the Republic observed a minute’s silence in homage to the late president “Houari Boumediene” whose name is borne by the Military Academy of Cherchell, then lay a wreath of flowers on the commemorative stele and recite the Fatiha on his pure soul, before following a presentation on the Academy, the provided training course and the graduated promotions.
Then, the delegation went to the Place of Arms, where the President of the Republic presided over the graduation ceremony for new promotions for the 2020-2021 school years, which began with his review of the squares of the military formations. aligned at the level of the Place of Arms, before the Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff of People's National Army delivered a speech in which he thanked the President of the Republic of having supervised the graduation ceremony of the Military Academy of Cherchell, being the backbone of the training system of People's National Army, and which equips our Armed Forces with qualified officers, competent and imbued with the principles and the values of our Glorious Revolution of Liberation, welcoming the particular and permanent interest granted by the President, to the Academy like the other training schools of People's National Army through the disposal of all the conditions and all the human, material, moral and motivational resources which allowed the promotion the capacities of the Military Institutions and to achieve the expected objectives in terms of modernization and professionalization of our Army.
For his part, the Commander of the Military Academy of Cherchell, spoke during his speech about the pioneering role played by the Academy in the instruction of an elite of executives of People's National Army, by offering them a high quality of scientific military training, imbued with a military discipline full of patriotism, firm determination and self-sacrifice in the service of the Nation, through high quality programs, in tune with modern training requirements in technical and technological fields.
After the taking of the oath by the graduated promotions, the President of the Republic proceeded to the delivery of degrees and diplomas to the best laureates of the promotions, by presenting the diploma to the major of the promotion of the Masters cycle, then the rank of second lieutenant and the sword of the Academy to the major of the promotion of the Fundamental Formation, then allow the delegation which accompanies it to hand out the diplomas and the degrees to the other laureates. At the end, the President of the Republic presented the diploma to the major of the promotion of Common Basic Military Training.
The ceremony continued with the passing of the standard of the Academy between the graduated promotion and the upward one, before the major of the 52nd promotion of fundamental training submits to the approval of the President of the Republic the baptism of the promotion in the name of the late Moudjahid the Lieutenant General “Mohamed Lamari”, then presents a biographical overview of the deceased.
Afterwards, the training squares left the Place of Arms to take up position at the starting point for the parade, giving way to combat sports exhibitions such as karate, kung fu, and taekwondo as well as overall sports movements with and without weapons, before reconstituting the map of Algeria with the national colours, defended by the personnel of People's National Army, followed by the execution of a demonstrative combat exercise carried out by Officer Students of the Academy and the personnel of the 104th Operational Manoeuvres Regiment, entitled “the section in the closure and assault of a building housing a terrorist group”.
The graduation ceremony saw the participation of the air forces through the execution of an air-refuelling exercise for fighter jets as well as an air parade of different squadrons of fighter jets. Then, the President of the Republic followed the live broadcasted on a giant screen, of a demonstration exercise carried out by our Naval Forces, entitled “Interception of a suspicious vessel and release of hostages on board”.
The ceremony was closed with a military parade to the tunes of military music performed by a troop of the Republican Guard, in a parade led by the national flag and standard-bearers, followed by squares of Officer Students of career of fundamental and basic common military training, as well as an exhibition of parachute jumping.
Thereafter, the President of the Republic followed by televising a few presentations and scientific projects in different specialties developed by Officer Students of the graduated promotions from the officer students and Master cycles, supervised by the professors of the Academy.
Afterwards, the President of the Republic honoured the family of the late Moudjahid the Lieutenant General “Mohamed Lamari” at the ceremony, before signing the Academy's Golden Book.
The President of the Republic was greeted, at the main entrance of the Academy, by the Lieutenant General Saïd Chanegriha, Chief of Staff of People's National Army, accompanied by the Major General Ammar Athamnia, Commander of the Land Forces, the Major General Ali Sidane, Commander of the 1st Military Region and the Major General Salmi Bacha, Commander of the Military Academy of Cherchell, where a military formation presented him with military honours.
At the entrance of the Academy, the President of the Republic observed a minute’s silence in homage to the late president “Houari Boumediene” whose name is borne by the Military Academy of Cherchell, then lay a wreath of flowers on the commemorative stele and recite the Fatiha on his pure soul, before following a presentation on the Academy, the provided training course and the graduated promotions.
Then, the delegation went to the Place of Arms, where the President of the Republic presided over the graduation ceremony for new promotions for the 2020-2021 school years, which began with his review of the squares of the military formations. aligned at the level of the Place of Arms, before the Lieutenant General, Chief of Staff of People's National Army delivered a speech in which he thanked the President of the Republic of having supervised the graduation ceremony of the Military Academy of Cherchell, being the backbone of the training system of People's National Army, and which equips our Armed Forces with qualified officers, competent and imbued with the principles and the values of our Glorious Revolution of Liberation, welcoming the particular and permanent interest granted by the President, to the Academy like the other training schools of People's National Army through the disposal of all the conditions and all the human, material, moral and motivational resources which allowed the promotion the capacities of the Military Institutions and to achieve the expected objectives in terms of modernization and professionalization of our Army.
For his part, the Commander of the Military Academy of Cherchell, spoke during his speech about the pioneering role played by the Academy in the instruction of an elite of executives of People's National Army, by offering them a high quality of scientific military training, imbued with a military discipline full of patriotism, firm determination and self-sacrifice in the service of the Nation, through high quality programs, in tune with modern training requirements in technical and technological fields.
After the taking of the oath by the graduated promotions, the President of the Republic proceeded to the delivery of degrees and diplomas to the best laureates of the promotions, by presenting the diploma to the major of the promotion of the Masters cycle, then the rank of second lieutenant and the sword of the Academy to the major of the promotion of the Fundamental Formation, then allow the delegation which accompanies it to hand out the diplomas and the degrees to the other laureates. At the end, the President of the Republic presented the diploma to the major of the promotion of Common Basic Military Training.
The ceremony continued with the passing of the standard of the Academy between the graduated promotion and the upward one, before the major of the 52nd promotion of fundamental training submits to the approval of the President of the Republic the baptism of the promotion in the name of the late Moudjahid the Lieutenant General “Mohamed Lamari”, then presents a biographical overview of the deceased.
Afterwards, the training squares left the Place of Arms to take up position at the starting point for the parade, giving way to combat sports exhibitions such as karate, kung fu, and taekwondo as well as overall sports movements with and without weapons, before reconstituting the map of Algeria with the national colours, defended by the personnel of People's National Army, followed by the execution of a demonstrative combat exercise carried out by Officer Students of the Academy and the personnel of the 104th Operational Manoeuvres Regiment, entitled “the section in the closure and assault of a building housing a terrorist group”.
The graduation ceremony saw the participation of the air forces through the execution of an air-refuelling exercise for fighter jets as well as an air parade of different squadrons of fighter jets. Then, the President of the Republic followed the live broadcasted on a giant screen, of a demonstration exercise carried out by our Naval Forces, entitled “Interception of a suspicious vessel and release of hostages on board”.
The ceremony was closed with a military parade to the tunes of military music performed by a troop of the Republican Guard, in a parade led by the national flag and standard-bearers, followed by squares of Officer Students of career of fundamental and basic common military training, as well as an exhibition of parachute jumping.
Thereafter, the President of the Republic followed by televising a few presentations and scientific projects in different specialties developed by Officer Students of the graduated promotions from the officer students and Master cycles, supervised by the professors of the Academy.
Afterwards, the President of the Republic honoured the family of the late Moudjahid the Lieutenant General “Mohamed Lamari” at the ceremony, before signing the Academy's Golden Book.
