Albanian General Staff Albanian Air Force Albanian Land Force Albanian Naval Force Military Police Support Command
Headquarters
Tirana, Albania
Website
www.aaf.mil.al
Leadership
President
Bajram Begaj
Minister of Defense
Niko Peleshi
Chief of the General Staff
Major General Arben Kingji[2]
Personnel
Military age
18
Conscription
Repealed
Available for military service
1,519,794 age 18-49, age 15–49
Fit for military service
1,270,274 age 18-49, age 15–49
Reaching military age annually
62,032
Active personnel
6,600[3] (ranked 90 of 145)
Deployed personnel
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Chad Ivory Coast Kosovo Liberia Latvia Mali formerly: Georgia Afghanistan Iraq
Expenditures
Budget
48.3 billion Lek ($514 million) (2024)[4]
Percent of GDP
2% (2024)[4]
Industry
Domestic suppliers
Mechanical Combine in Poliçan Mechanical Plant in Gramsh Explosive Materials Plant in Mjekës[5] MEICO[6]
Foreign suppliers
Austria Belgium France Germany Italy Romania Turkey United States formerly: China Soviet Union
Related articles
History
Royal Albanian Army (1928–1939) Albanian People's Army (1945–1991)
Ranks
Military ranks of Albania
The Albanian Armed Forces (Albanian: Forcat e Armatosura të Republikës së Shqipërisë (FARSH)) are the military of Albania and were formed after the declaration of independence in 1912. Today, it consists of the General Staff, the Albanian Land Force, Albanian Air Force and the Albanian Naval Force.
The President of Albania is the Commander-in-Chief of the nation's military.[7] In times of peace, the President's powers as Commander-in-Chief are executed through the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister.[8]
^Barbullushi, Suad (19 June 2012). "Background of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania (Albanian)". aaf.mil.al (in Albanian). Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^"President's decree for the Chief of General Staff". www.president.al. President of Albania (Official website). Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
^"Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2014-2023)" (PDF).
^ ab https://ata.gov.al/2023/11/08/peleshi-buxheti-2024-permbush-angazhimin-e-nato-s-ne-janar-perurojme-bazen-ajrore-te-kucoves/?amp=1. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[permanent dead link]
^"Albanian Military Industry". Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
^"MEICO official website". Archived from the original on 18 May 2013.
^"Article 168, Section 2". Constitution of Albania. 28 November 1998. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
^"Article 169, Section 1". Constitution of Albania. 28 November 1998. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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