الجيش الوطني الموريتاني Armée Nationale Mauritanienne
Emblem of the Mauritanian Armed Forces
Flag of the Mauritanian Armed Forces
Service branches
Mauritanian National Army Mauritanian National Navy Mauritania Islamic Air Force[1]
Headquarters
Nouakchott
Website
armee.mr
Leadership
President
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Prime Minister
Mohamed Ould Bilal
Minister of Defense
Hanena Ould Sidi
Chief of National Army Staff
General Mokhtar Ould Bolla Chaabane
Personnel
Conscription
2 years
Available for military service
718,713[2] males, age 15–49, 804,622 females, age 15–49
Fit for military service
480,042 males, age 15–49, 581,473 females, age 15–49
Reaching military age annually
36,116 males, 36,826 females
Active personnel
31,540 personnel, 5,000 para-military[3]
Reserve personnel
66,000
Expenditures
Budget
$231 million (FY2022)
Percent of GDP
3.9% (FY2018)
Industry
Foreign suppliers
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History
Western Sahara War Mauritania–Senegal Border War 2003 Mauritanian coup d'état attempt 2005 Mauritanian coup d'état 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état
Ranks
Military ranks of Mauritania
The Armed Forces of Mauritania (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الموريتاني, romanized: al-Jaysh al-Waṭanī al-Mūrītānī, French: Armée Nationale Mauritanienne[4]) is the defence force of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, having an army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and presidential guard. Other services include the national guard and national police, though they both are subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior. As of 2018, the Mauritanian armed forces budget was 3.9% of the country's GDP.
The military forces of Mauritania are listed by the IISS Military Balance 2007 as comprising 15,870 personnel with an additional 5,000 paramilitaries, in the national gendarmerie.[3] The Navy (Marine Mauritanienne) has 620 personnel and 11 patrol and coastal combatants, with bases at Nouadhibou and Nouakchott. The CIA reports that the navy includes naval infantry. The small Air Force (Force Aérienne Islamique de Mauritanie, FAIM) has 250 personnel, 2 FTB-337 aircraft, 15 transport aircraft of various types, and 4 SF-260E trainers. The 5,000 paramilitaries are divided in the National Gendarmerie (3,000), and the National Guard (2,000) who both report to the Ministry of the Interior. Other paramilitary services reported by the CIA in 2001 include the National Police, Presidential Guard (BASEP).[5]
^"CIA World Factbook: Mauritania". 14 December 2021.
^"The World Factbook". 14 December 2021.
^ abIISS Military Balance 2007, pp. 235–6
^"ARMEE". ARMEE.
^Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook, 2001
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