Saïd Chengriha
{{short description|Algerian military officer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Saïd Chengriha
| image = Saïd Chengriha (50406101782) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Chengriha in 2020
| office = Chief of Staff of the People's National Army
| deputy =
| predecessor = Ahmed Gaid Salah
| successor =
| office1 = Commander of Ground Forces
| deputy1 =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|08|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = El Kantara, Algeria
| death_date =
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| allegiance = {{flag|Algeria}}
| branch = 20px Algerian People's National Army
| unit =
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| rank = Army general
| commands =
| battles = Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War
| awards =
| termend1 = 17 March 2020
| termstart = 23 December 2019
| termstart1 = 20 September 2018
| honorific_prefix =
| native_name = سعيد شنقريحة
| native_name_lang = ar
}}
Saïd Chengriha{{Efn|also romanized as Chanegriha}} ({{langx|ar|سعيد شنقريحة|links=|lit=|translit=}}; born 1 August 1945) is a senior official in the Algerian People's National Army.{{cite web |title=People's National Army Staff |url=https://www.mdn.dz/site_em_anp/sommaire/presentation/cem-en.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921020709/https://www.mdn.dz/site_em_anp/sommaire/presentation/cem-en.php |archive-date=September 21, 2022 |access-date=24 Dec 2019 |website=www.mdn.dz |language=en}} He was the commander of the ground forces in September 2018 and was named acting chief of staff after the death of Ahmed Gaid Salah on 23 December 2019{{cite web |last=Saci |first=Yasmine |date=December 23, 2019 |title=President of the Republic appoints Major General, Saïd Chengriha, as Army Acting Chief |url=https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/32410-president-of-the-republic-appoints-major-general-said-chengriha-as-army-acting-chief |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223132903/https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/32410-president-of-the-republic-appoints-major-general-said-chengriha-as-army-acting-chief |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |access-date=December 23, 2019 |website= |language=en |agency=Algeria Press Service}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/algerian-army-chief-ahmed-gaid-salah-dies-191223101013269.html|title=Algerian army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah dies|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2019-12-23}} until 3 July 2020 when he was officially appointed by president Abdelmadjid Tebboune.{{Cite web |last=Chafai |first=Mohamed |date=June 3, 2020 |title=Lieutenant General Saïd Chanegriha confirmed as chief of Army Staff |url=https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/34780-lieutenant-general-said-chanegriha-confirmed-as-chief-of-army-staff |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806095821/https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/34780-lieutenant-general-said-chanegriha-confirmed-as-chief-of-army-staff |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |access-date=June 3, 2020 |website= |language=en |agency=Algeria Press Service}} In November 2024, General Chengriha joined the Tebboune government as delegate for national defense.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2024/11/19/algerie-le-general-said-chengriha-fait-son-entree-au-gouvernement-a-l-issue-d-un-remaniement_6402953_3212.html|title=Algérie : le général Saïd Chengriha fait son entrée au gouvernement à l’issue d’un remaniement|website=www.lemonde.fr|access-date=2024-11-20}}
Military service
After graduating from Saint-Cyr Military Academy,{{cite web | title=Algérie : le chef d’état-major Saïd Chengriha imprime sa marque – Jeune Afrique | website=JeuneAfrique.com | date=7 Jul 2020 | url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1011366/politique/algerie-le-chef-detat-major-said-chengriha-imprime-sa-marque/ | language=fr | access-date=11 Jul 2022}} Chengriha took part in the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973.{{cite web | title=En Algérie, les premiers pas du président Tebboune confronté au décès du général Gaïd Salah | website=L'Opinion | date=24 Dec 2019 | url=https://www.lopinion.fr/edition/international/algerie-premiers-pas-president-tebboune-confronte-deces-gaid-salah-206941 | language=fr | access-date=24 Dec 2019}} He then attended the Voroshilov Academy.{{cite web | last=Forson | first=Viviane | title=Qui est Saïd Chengriha, le nouveau patron de l'armée algérienne ? | website=Le Point | date=26 Dec 2019 | url=https://www.lepoint.fr/afrique/qui-est-said-chengriha-le-nouveau-patron-de-l-armee-algerienne-26-12-2019-2354822_3826.php | language=fr | access-date=11 Jul 2022}} He has received a number of awards, including the PNA 1st, 2nd and 3rd chevron medals, Medal of the PNA participation in the middle-east wars 1967 and 1973, Medal of Military Merit, Medal of Honor and the Medal of Bravery of the PNA.{{Cite news |last=Nemoura |first=Farid |date=July 4, 2024 |title=President of the Republic awards PNA Bravery Medal to Army General Saïd Chanegriha |url=https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/52996-president-of-the-republic-awards-pna-bravery-medal-to-army-general-said-chanegriha |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706125755/https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/52996-president-of-the-republic-awards-pna-bravery-medal-to-army-general-said-chanegriha |archive-date=July 6, 2024 |access-date=July 4, 2024 |work=Algeria Press Service |language=en}} He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1998, to major general in 2003, to army corps general in 2020 and then to army general in 2022 by president Tebboune, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Algerian independence.{{Cite news |last=Saci |first=Yasmine |date=July 4, 2022 |title=ANP: Said Chanegriha promoted to rank of General by President Tebboune |language=en |page= |website= |agency=Algeria Press Service |url=https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/44212-anp-said-chanegriha-promoted-to-rank-of-general-by-president-tebboune |url-status=live |access-date=July 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704122306/https://www.aps.dz/en/algeria/44212-anp-said-chanegriha-promoted-to-rank-of-general-by-president-tebboune |archive-date=July 4, 2022}}
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