Tunisian armed forces

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TunisiaTunisia Tunisian Armed
Forces Forces armées tunisiennes
القوات المسلحة التونسية
Coat of arms of the Tunisian armed forces
guide
Commander in Chief : President Kais Saied
Defense Minister: Imed Hazgui
Military Commander: Brigadier General Mohamed Ghoul
Military leadership: General Staff
Headquarters: Tunis
Military strength
Active soldiers: 36,000
Reservists: 0
Conscription: Yes
Resilient population: 5,031,193
Eligibility for military service: 20th
Share of soldiers in the total population: 0.3%
household
Military budget: $ 550 million (2020)
history
Founding: June 24, 1956
Air Force C-130
Navy cadets

The Tunisian armed forces comprise around 36,000 soldiers , who are divided into the armed forces, army , air force and navy .

Defense budget

Tunisia spent just under 2.1 percent of its economic output or 836 million US dollars on its armed forces in 2017.

The United States provided the country with military aid of $ 12 million in 2009 .

Conscription and reserve

There is a selective conscription , the military service is twelve months.

army

air force

marine

National Guard

The paramilitary Guard Nationale ( Arabic الحرس الوطني, al-Ḥaras al-Waṭanī) has 15,000 members, including the country's coast guard . However, it is not subordinate to the Tunisian Ministry of Defense , but to the Ministry of the Interior .

Assignments abroad

Tunisia participates in the following United Nations missions abroad:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product 2001-2017. SIPRI, accessed July 17, 2018 .
  2. ^ Military expenditure by country in US $ 2001-2017. SIPRI, accessed July 17, 2018 .

Web links

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