Directorate of Security and Presidential Protection


The Directorate General of Security and Presidential Protection is a close protection unit, administratively attached to the Algerian Republican Guard. It is responsible for the personal and immediate protection of the President of the Algerian Republic and his family.

History

Historically, the Directorate General of Presidential Security and Protection was a security service attached to the Department of Intelligence and Security.
In December 1994, four armed GIA terrorists masquerading as DGSPP agents boarded Air France Flight 8969 to hijack it.
Since 2015, the Directorate General of Security and Presidential Protection has been attached to the Algerian Republican Guard by decision of the President of the Republic.
The DGSPP is made up of seasoned members of the Special Intervention Group, which is considered an elite response and protection unit.

Mission

The DGSPP's mission is :
  • To ensure the personal and immediate protection of the President of the Republic, his family, certain personalities as well as their official residences. This last mission is shared with different entities.
  • To implement all the measures necessary for the material organisation and security of the President of the Republic's travels.

Organization

DGSPP has several units that each have their own specialties and can work as much together as alone.
DGSPP has :
  • Traffic Unit
  • Close Protection Unit
  • Tactical Response Unit
  • Support Unit
  • Extraction Unit
  • Protection and Surveillance Unit.
  • Reconnaissance units
  • Logistics Unit

Equipment

The main weapons in staffing in the service are:

Machine pistols

Assault rifles

Others

Uniform

For close protection teams:
For Tactical Response and Support Units:

Vehicles

Among the vehicles used, some are equipped with a jamming system and others are armoured.

Command

  • Major General Djamel Kehal Medjdoub
  • General Nacer Habchi
  • General Belkacem Laribi