Royal Moroccan Armed Forces | |
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'القوات المسلحة الملكية المغربية | |
Founded | active: 1088 refounded:14 May 1956 |
Service branches |
Main branches: Moroccan Royal Guard |
Headquarters | Rabat |
Leadership | |
Supreme Commander and Chief-of-Staff | King Mohammed VI |
Minister Delegate for the Administration of National Defense | Abdellatif Loudiyi |
Inspector General | General Bouchaib Arroub |
Manpower | |
Military age | 18 |
Active personnel | 195,800 (2012) (ranked 26th) |
Reserve personnel | 150,000 (2012) |
Expenditures | |
Budget | 222.4 billion MAD (US$22 billion) (2017)</ref>[http://https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/01/176944/saudi-arabia-to-provide-22-billion-to-moroccos-military-industry/ |
Percent of GDP | 3.47% |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers |
France United States Russia China Spain United Kingdom South Africa Italy |
Related articles | |
History |
Military history of Morocco Ifni War Sand War Yom Kippur War Western Sahara War Shaba I Gulf War Perejil Island crisis Intervention against ISIL Intervention in Yemen |
Main branches:
Royal Moroccan Army
Royal Moroccan Air Force
Royal Moroccan Navy
Branches under the Ministry of the Interior during peacetime:
The Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (Berber: Idwasen Urbiben Igeldanen n Murakuc; Arabic: القوات المسلحة الملكية المغربية, Al-Quwwat al-Musallaha al-Malakiyah al-Maghribiyah) are the military forces of the Kingdom of Morocco. They consist of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Royal Gendarmerie، and the Royal Guard