The Ministry of Defense clarifies that the final decision depends on the results of the relevant committees:
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The Ministry of National Defense confirmed that the file of benefiting from the immediate pension instead of the supplementary pension for the benefit of former military personnel who have not completed 15 years of actual service due to a disability attributed to the service is still under study at the level of the relevant committees, awaiting the final decision on the eligibility of this category in accordance with the applicable legal and regulatory frameworks.
According to the response that the Ministry of Relations with Parliament was responsible for answering, and seen by Al-Shorouk, it came following the concern of Representative Ali Mouilhi, addressed to the First General, Minister Delegate to the Minister of National Defense and Chief of Staff of the People’s National Army, dated April 14, regarding enabling former military employees who have not completed 15 years of actual service and whose service was permanently terminated due to a disability attributed to the service, to benefit immediately from the retirement pension instead of the supplementary pension.
Accordingly, the Ministry clarified that the conditions for benefiting from the military retirement pension are specified in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of Order No. 76-106 of December 9, 1976 containing the amended and supplemented Military Pensions Law, especially under Order No. 21-04 of April 18, 2021, which requires military personnel to complete at least fifteen (15) years of actual service, or without a period requirement for those who were exposed to diseases or wounds that occurred during operations or Maneuver or training exercises or as a result of a terrorist act or assault that occurred within the framework of service or on the occasion of service.
As for immediate benefit from the retirement pension, it shall be according to the conditions stipulated in Article 20 of the Military Pensions Law, especially for military personnel who, on the date of final termination of their service, have completed twenty-five (25) years of actual civil or military service for active military employees, and nineteen (19) years for contract non-commissioned officers who have completed at least fifteen (15) years of actual service and were dismissed from service after exhausting all their rights to sick leave as a result of a long illness. Long term.
In the same context, the Ministry indicated that the files of the category of former military personnel who are the subject of the petition, whose dismissal decisions were taken during the period extending from April 18, 2021, until August 5, 2025, are under study by the relevant committees, in accordance with the organization framing this matter, which was established by Presidential Decree No. 25-68 of February 4, 2025, amending and supplementing Decree No. 87-21 of January 20. 1987, relating to medical qualification for service in the ranks of the People’s National Army, as well as the decision dated August 5, 2025, which determines the formation of the local medical committees, the medical expertise, demobilization, appeal and consultation committees, and the regional grievance committee in the People’s National Army, as well as their powers and the conduct of their work.
Finally, the Ministry confirmed that benefiting from the immediate retirement pension instead of the supplementary pension for this category of former military personnel remains dependent on the results of the study of the files of those concerned by the relevant committees.
