Comparative gendarmerie officer ranks of Francophone countries

Rank comparison chart of officers for gendarmeries of Francophone states. In France and some Francophone nations, the gendarmerie is a branch of the armed forces that is responsible for internal security in parts of the territory (primarily in rural areas and small towns in the case of France), with additional duties as military police for the armed forces.^[1] In the mid-twentieth century, a number of former French mandates and colonial possessions adopted gendarmeries after independence.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Through the French colonial empire the gendarmerie was employed as a military and policing force throughout French colonies,^{[5] [3]} with Gendarmes from France being deployed in every colony in 1900.^[6] The gendarmerie would also recruit personnel from the local populations, entrenching the idea of a gendarmerie in the colonial societies.^{[7] [8]}

In the mid-twentieth century, a number of former French mandates and colonial possessions adopted gendarmeries after independence.^{[2] [3]} These included Algeria,^[9] Chad,^[10] Djibouti,^[11] the Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco,^{[9] [12]} Senegal,^[13] Syria,^[14] Tunisia,^{[9] [15]} and the Republic of the Congo.^[16]

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