List of gendarmeries

A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military component with jurisdiction in civil law enforcement. The term maréchaussée (or marshalcy) may also be used (e.g., Royal Marechaussee) but is now uncommon.

Although pioneered in France, the concept of a gendarmerie was adopted by several other European nations during the Napoleonic Wars.[1] It remains an integral part of the military establishment in most Francophone states and territories.[1] A somewhat related phenomenon has been the formation of paramilitary units which fall under the authority of civilian police agencies. Since these are not strictly military forces, however, they are not considered gendarmerie.[2]

List of active gendarmeries
Country or territory Image English name Native-language name Notes Refs.
Algeria National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale (الدرك الوطني)
Argentina Argentine National GendarmerieGendarmería Nacional Argentina
Argentine Naval PrefecturePrefectura Naval Argentina
Armenia Police TroopsՈստիկանության զորքեր (Vostikanutyan zorqer)
Armenian Border Guard
Azerbaijan Internal Troops of AzerbaijanAzərbaycan Respublikası Daxili Qoşunları
Bahrain National Guardالحرس الوطني
Public Security Forces
Bangladesh Village Defence Party
Belarus Internal TroopsУнутраныя войскі (Unutranyja vojski)
Внутренние войска (Vnutrennie voyska)
State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus
Benin National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Republika Srpska)		 Gendarmerie of Republika SrpskaЖандармерија Републике Српске
Žandarmerija Republike Srpske		Bosnia and Herzegovina has two major entity-level ministries of interior, so only Republika Srpska has gendarmerie type unit formed in September 2019.
Brazil Military PolicePolícia MilitarBrazilian states have their own gendarmeries and federal government has a National Public Security Force, a department formed with personnel from states' Military Police Forces, Military Firefighters Corps and Civil Police.
Burkina Faso National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Burundi National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Cambodia Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodiaកងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ
Cameroon National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Canada Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceGendarmerie royale du Canada
Canadian Forces Military PolicePolice militaire des Forces canadiennesSworn as peace officers who can arrest civilians on military bases.
Central African Republic Gendarmerie
Chad National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Chile Carabineros of ChileCarabineros de ChileThe police of streets, roads and borders.
Chilean GendarmerieGendarmería de ChileThe police of prisons and courts of justice. The national prison service of Chile.
China People's Armed PoliceZhōngguó Rénmín Wǔzhuāng Jǐngchá Bùduì (中国人民武装警察部队)The PAP perform military-civilian police duties. The PAP is a component of the Paramilitary forces of China.
Colombia Corps of Carabiners
Mobile Carabinier Squadrons		Cuerpo de Carabineros
Escuadrones Móviles de Carabineros
Comoros Gendarmerie
Republic of the Congo Congolese National Gendarmerie
Cote d'Ivoire Gendarmerie
Djibouti Djiboutian National Gendarmerie
Egypt Central Security ForcesA separate force known as the Egyptian Gendarmerie was created in 1882 and continued in existence until the overthrow of the monarchy in 1952. In 2014 it was announced that the Gendarmerie were to be recreated, initially for policing and security duties in certain districts of Cairo.
France National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Maritime GendarmerieGendarmerie MaritimeThe maritime coast guard wing of the National Gendarmerie.
National GuardGarde nationale
Gabon National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Guinea Gendarmerie
Guinea-Bissau National GuardGuarda NacionalCreated in 2010 through the merger of several former security agencies. Modeled on the Portuguese National Republican Guard and other similar organizations.
India Assam Rifles
Border Security Force
Central Industrial Security Force
Central Reserve Police Force
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Sashastra Seema Bal
Special Frontier ForceThe Assam Rifles, Border Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Sashastra Seema Bal and Special Frontier Force are components of the paramilitary forces of India.
The Central Reserve Police Force, including its specialized wing the Rapid Action Force.
Iran Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Iraq National PoliceNot to be confused with civilian Iraqi Police Service, although at present both are highly militarized.
Facilities Protection Service
Iraqi Kurdistan ZeravaniZêrevanî (زێرەڤانی)Under the operational control of the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Interior, but are part of the Peshmerga armed forces of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Israel Israel Border PoliceMishmar HaGvul (משמר הגבול)
Italy Corps of CarabineersArma dei CarabinierThe Carabinieri is a component of the Italian Armed Forces.
Finance Guard/ CustomsGuardia di Finanza
Jordan General Directorate of GendarmerieGeneral Directorate of Gendarmerie (قوات الدرك الأردني)
Kuwait National Guardالحرس الوطني الكويتي
Lebanon Internal Security ForcesInternal Security Forces - ISF (قوى الأمن الداخلي)Nicknamed "El Darak"
Lithuania Public Security ServiceViešojo saugumo tarnyba (VST)
Madagascar National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Mali National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Malaysia Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency
Mauritania National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
National Guard
Mauritius Special Mobile ForceArmed paramilitary wing of the Mauritius Police Force
Mexico National GuardGuardia NacionalThe National Guard was created in 2019 by merging the Federal Police (including the National Gendarmerie).
Moldova Carabinier TroopsTrupele de Carabinieri
Moldovan Border Police
Monaco Prince's Company of CarabiniersCompagnie des Carabiniers du PrinceThe Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers provide an armed support service.
Mongolia National Police Agency
Internal Troops of Mongolia Dissestablished in 2013, reestablished in 2017[3]
Morocco Royal Moroccan GendarmerieGendarmerie Royale (الدرك الملكي)
Auxiliary Forces
Netherlands Royal MarechausseeKoninklijke Marechaussee
Niger National Gendarmerie
National Guard of Niger
Nigeria Nigerian Mobile PoliceArmed paramilitary wing of the Nigerian Police Force
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
Pakistan Balochistan LeviesThe Balochistan Levies are a paramilitary force in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.
Frontier ConstabularyThe Frontier Constabulary is a component of the paramilitary forces of Pakistan.
Frontier CorpsThe Frontier Corps are a component of the paramilitary forces of Pakistan.
Gilgit Baltistan ScoutsThe Gilgit Baltistan Scouts are a component of the paramilitary forces of Pakistan.
Kharan RiflesThe Kharan Rifles are a paramilitary unit of the Pakistan federal government.
Malakand LeviesThe Malakand Levies are a paramilitary force in the Pakistani province of Pakhtunkhwa, Malakand Division.
National Guard of PakistanThe Pakistan National Guard is a paramilitary reserve unit of the Pakistan Army.
Pakistan RangersThe Pakistan Ranges are paramilitary law enforcement organisation. The Pakistan Rangers are a component of the paramilitary forces of Pakistan.
Poland Military GendarmerieŻandarmeria Wojskowa
Portugal National Republican GuardGuarda Nacional Republicana
Romania Romanian GendarmerieJandarmeria Română
Qatar Internal Security Forceلخويا
Russia Military PoliceВоенная полиция
Russian National Guard
San Marino Corps of Gendarmerie of San MarinoGendarmeria
Senegal National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Serbia GendarmeryŽandarmerija (Жандармерија)
Spain Civil GuardGuardia Civil
Switzerland Border Guard Corps
Federal Office of Police		Both have civilian status.
(The cantonal police of the French-speaking cantons are called gendarmerie, but do not fit any of the criteria.)
Taiwan Military Police中華民國憲兵may be mobilized by prosecutors to investigate civilian crimes
Tajikistan Internal TroopsҚӯшунҳои дохилӣ
Thailand Border Patrol Policeตำรวจตระเวนชายแดนcivilian police status both have paramilitary police and border guard
Togo National GendarmerieGendarmerie Nationale
Tunisia National GuardGarde Nationale
Turkey Gendarmerie General CommandJandarma Genel Komutanlığı
Turkmenistan Internal TroopsTürkmenistanyň içeri işler edaralarynyň işgärlerine
State Border Service of Turkmenistan
Ukraine National GuardНаціональна гвардія України (Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy)
State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
United States United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, law enforcement, and military service branch of the United States Armed Forces[4] and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the U.S. military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its duties.
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan National GuardOʻzbekiston Respublikasi Milliy gvardiyasi
Vatican City Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican CityCorpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del VaticanoGeneral responsibility for security and public order which encompasses all regular police duties, including border control, crime prevention and investigation, and enforcement of financial and commercial regulations.
Vanuatu Vanuatu Mobile Force
Venezuela Bolivarian National Guard Guardia Nacional Bolivariana Public order roles or reserve light infantry force.
Vietnam Vietnam People's Public SecurityCông an Nhân dân Việt Nam
Yemen Special Security Forces
Europe European Gendarmerie ForceFrench: Force de gendarmerie européenne
Italian: Forza di Gendarmeria Europea
Portuguese: Força de Gendarmaria Europeia
Spanish: Fuerza de Gendarmería Europea		Formed by seven members of the European Union: France, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain. The European Gendarmerie Force was created as an intervention force at the service of the EU, the NATO, the UN, the OSCE, or other "ad hoc" alliances. It is characterized by its robustness, and quick deployability, and it specializes in the management of crisis areas. Lithuania is currently a Partner Member, and Turkey has Observer status.[5]


Ranks
Officers ranks
Rank group General/flag officers Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Argentine National Gendarmerie
Director Nacional Subdirector Nacional Comandante General Comandante Mayor Comandante Principal Comandante Segundo Comandante Primer Alférez Alférez Subalferez
Argentine Naval Prefecture
Prefecto General
(Prefecto Nacional Naval)		 Prefecto General
(Subprefecto Nacional Naval)		 Prefecto General Prefecto Mayor Prefecto Principal Prefecto Subprefecto Oficial Principal Oficial Auxiliar Oficial Ayudante
Brazilian Military Police[6]
Comandante geral Comandante adjunto Coronel Tenente-coronel Major Capitão Primeiro tenente Segundo tenente Aspirante a oficial Aluno 3° ano Aluno 2° ano Aluno 1° ano Aluno CSTAPM
Burkinabè National Gendarmerie
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel major Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia
នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍
Néay Ŭtdâmséniy		 ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក
Ŭtdâmséniy Êk		 ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ
Ŭtdâmséniy Toŭ		 ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ត្រី
Ŭtdâmséniy Trei		 វរសេនីយ៍ឯក
Vôrséniy Êk		 វរសេនីយ៍ទោ
Vôrséniy Toŭ		 វរសេនីយ៍ត្រី
Vôrséniy Trei		 អនុសេនីយ៍ឯក
Ânŭséniy Êk		 អនុសេនីយ៍ទោ
Ânŭséniy Toŭ		 អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រី
Ânŭséniy Trei		 នាយចំណង់
Néay Châmnáng
General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain 1st Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant Officer cadet
Chadian National Gendarmerie
Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
Carabineros de Chile
General Director General Inspector General Coronel Teniente Coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente Subteniente Aspirante a oficial
Chilean Gendarmerie
Director nacional Subdirector operativo Coronel Teniente coronel Mayor Capitán Teniente 1° Teniente 2° Subteniente Aspirante a oficial
People's Armed Police
上将
Shàngjiàng		 中将
Zhōngjiàng		 少将
Shàojiàng		 大校
Dàxiào		 上校
Shàngxiào		 中校
Zhōngxiào		 少校
Shàoxiào		 上尉
Shàngwèi		 中尉
Zhōngwèi		 少尉
Shàowèi		 学员
Xuéyuán
Congolese Gendarmerie[7]
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant Aspirant
French Gendarmerie
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Chef d'Escadron Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant Aspirant Élève-officier
Assam Rifles[8][9]
Lieutenant general
लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल		 Major general
मेजर - जनरल		 Brigadier
ब्रिगेडियर		 Colonel
कर्नल		 Lieutenant colonel
लेफ्टिनेंट - कर्नल		 Major
मेजर		 Captain
कप्तान		 Lieutenant
लेफ्टिनेंट
Border Security Force
Director-General
-		 Special Director-General
-		 Additional Director-General
-
Inspector General
-		 Deputy Inspector-General
-		 Commandant
-		 Second-In-Command
-		 Deputy Commandant
-		 Assistant Commandant
-		 Assistant Commandant/Officer Trainee
-
Rank group General/flag officers Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Central Reserve Police Force
Director-General
-		 Special Director-General
-		 Additional Director-General
-
Inspector General
-		 Deputy Inspector-General
-		 Commandant
-		 Second-In-Command
-		 Deputy Commandant
-		 Assistant Commandant
-		 Assistant Commandant/Officer Trainee
-
Iranian Law Enforcement Force
General
ارتشبد		 Lieutenant general
سپهبد		 Major general
سرلشگر		 Brigadier general
سرتیپ		 Second brigadier general
سرتیپ دوم		 Colonel
سرهنگ		 Lieutenant colonel
سرهنگ دوم		 Major
سرگرد		 Captain
سروان		 First lieutenant
ستوان یکم		 Second lieutenant
ستوان دوم		 Third lieutenant
ستوان سوم		 Amin Police Academy
officer cadet
دانشجوی دانشگاه انتظامی امین
Israel Border Police
ניצב
Nitzav		 תת ניצב
Tat nitzav		 ניצב משנה
Nitzav mishneh		 סגן ניצב
Sgan nitzav		 רב פקד
Rav pakad		 פקד
Pakad		 מפקח
Mefake'ah		 מפקח משנה
Mefake'ah mishneh		 צוער
Italian Carabinieri[10]
Comandante generale dell'arma dei carabinieri Vicecomandante generale dell'arma dei carabinieri Generale di corpo d'armata Generale di divisione Generale di brigata Colonnello Tenente colonnello Maggiore Primo capitano Capitano Tenente Sottotenente Allievo ufficiale
Italian Guardia di Finanza
Generale di Corpo d'Armata Commandante generale della Guardia di Finanza Generale di Corpo d'Armata Commandante in seconda della Guardia di Finanza Generale di Corpo d'Armata Generale di Divisione Generale di Brigata Colonnello Tenente Colonnello Maggiore Primo capitano Capitano Tenente Sottotenente Allievo Ufficiale
Mauritius Police Force
Commissioner Deputy Commissioner Assistant Commissioner Superintendent Assistant Superintendent Deputy Assistant Superintendent Chief Inspector Inspector Cadet Officer
Mexican National Guard
Commissioner general
Comisario General		 Chief commissioner
Comisario Jefe		 Commissioner
Comisario		 Inspector general
Inspector General		 Chief inspector
Inspector Jefe		 Inspector
Inspector		 Subinspector 1st class
Subinspector Primero		 Subinspector 2nd class
Subinspector Segundo		 Officer
Oficial		 Subofficer
Suboficial
Army of Monaco
Commandant en chef Colonel Lieutenant colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous lieutenant Assistant
Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Major Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant Aspirant Eleve Officier
Royal Marechaussee[11]
Luitenant-generaal Generaal-majoor Brigade-generaal Kolonel Luitenant-kolonel Majoor Kapitein Eerste-luitenant Tweede-luitenant Kornet
National Gendarmerie of Niger[12]
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant colonel Commandant Captaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant Aspirant
Pakistan
Frontier Constabulary
Commandant
کمانڈنٹ		 Deputy commandant
ڈپٹی کمانڈنٹ۔		 District officer
ضلعی افسر۔		 Assistant district officer
اسسٹنٹ ڈسٹرکٹ آفیسر۔
Pakistan Rangers
Director general
ڈائریکٹر جنرل		 Senior superintendent
of the Rangers
سینئر سپرنٹنڈنٹ۔		 Superintendent
of the Rangers
سپرنٹنڈنٹ		 Deputy superintendent
of the Rangers
ڈپٹی سپرنٹنڈنٹ۔		 Inspector
انسپکٹر		 Direct Entry Sub inspector
ڈائریکٹ انٹری سب انسپکٹر۔
Rank group General/flag officers Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Żandarmeria wojskowa
 Various
Generał brygady Pułkownik Podpułkownik Major Kapitan Porucznik Podporucznik Podchorąży
National Republican Guard[13]
Tenente-general
Comandante-general		 Tenente-general Major-general Coronel Tenente-coronel Major Capitão Tenente Alferes Aspirante
Jandarmeria Română
Mareșal General General-locotenent General-maior General de brigadă Colonel Locotenent-colonel Maior Căpitan Locotenent Sublocotenent
Corps of Gendarmerie of San Marino
Generale Brigata Colonnello Tenente Colonnello Maggiore Capitano Tenente Sottotenente
Senegalese Gendarmerie
Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
Spanish Civil Guard
Teniente general General de división General de brigada Coronel Teniente coronel Comandante Capitán Teniente Alférez Caballero Alférez Cadete Alférez Alumno 3º Alférez Alumno 2º Alférez Alumno 1º
Turkish Gendarmerie
 Various
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Orgeneral Korgeneral Tümgeneral Tuğgeneral Albay Yarbay Binbaşı Yüzbaşı Üsteğmen Teğmen Asteğmen Harbiyeli
Republic of China Military Police
中將
Tiong-chiòng		 少將
Siáu-chiòng		 上校
Siōng-hāu		 中校
Tiong-hāu		 少校
Siáu-hāu		 上尉
Siōng-ùi		 中尉
Tiong-ùi		 少尉
Siáu-ùi		 尉
Ùi		 軍校生
Jūnxiào shēng
 United States Coast Guard[14]
 Various
Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Rear admiral
(lower half)		 Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant
(junior grade)		 Ensign Cadet / officer candidate
Vanuatu Mobile Forces
Major general
Bigfala Jenerol		 Brigadier Colonel
Kolonel		 Lieutenant colonel
Lietnen Kolonel		 Major
Bigfala		 Captain
Kapten		 First lieutenant
Fas Lietnen		 Second lieutenant
Seken Lietnen		 Officer cadet
Gendarmerie of Vatican City
Ispettore generale Dirigente generale Dirigente superiore Primo dirigente Dirigente Commissario Vice commissario
Vietnam People's
Public Security
Đại tướng Thượng tướng Trung tướng Thiếu tướng Đại tá Thượng tá Trung tá Thiếu tá Đại úy Thượng úy Trung úy Thiếu úy Học viên Đại học Học viên Trung cấp
Rank group General/flag officers Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Enlisted ranks
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Argentine National Gendarmerie
 No insignia
Suboficial Mayor Suboficial Principal Sargento Ayudante Sargento Primero Sargento Cabo Primero Cabo Gendarme
Argentine Naval Prefecture
Ayudante mayor Ayudante principal Ayudante de primero Ayudante de segundo Ayudante de tercera Cabo primero Cabo segundo Marinero
Brazilian Military Police[6]
Subtenente Primeiro-sargento Segundo-sargento Terceiro-sargento Aluno sargento Cabo Soldado primeira classe Soldado segunda classe
Burkinabè National Gendarmerie
Adjudant-major Adjudant-chef Adjudant Maréchal des Logis-Chef Maréchal des Logis Gendarme
Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia
ព្រឹន្ទបាលឯក ព្រឹន្ទបាលទោ ពលបាលឯក ពលបាលទោ ពលបាលត្រី នាយឯក នាយទោ ពលឯក ពលទោ
Warrant Officer Command Sergeant Major Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Gendarm 1st Class Gendarm
Chadian National Gendarmerie
Sergent-major Sergent-chef Sergeant Corporal Private first class Private (rank)
Carabineros de Chile
Suboficial mayor Suboficial Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Carabinero
Chilean Gendarmerie
 No insignia
Suboficial mayor Suboficial Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Cabo Gendarme primero Gendarme segundo Gendarme
People's Armed Police
一级军士长
Yījí jūnshìzhǎng		 二级军士长
Èrjí jūnshìzhǎng		 三级军士长
Sānjí jūnshìzhǎng		 四级军士长
Sìjí jūnshìzhǎng		 上士
Shàngshì		 中士
Zhōngshì		 下士
Xiàshì		 上等兵
Shàngděngbīng		 列兵
Lièbīng
Congolese Gendarmerie[7]
 No insignia
Adjudant-chef Adjudant Maréchal des logis-chef Maréchal des logis Èleve gendarme
French Gendarmerie
Major Adjudant-chef Adjudant Maréchal-des-logis-chef Gendarme Gendarme sous contrat Gendarme Adjoint Maréchal-des-logis Gendarme Adjoint Brigadier Chef Gendarme Adjoint Brigadier Gendarme Adjoint première classe Gendarme Adjoint
Assam Rifles
 No insignia
Subedar Major Subedar Naib Subedar Havildar Naik Lance Naik Sepoy
सूबेदार मेजर सूबेदार नायब सूबेदार हवलदार नायक लांस नायक सिपाही
Border Security Force
 No insignia
Subedar Major
-		 Inspector
-		 Sub inspector
-		 Assistant Sub inspector
-		 Head Constable
-		 Senior Constable
-		 Constable
-
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Central Reserve Police Force
 No insignia
Subedar Major
-		 Inspector
-		 Sub inspector
-		 Assistant Sub inspector
-		 Head Constable
-		 Senior Constable
-		 Constable
-
Iranian Law Enforcement Force
Command sergeant major
استوار یکم		 Sergeant major
استوار دوم		 First sergeant
گروهبان یکم		 Second sergeant
گروهبان دوم		 Third sergeant
گروهبان سوم		 Corporal
سرجوخه		 Specialist
سرباز یکم		 Private first class
سرباز دوم		 Private
سرباز
Israel Border Police
רב נגד
Rav nagad		 רב סמל בכיר
Rav samal bakhir		 רב סמל מתקדם
Rav samal mitkadem		 רב סמל ראשון
Rav samal rishon		 רב סמל
Rav samal		 סמל ראשון
Samal rishon		 סמל שני
Samal sheni		 רב שוטר
Rav shoter		 שוטר
Shoter
Italian Carabinieri[15][16][17]
Appuntato scelto q.s. Appuntato scelto Appuntato Carabiniere scelto Carabiniere
Primo luogotenente c.s. s.u.p.s Luogotenente s.u.p.s. Primo Maresciallo Maresciallo Capo Maresciallo Ordinario Maresciallo Sergente Maggiore Capo Sergente Maggiore Sergente
Italian Guardia di Finanza
 No equivalent
Luogotenente s.u.p.s. Maresciallo Aiutante s.u.p.s Maresciallo Capo Maresciallo Ordinario Maresciallo Brigadiere Capo Brigadiere Vice Brigadiere Appuntato scelto Appuntato Finanziere scelto Finanziere
Mauritius Police Force
Sergeant Corporal Constable
Mexican National Guard
Senior agent
Agente Mayor		 Agent
Agente		 Deputy agent
Subagente		 National guardsman
Guardia Nacional
Army of Monaco
Adjudant-chef Adjudant Maréchal-des-logis-major Maréchal-des-logis-chef Maréchal-des-logis Brigadier Carabinier de première classe Carabinier de deuxième classe
Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
Adjudant-chef Adjudant Sergent-major Sergent-chef Sergent
Royal Marechaussee[11]
Adjudant Opperwachtmeester Wachtmeester der 1e klasse Wachtmeester Marechaussee der 1e klasse Marechaussee der 2e klasse Marechaussee der 3e klasse Marechaussee der 4e klasse
National Gendarmerie of Niger[12]
Major Adjudant-chef Adjudant Maréchal des logis chef Maréchal des logis Gendarme de 1re classe Gendarme de 2e classe Gendarme de 3e classe Gendarme de 4e classe Gendarme auxiliaire
Pakistan
Frontier Constabulary
 No insignia
Inspector
انسپکٹر		 Sub inspector
سب انسپکٹر۔		 Assistant sub inspector
اسسٹنٹ سب انسپکٹر۔		 Head Constable
ہیڈ کانسٹیبل۔		 Constable
کانسٹیبل
Pakistan Rangers
 No insignia
Senior inspector
سینئر انسپکٹر۔		 Inspector
انسپکٹر		 Sub inspector
سب انسپکٹر۔		 Havildar
حوالدار۔		 Naik
نائیک۔		 Lance Naik
لانس نائیک۔		 Sepoy
سپاہی۔
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Żandarmeria wojskowa
Starszy chorąży sztabowy Starszy chorąży Chorąży Młodszy chorąży Starszy sierżant Sierżant Plutonowy Starszy kapral Kapral Starszy szeregowy Szeregowy
National Republican Guard[13]
Sargento-mor Sargento-chefe Sargento-ajudante Primeiro-sargento Segundo-sargento Furriel Cabo-mor Cabo-chefe Cabo-de-curso Cabo Guarda Principal Guarda
Jandarmeria Română
Plutonier adjutant șef Plutonier adjutant Plutonier-major Plutonier Sergent-major Sergent Caporal Fruntaş Jandarm
Corps of Gendarmerie of San Marino
Maresciallo Brigadiere Vice-brigadiere Appuntato Gendarme
Senegalese Gendarmerie
Adjutant-major Adjutant-chef Adjutant Maréchal des logis-chef Maréchal des logis Gendarme
Spanish Civil Guard
Suboficial mayor Subteniente Brigada Sargento primero Sargento Cabo mayor Cabo primero Cabo Guardia Civil de Primera
(Rank in abeyance)		 Guardia Civil
Turkish Gendarmerie[18][19]
Uzman Jandarma VIII Kademeli Çavuş Uzman Jandarma VII Kademeli Çavuş Uzman Jandarma VI Kademeli Çavuş Uzman Jandarma V Kademeli Çavuş Uzman Jandarma IV Kademeli Çavuş Uzman Jandarma III Kademeli Çavuş Uzman Jandarma II Kademeli Çavuş Uzman Jandarma I Kademeli Çavuş
Uzman Çavuş IV Uzman Çavuş III Uzman Çavuş II Uzman Çavuş I
Astsubay kıdemli başçavuş Astsubay başçavuş Astsubay kıdemli üstçavuş Astsubay üstçavuş Astsubay kıdemli çavuş Astsubay çavuş Uzman onbaşı
Republic of China Military Police
一等士官長
Yīděng shìguānzhǎng		 二等士官長
Èrděng shìguānzhǎng		 三等士官長
Sānděng shìguānzhǎng		 上士
Shàngshì		 中士
Zhōngshì		 下士
Xiàshì		 上等兵
Shàngděngbīng		 一等兵
Yīděngbīng		 二等兵
Èrděngbīng
 U.S. Coast Guard
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Command master chief petty officer Master chief petty officer Senior chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer first class Petty officer second class Petty officer third class Seaman Seaman apprentice Seaman recruit
Vanuatu Mobile Forces
Warrant Officer
Class 1		 Warrant Officer
Class 2		 Staff Sergeant
Staf Sajen		 Sergeant
Sajen		 Corporal
Kofol		 Lance Corporal Constable
Polis		 Recruit
Rikrut
Gendarmerie of Vatican City
Ispettore Vice ispettore Brigadiere Vice brigadiere Gendarme
Vietnam People's
Public Security
Sergeant major
(Thượng sĩ)		 Sergeant
(Trung sĩ)		 Corporal
(Hạ sĩ)		 Constable 1st class
(Chiến sĩ bậc 1)		 Constable 2nd class
(Chiến sĩ bậc 2)
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted

List of former gendarmeries
Country or territory English name Native-language name Formed Disbanded Notes Refs.
 Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Defenders of the RevolutionSarandoy~1980~1988Formed and employed under the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
 Albania International Gendarmerie 1913 1914
Royal Albanian GendarmerieXhandarmëria Mbretërore e Shqipëris1924~1939Formed as a counterweight to the Royal Albanian Army, it employed British advisors on its staff and with the units
Royal Border Guard19291939The Royal Border Guards were a component of the Royal Albanian Army
 Australia Australian native police
 Austria Imperial and Royal Gendarmeriek.k. Gendarmerie18491918Gendarmerie of Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary
Federal GendarmerieBundesgendarmerie19182005Renamed k.k. Gendarmerie, dissolved under occupation from 1938 to 1945. Merged with other agencies to form new Bundespolizei in 2005
B-Gendarmerie19491955The precursor of the Austrian Armed Forces
 Azerbaijan Special Purpose Police Unit19901995
 Belgium Belgian GendarmerieFrench: Gendarmerie
Dutch: Rijkswacht		17962001Was formed under French rule in what now is Belgian territory, even before the establishment of Belgium itself (1830). Merged with federal and local police to form a new policing system
Garde Civique18301920
 Belarus Byelorussian Auxiliary Police19411944
 Belgian Congo Force Publique18861960
 Bulgaria Bulgarian GendarmerieZhandarmeriyaThe Bulgarian Gendarmerie was disbanded by the country's General Directorate of Police, and its personnel were absorbed into various specialized police units.
 Canada North-West Mounted Police18731920
 Qing dynasty Green Standard Army16441912
 Colombia National Gendarmerie CorpsCuerpo de Gendarmeria Nacional19061909Created to function decentralized from the National Police command and more militarized regime, managed by the Ministry of War. In 1909 General Jorge Holguín suppressed the National Gendarmerie Corps and gave the provincial governors the authority to organize police services at their own will
 Costa Rica Costa Rican Civil GuardGuardia Civil de Costa Rica 19491996
 Cyprus Cyprus Military Police18801935
 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian GendarmerieČeskoslovenské četnictvo19181942Managed by the Ministry of Interior. In 1942 merged with police and fire brigades. After the liberation in 1945 created a unified police force—the Corps of National Security (SNB)—that amalgamated gendarmerie, police and intelligence.
State Defence Guard19361939
 Cretan State Cretan GendarmerieΚρητική Χωροφυλακή, Kritiki Chorofylaki18991916
 Denmark Border GendarmerieGrænsegendarmeriet18381958
The Blue GendarmsDe Blå Gendarmer18851897
The Royal Danish West Indies Gendarmerie CorpsDet Kongelige Dansk Vestindiske Gendarmerikorps19071917
Dutch East Indies Marshal Corps On FootKorps Marechaussee te voet18901942
 Estonia Estonian Border GuardEesti Piirivalve19222010
Estonian Auxiliary Police19411944
 Ethiopia Ethiopian GendarmeryZabagna19161936Included the Kebur Zabagna Imperial Guard
 Vichy France Moblie Reserve GroupsGroup Mobile de Réserve19411944
 Gambia Gambia Constabulary18661965
Gambia Regiment19011958
 Georgia Internal Troops of Georgia19912004
 German Empire Field GendarmerieFeldgendarmerie18661918Military police units of the army of the German Empire.
 Weimar Republic Security PoliceSicherheitspolizei19191935Paramilitary anti-riot police
 Nazi Germany Field GendarmerieFeldgendarmerie19331945Military police units of the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany.
Special ServiceSonderdienst19401944Paramilitary units for the suppression of occupied Poland
Police Regiment Centre19411942
Protection SquadSchutzmannschaft (SchuMa)19411944Collaborationist auxiliary police of native policemen serving in occupied areas of the Soviet Union and the Baltic states
 East Germany Border TroopsGrenztruppen der DDR19461990Border troops of East Germany
 Germany Gendarmerie Gendarmerie, Landjägerei (rural ranger), Landpolizei (rural police), Dragoner, Husaren and other denominations 19th century mid-20th century Due to the distinctive autonomy of the German states, every state has his own history of establishing and denomination. In Prussia for example it was called Royal Prussian State Gendarmerie
Federal Border GuardBundesgrenzschutz19512005The precursor of the Bundeswehr, renamed in Bundespolizei (Federal Police) in 2005
 Greece Hellenic Gendarmerie Ελληνική Χωροφυλακή, Elliniki Chorofylaki 1833 1984 Merged with the City Police and formed the current Hellenic Police
Roman Legion19411943
Security Battalions19431944
National Guard Defence Battalions19481982
 Haiti Gendarmerie of Haiti19151928
Tonton Macoute19591986
 Honduras Gendarmerie of Honduras Gendarmería de Honduras 1866 1882
 Hungary Hungarian Royal GendarmerieMagyar Királyi Csendőrség18811945Until 1918 Gendarmerie of Transleithanian part of Austria-Hungary; disbanded by the Interim National Government after WWII because Hungarian Royal Gendarmerie took part in the Holocaust by gathering the Hungarian Jews and giving them to the Nazi German forces.
Law Enforcement and Public Safety ServiceRendészeti Biztonsági Szolgálat20042008Couple years after the fall of the communist regime, a new gendarmerie-type police force within the frameworks of the Hungarian National Police:, Rendészeti Biztonsági Szolgálat was formed and existed between 2004 and 2008.
 Indonesia Indonesian National PoliceKepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia19462000For part of its history (1946–2000), it was a service branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces under the Department of Defense and Security. Since 2000 it operates as an independent civilian police under direct command of the President.
 Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Gendarmerieژاندارمری (Zhāndārmerī)19791990Persian Central Government Gendarmerie 1911–1921, Amniyeh Kol-e Mamlekati 1921–1943; GENMISH 1943–1957; State Gendarmerie 1957–1979; gendarmerie dissolved in 1990
Qarasuran
Ireland Royal Irish Constabulary[20]18221922Royal added to the name in 1867.[21]
 Kingdom of Italy Blackshirts19231943
Guardia alla Frontiera19341954The Guardia alla Frontiera was part of the Italian Army.
Italian East Africa Italian African PolicePolizia dell'Africa Italiana19361941Operated throughout Italian East Africa
Italian colonies of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, Eritrea and Italian Somaliland Zaptié18891942
 Italian Social Republic National Republican GuardGuardia Nazionale Repubblicana19431945Formed by the Italian Social Republic
Black Brigades19441945
 Japan Corps of Law Soldiers (lit)Kempeitai, 憲兵隊18811945Part of the Imperial Japanese Army
Naval Secret PoliceTokkeitai, 特警隊1945The Imperial Japanese Navy's military police, they were equivalent to the Imperial Japanese Army's Kempeitai. They were also the smallest military police service.
Special Higher Police(特別高等警察, Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu19111945Often shortened to Tokkō (特高), established specifically to investigate and control political groups and ideologies deemed to be a threat to public order. Its main function was as a civilian counterpart to the military's Kempeitai.
National Police Reserve19501952National force in Japan until formation of JSDF and NPA
 Kazakhstan Internal Troops of Kazakhstan19922014
 Kingdom of Laos Royal Lao Police19491975
 Latvia Latvian Auxiliary Police19411944
 Lithuania Lithuanian TDA Battalions19411941Predecessor to the Lithuanian Auxiliary Police
Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalions19411944
Lithuanian Security Police19411944
 Luxembourg Grand Ducal GendarmerieGendarmerie Grand-Ducale17332000Dissolved under Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1944. Merged on 1 January 2000 with local Police to form the new Grand Ducal Police
 Mexico Rural GuardGuardia Rural18611914In modern Mexico, the name is applied to the part-time Rural Defence Corps.
National GendarmerieGendarmeria Nacional18771970It was a body that has militarized police functions whose jurisdiction in large urban areas.
 Portugal Mozambique (Portuguese Province) Republican Guard of Lourenço MarquesGuarda Republicana de Lourenço Marques19131924Replaced both the former military Guarda Cívica (Civic Guard) and the Civil Police of Lourenço Marques.
Police Guard of the Mozambique CompanyGuarda Policial da Companhia de Moçambique19141925Military and police force of the territory under administration of the Mozambique Company (Territory of Manica and Sofala). Replaced by the Police Forces of the Mozambique Company (Forças Policiais da Companhia de Moçambique).
 Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Royal Ulster Constabulary19222001
Ulster Special Constabulary19201970
 Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) Northern Rhodesia Police18891964
 Norway Statspolitiet19411945
 Ottoman Empire Ottoman Gendarmerie1869
 Pakistan Gilgit Scouts18891975
Swat Levies1895
Federal Security Force19721977
Mehran Force19421995
Palestine (British Mandate) British Gendarmerie19201926Replaced by the Transjordan Frontier Force on 1 April
 Peru Peruvian GendarmerieGendarmería Nacional del Perú18521924Became the basis of the Civil Guard.
Republican Guard1991
 Philippines Guardia Civil en las Filipinas18681898

The Guardia Civil en las Filipinas (Spanish) translated to the "Civil Guard in the Philippines" was the branch of the Civil Guard organised under the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines and a component of the Spanish Army.
Philippine ConstabularyHukbóng Pamayapà ng Pilipinas19011991Absorbed the Integrated National Police on 1 January 1991 to form the present-day Philippine National Police.
 Poland Border Protection Corps19241939
Internal Security Corps19451965
Territorial Defense Forces19652008
ZOMO19561989
 Portugal Fiscal GuardGuarda Fiscal18851993It was military force controlled by the Portuguese Ministry of Finance, responsible for the tax and customs law enforcement and border surveillance. In 1993, it became part of the National Republican Guard, as the Fiscal Brigade.
Portuguese India Police and Supervion Corps of IndiaCorpo de Polícia e Fiscalização da Índia19241946Transformed in the entirely civilian Polícia do Estado da Índia (State of India Police) in 1946.
 Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) British South African Police18891980
 Russia Internal Troops of Russia19922016
Russian Empire Customs Guards17821832Under the regional authorities or, since 1802, Ministry of Finance
Internal Guards (Russian Empire)18111864Part of the Russian Imperial Army. Special Corps of Internal Guards since 1816
Border Guards18321893Under the Ministry of Finance
Special Corps of Border Guards18931918Part of the Russian Imperial Army under the Ministry of Finance in peacetime
Special Corps of GendarmesОтдельный корпус жандармов18361917Part of the Russian Imperial Army under the 3rd Section until 1880, under the Police Department of Russia afterwards
United States Occupation Zone of West Germany and Austria United States Constabulary-19461952
 Kingdom of Saxony Feldgendarmerie18101812Military police units of the army of the kingdom of Saxony.
 Serbia Pećanac Chetniks19411943
Serbian Volunteer Corps19411945
Serbian State Guard19421945
Special Police Units19942001
 South Africa Natal Border Guard18781879
Cape Mounted Police18821913
South African Republic Police18861902
South African Constabulary19001908
 Soviet Union Internal Troops19191991
Soviet Border Troops19181992
 Spain Carabineros18291940
Assault GuardGuardia de Asalto19321939
National Republican GuardGuardia Nacional Republicana19361937
Armed Police Corps19391979
 Syria Syrian Gendarmerie19211958Formed by the French to combat local insurgencies,[22] and maintained as late as 1958.[23]
 Thailand Royal Siamese Provincial Gendarmerie18971915Formed in 1897 by Danish mercenaries, integrated with the Royal Thai Police in 1915.[24]
Wild Tiger Corps19111925
 Ukraine Free Cossacks19171918
Ukrainian People's Militia19411941Predecessor to the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police
Ukrainian Auxiliary Police19411944
Internal Troops of Ukraine19922014
Berkut19922014
United States Indian Territory Lighthorse ?The name given by the Five Civilized Tribes of the United States to their mounted police force. The US Army's cavalry performed gendarme duties until the advent of law and order.
  Vatican City Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican CityCorpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano18161974Formed 1816. Replaced by a civilian Central Security Office, in 1970, which itself became the Corpo di Vigilanza dello Stato della Città del Vaticano in 1991. Was restored as the Gendarmerie in 2002.
 South Vietnam Republic of Vietnam National Police19621975
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia People's Defence Corps of Yugoslavia19441953

See also

Notes
    1. Student officer insignia designates school grade rather than military seniority.

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