# Comparative gendarmerie officer ranks of Francophone countries

"none" is preferred when the title is already sufficiently detailed; see [[WP:SDNONE]] 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. In the mid-twentieth century, a number of former French mandates and colonial possessions adopted gendarmeries after independence.

## History

Through the French colonial empire the gendarmerie was employed as a military and policing force throughout French colonies, with Gendarmes from France being deployed in every colony in 1900. The gendarmerie would also recruit personnel from the local populations, entrenching the idea of a gendarmerie in the colonial societies.
In the mid-twentieth century, a number of former French mandates and colonial possessions adopted gendarmeries after independence. These included Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, the Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Senegal, Syria, Tunisia, and the Republic of the Congo.

## Officers

| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| Burkinabè National Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Burkinabè National Gendarmerie vte | | | Général d'armée | Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
| Cameroonian National Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cameroonian National Gendarmerie vte | | | Général d'armée | Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Chef d'Escadron | Chef d'Escadron | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police vte | | | Commissioner Commissaire | Commissioner Commissaire | Deputy commissioner Sous-commissaire | Deputy commissioner Sous-commissaire | | | Assistant commissioner Commissaire adjoint | Assistant commissioner Commissaire adjoint | Chief superintendent Surintendant principal | Chief superintendent Surintendant principal | Superintendent Surintendant | Superintendent Surintendant | Inspector Inspecteur | Inspector Inspecteur |
| Chadian National Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chadian National Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
| Congolese Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Congolese Gendarmerie vte | | | Général d'armée | Général d'armée | Général de corps | Général de corps | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
| French Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| French Gendarmerie vte | | | Général d'armée | Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Chef d'Escadron | Chef d'Escadron | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
| Ivory Coast Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ivory Coast Gendarmerie vte | | | Général d'armée | Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Chef D'Escadron | Chef D'Escadron | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
| Mauritius Police Force vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mauritius Police Force vte | | | | | Commissioner | Commissioner | Deputy Commissioner | Deputy Commissioner | Assistant Commissioner | Assistant Commissioner | Superintendent | Superintendent | Assistant Superintendent | Assistant Superintendent | Deputy Assistant Superintendent | Deputy Assistant Superintendent | Chief Inspector | Chief Inspector | Inspector | Inspector | Inspector | Cadet Officer | Cadet Officer | Cadet Officer |
| Army of Monaco vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Army of Monaco vte | Général en chef des armées | Général en chef des armées | | | | | | | | | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
| Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie vte | | | | | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel Major | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
| National Gendarmerie of Niger vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| National Gendarmerie of Niger vte | | | Général d'armée | Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
| Senegalese Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Senegalese Gendarmerie vte | | | | | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
| Togolese National Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Togolese National Gendarmerie vte | | | Général d'armée | Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
| Tunisian National Guard vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tunisian National Guard vte | | | | | | | | | أمير لواء 'amir liwa' | أمير لواء 'amir liwa' | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ملازم Mulazim | ملازم Mulazim |
| Tunisian National Guard vte | | | | | | | | | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
| Vanuatu Mobile Forces vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vanuatu Mobile Forces vte | | | | | | | Major general Bigfala Jenerol | Major general Bigfala Jenerol | Brigadier | Brigadier | Colonel Kolonel | Colonel Kolonel | Lieutenant colonel Lietnen Kolonel | Lieutenant colonel Lietnen Kolonel | Major Bigfala | Major Bigfala | Captain Kapten | Captain Kapten | First lieutenant Fas Lietnen | First lieutenant Fas Lietnen | First lieutenant Fas Lietnen | Second lieutenant Seken Lietnen | Second lieutenant Seken Lietnen | Second lieutenant Seken Lietnen |
| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |