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A gendarme in front of an ACMAT Bastion in front of the presidential palace in Ouagadougou at the end of the 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt.

The National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) is the national gendarmerie force of Burkina Faso. It is one of the two national police forces, alongside the civilian National Police force.[1]

The National Gendarmerie's missions primarily involve anti-irregular military, apprehension of armed and dangerous criminals, intelligence gathering and counterintelligence, operating in difficult to access terrain, providing security to important locations that are at risk of attack or terrorism, support crowd control and riot control when in a unrest and chaos, support counterinsurgency operations, and tactical law enforcement in hard to reach areas.

The service is a branch of the Burkina Faso military acting under the authority of the Minister of Defence.[2]

Ranks

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Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Burkina Faso 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
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Burkina Faso Burkinabè National Gendarmerie
Adjudant major Adjudant-chef Adjudant Maréchal-des-logis-chef Maréchal-des-logis Gendarme

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://police.gov.bf
  2. ^ La Police nationale du Burkina Faso. Interpol, 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
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