Ranks and insignia of gendarmeries

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Commissioned officers' and enlisted rank comparison chart of all Gendarmeries.[1]

Officers

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
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[2]
Coronel Tenente-coronel Major Capitão Primeiro tenente Segundo tenente
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
Royal Cambodian Gendarmerie
នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍
Néay ŭtdâmôséniy 		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក
Ŭtdâmôséniy êk 		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ
Ŭtdâmôséniy toŭ 		ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ត្រី
Ŭtdâmôséniy trei 		វរសេនីយ៍ឯក
Vôrôséniy êk 		វរសេនីយ៍ទោ
Vôrôséniy toŭ 		វរសេនីយ៍ត្រី
Vôrôséniy trei 		អនុសេនីយ៍ឯក
Ânŭséniy êk 		អនុសេនីយ៍ទោ
Ânŭséniy toŭ 		អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រី
Ânŭséniy trei
Cameroon Cameroonian National Gendarmerie[3]
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel
Chef d'Escadron
 		Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant


Royal Canadian Mounted Police[4]
Commissioner
Commissaire 		Deputy commissioner
Sous-commissaire 		Assistant commissioner
Commissaire adjoint 		Chief superintendent
Surintendant principal 		Superintendent
Surintendant 		Inspector
Inspecteur


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
Chilean Gendarmerie
Director nacional Subdirector operativo Coronel
Teniente coronel
 		Mayor Capitán Teniente 1° Teniente 2° Subteniente
People's Armed Police
 General Lieutenant General Major General Colonel Commandant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
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


Congolese Gendarmerie[5]
Général d'armée
Général de corps
 		Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel
Commandant
 		Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
France French Gendarmerie[6]
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel
Chef d'Escadron
 		Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant


Assam Rifles[7][8]
Director-general[note 1]
- 		Special director-general[note 2]
-
Additional director-general[note 3]

-
Inspector general[note 4]
- 		Deputy inspector-general[note 5]
- 		Commandant[note 6]
- 		Second-in-command[note 7]
- 		Deputy commandant[note 8]
- 		Assistant commandant[note 9]
-


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Iranian Law Enforcement Command
 General of the Army Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Third Lieutenant
ارتشبد
Arteshbod 		سپهبد
Sepahbod 		سرلشکر
Sarlashkar 		سرتیپ
Sartip 		سرتیپ دوم
Sartip dovom 		سرهنگ
Sarhang 		سرهنگ دوم
Sarhang dovom 		سرگرد
Sargord 		سروان
Sarvān 		ستوان یکم
Sotvān yekom 		ستوان دوم
Sotvān dovom 		ستوان سوم
Sotvān sevom
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


Italian Carabinieri[9]
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


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


Mauritius Police Force
Commissioner
Deputy Commissioner
Assistant Commissioner
 Superintendent
Assistant Superintendent
Deputy Assistant Superintendent
Chief Inspector
 Inspector
Cadet Officer


Mexico Mexican National Guard
Comisario General Comisario Jefe Comisario Inspector General Inspector Jefe Inspector Subinspector Primero Subinspector Segundo Oficial Suboficial


Army of Monaco
 Général en chef des armées Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant
Général en chef des armées Colonel
Lieutenant-colonel
 		Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Major Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel
Commandant
 		Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Royal Marechaussee[10]
Luitenant-generaal Generaal-majoor Brigade-generaal Kolonel Luitenant-kolonel Majoor Kapitein Eerste-luitenant Tweede-luitenant
National Gendarmerie of Niger[11]
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel
Lieutenant-colonel
 		Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
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 Senior officers Junior officers
Żandarmeria wojskowa
Generał brygady
Pułkownik
Podpułkownik
 		Major Kapitan Porucznik Podporucznik
National Republican Guard[12]
Tenente-general
Comandante-general 		Tenente-general Major-general Coronel Tenente-coronel Major Capitão Tenente Alferes
Romania Romanian Gendarmerie
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
Spain Spanish Civil Guard
Teniente general
General de división
General de brigada
 		Coronel
Teniente coronel
 		Comandante Capitán Teniente Alférez


Turkish Gendarmerie
Orgeneral Korgeneral Tümgeneral Tuğgeneral Albay Yarbay Binbaşı Yüzbaşı Üsteğmen Teğmen Asteğmen
Republic of China Military Police[13]
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
 United States Coast Guard[14]
Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Rear admiral
(lower half) 		Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Lieutenant
(junior grade) 		Ensign
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
Gendarmerie of Vatican City
Ispettore generale Dirigente generale Dirigente superiore Primo dirigente Dirigente Commissario
Vice commissario


Vietnam People's
Public Security
General
(Đại tướng
) 		Colonel general
(Thượng tướng) 		Lieutenant general
(Trung tướng) 		Major general
(Thiếu tướng) 		Senior colonel
(Đại tá) 		Colonel
(Thượng tá) 		Lieutenant colonel
(Trung tá) 		Major
(Thiếu tá) 		Captain
(Đại úy) 		Senior lieutenant
(Thượng úy) 		Lieutenant
(Trung úy) 		Second lieutenant
(Thiếu úy) 		University - college cadet
(Học viên Đại học - Cao đẳng) 		Intermediate - primary student
(Học viên Trung cấp - Sơ cấp)


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers

Enlisted

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[2]
Subtenente Primeiro-sargento Segundo-sargento Terceiro-sargento Cabo Soldado primeira classe Soldado segunda classe
Burkina Faso Burkinabè National Gendarmerie
Adjudant major Adjudant-chef Adjudant Maréchal-des-logis-chef Maréchal-des-logis
Gendarme
Royal Cambodian Gendarmerie
ព្រឹន្ទបាលឯក
Prœ̆ntôbal êk 		ព្រឹន្ទបាលទោ
Prœ̆ntôbal toŭ 		ពលបាលឯក
Pôlôbal êk 		ពលបាលទោ
Pôlôbal toŭ 		ពលបាលត្រី
Pôlôbal trei 		នាយឯក
Néay êk 		នាយទោ
Néay toŭ 		ពលឯក
Pôl êk 		ពលទោ
Pôl toŭ
Cameroon Cameroonian National Gendarmerie[3]
Adjudant-chef major Adjudant-chef Adjudant Maréchal-des-logis-chef Maréchal-des-logis Gendarme major Gendarme Elève Gendarme


Royal Canadian Mounted Police[4]
 No insignia
Corps sergeant major Sergeant major Staff sergeant major Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Constable Cadet
Sergent-major du corps Sergent-major Sergent-major d'état major Sergent d'état-major Sergent Caporal Gendarme Cadet
Chadian National Gendarmerie
Sergent major Sergent-chef Sergent Caporal
Soldat première
 		Soldat
Carabineros de Chile
 No insignia
Suboficial mayor Suboficial Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Carabinero Carabinero alumno
Chilean Gendarmerie
Suboficial mayor Suboficial Sargento primero Sargento segundo Cabo primero Cabo segundo Cabo Gendarme primero Gendarme segundo Gendarme Gendarme alumno
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[5]
 No insignia
Adjudant-chef
Adjudant
 		Maréchal des logis-chef Maréchal des logis Èleve gendarme
France French Gendarmerie[6]
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[15]
[failed verification] 		No insignia
Subedar major

सूबेदार मेजर 		Subedar
सूबेदार 		Naib subedar
नायब सूबेदार 		Warrant officer
- 		Havildar[note 10]
हवलदार 		Rifleman[note 11]
-


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Iranian Law Enforcement Command
استوار یکم
Ostovar yekom 		استوار دوم
Ostovar dovom 		گروهبان یکم
Goruhban yekom 		گروهبان دوم
Goruhban dovom 		گروهبان سوم
Goruhban sevom 		سرجوخه
Sarjukheh 		سرباز یکم
Sarbaz yekom 		سرباز دوم
Sarbaz dovom 		سرباز
Sarbaz
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[16][17][18]
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


Mexico Mexican National Guard
Agente Mayor Agente Subagente 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[10]
Adjudant-onderofficier 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[11]
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
Portugal National Republican Guard[12]
Sargento-mor Sargento-chefe Sargento-ajudante Primeiro-sargento Segundo-sargento Furriel Cabo-mor Cabo-chefe Cabo-de-curso Cabo Guarda principal Guarda
Romania Romanian Gendarmerie
Plutonier adjutant șef Plutonier adjutant Plutonier-major Plutonier Sergent-major Sergent Caporal Fruntaș 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
Spain Spanish Civil Guard
Suboficial mayor
Subteniente
Brigada
Sargento primero
 		Sargento
Cabo mayor
 		Cabo primero
Cabo
Guardia Civil de Primera

(Rank honorary, currently extinct) 		Guardia Civil*


Turkish Gendarmerie[19][20]
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 Jandarma Kademeli Çavuş Uzman onbaşı
Republic of China Military Police[13]
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[14]
 CMC MCPO E-8 E-7 E-6 E-5 E-4 E-3 E-2 E-2
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
Master sergeant
(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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Equivalent to the rank lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)
  2. ^ Equivalent to the rank lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)
  3. ^ Equivalent to the rank lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)
  4. ^ Equivalent to the rank major general (मेजर - जनरल)
  5. ^ Equivalent to the rank brigadier (ब्रिगेडियर)
  6. ^ Equivalent to the rank colonel (कर्नल)
  7. ^ Equivalent to the rank lieutenant colonel (लेफ्टिनेंट - कर्नल)
  8. ^ Equivalent to the rank major (मेजर)
  9. ^ Equivalent to the rank captain (कप्तान)
  10. ^ Equivalent to the rank head constable (-)
  11. ^ Equivalent to the rank constable (-)

References

  1. STANAG 2116 NATO chart, NATO
    , 2020
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  3. ^ a b "Grades designations". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 13 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Ranks of the Force". rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Grades appellations distinctions". defense.gouv.cg (in French). Ministry of National Defense (Republic of the Congo). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^
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    on 9 November 2024.
  7. ^ "असम राइफल्स विनियमन 2016 - Assam Rifles Regulation 2016" (PDF). 18 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Two Hundred Thirteenth Report - Security Situation in the North Eastern States of India" (PDF). Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs. 19 July 2018. pp. 6–8. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Distintivi di grado: Ufficiali." Carabinieri. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  10. ^ a b "De rangonderscheidingstekens van de krijgsmacht" (PDF) (in Dutch). Ministry of Defence (Netherlands). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b Bureau international des droits des enfants (December 2012). "État des Lieux: Formation des forces de défense et de sécurité sur les droit de l'enfant au Niger" (PDF) (in French). p. 34. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Distintivos". gnr.pt (in Portuguese). Republican National Guard. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Lùhǎikōng jūnfú zhì tiáolì fù tú" 陸海空軍服制條例附圖 [Drawings of the Uniform Regulations of the Army, Navy and Air Force] (PDF). Gazette of the Presidential Palace (6769): 65–67. 7 November 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
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  15. ^ "Two Hundred Thirteenth Report - Security Situation in the North Eastern States of India" (PDF). Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs. 19 July 2018. pp. 6–8. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Distintivi di grado: Marescialli." Carabinieri. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  17. ^ "Distintivi di grado: Brigadiere." Carabinieri. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  18. ^ "Distintivi di grado: Appuntati e Carabinieri." Carabinieri. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  19. ^ "Uzman Jandarma Kanunu" (PDF) (in Turkish). mevzuat.gov.tr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Uzman Erbaş Kanunu" (PDF) (in Turkish). mevzuat.gov.tr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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