Ranks and insignia of gendarmeries

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

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Argentine National Gendarmerie v t e
					Director Nacional		Subdirector Nacional		Comandante General		Comandante Mayor		Comandante Principal		Comandante		Segundo Comandante		Primer Alférez			Alférez			Subalferez
Argentine Naval Prefecture v t e
					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] v t e
											Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Primeiro tenente			Segundo tenente
Burkinabè National Gendarmerie v t e
			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 v t e
			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
Cameroonian National Gendarmerie [3] v t e
			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] v t e
			Commissioner Commissaire		Deputy commissioner Sous-commissaire				Assistant commissioner Commissaire adjoint		Chief superintendent Surintendant principal		Superintendent Surintendant		Inspector Inspecteur
Chadian National Gendarmerie v t e
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Carabineros de Chile v t e
			General director		General inspector		General				Coronel		Teniente coronel		Mayor		Capitán		Teniente		Subteniente
Chilean Gendarmerie v t e
			Director nacional		Subdirector operativo						Coronel		Teniente coronel		Mayor		Capitán		Teniente 1°	Teniente 2°	Subteniente
People's Armed Police v t e
			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 [5] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
French Gendarmerie [6] v t e
			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] v t e					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 v t e
			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 v t e
							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 Tzoar
Italian Carabinieri [9] v t e
			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 v t e
			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 v t e
					Commissioner		Deputy Commissioner		Assistant Commissioner		Superintendent		Assistant Superintendent		Deputy Assistant Superintendent		Chief Inspector		Inspector			Cadet Officer
Mexican National Guard v t e
					Comisario General		Comisario Jefe		Comisario		Inspector General		Inspector Jefe		Inspector		Subinspector Primero	Subinspector Segundo	Oficial			Suboficial
Army of Monaco v t e
	Général en chef des armées										Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie v t e
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel Major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Royal Marechaussee [10] v t e
					Luitenant-generaal		Generaal-majoor		Brigade-generaal		Kolonel		Luitenant-kolonel		Majoor		Kapitein		Eerste-luitenant			Tweede-luitenant
National Gendarmerie of Niger [11] v t e
			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 v t e
					Commandant کمانڈنٹ				Deputy commandant ڈپٹی کمانڈنٹ۔				District officer ضلعی افسر۔						Assistant district officer اسسٹنٹ ڈسٹرکٹ آفیسر۔
Pakistan Rangers v t e
							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 v t e
									Generał brygady		Pułkownik		Podpułkownik		Major		Kapitan		Porucznik			Podporucznik
National Republican Guard [12] v t e
					Tenente-general Comandante-general	Tenente-general	Major-general				Coronel		Tenente-coronel		Major		Capitão		Tenente			Alferes
Romanian Gendarmerie v t e
	Mareșal		General		General-locotenent		General-maior		General de brigadă		Colonel		Locotenent-colonel		Maior		Căpitan		Locotenent			Sublocotenent
Corps of Gendarmerie of San Marino v t e
									Generale Brigata		Colonnello		Tenente Colonnello		Maggiore		Capitano		Tenente			Sottotenente
Senegalese Gendarmerie v t e
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Spanish Civil Guard v t e
					Teniente general		General de división		General de brigada		Coronel		Teniente coronel		Comandante		Capitán		Teniente			Alférez
Turkish Gendarmerie v t e
			Orgeneral		Korgeneral		Tümgeneral		Tuğgeneral		Albay		Yarbay		Binbaşı		Yüzbaşı		Üsteğmen		Teğmen		Asteğmen
Republic of China Military Police [13] v t e
					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] v t e
			Admiral		Vice admiral		Rear admiral		Rear admiral (lower half)		Captain		Commander		Lieutenant commander		Lieutenant		Lieutenant (junior grade)			Ensign
Vanuatu Mobile Forces v t e
							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 v t e
					Ispettore generale		Dirigente generale		Dirigente superiore		Primo dirigente		Dirigente		Commissario		Vice commissario
Vietnam People's Public Security v t e
			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 v t e																													No insignia
	Suboficial Mayor						Suboficial Principal		Sargento Ayudante		Sargento Primero						Sargento						Cabo Primero				Cabo		Gendarme
Argentine Naval Prefecture v t e
	Ayudante mayor						Ayudante principal		Ayudante de primero		Ayudante de segundo						Ayudante de tercera						Cabo primero				Cabo segundo		Marinero
Brazilian Military Police [2] v t e
	Subtenente										Primeiro-sargento						Segundo-sargento			Terceiro-sargento			Cabo						Soldado primeira classe						Soldado segunda classe
Burkinabè National Gendarmerie v t e
	Adjudant major			Adjudant-chef			Adjudant				Maréchal-des-logis-chef						Maréchal-des-logis												Gendarme
Royal Cambodian Gendarmerie v t e
	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
Cameroonian National Gendarmerie [3] v t e
	Adjudant-chef major			Adjudant-chef			Adjudant				Maréchal-des-logis-chef						Maréchal-des-logis						Gendarme major						Gendarme						Elève Gendarme
Royal Canadian Mounted Police [4] v t e																																			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 v t e
									Sergent major		Sergent-chef						Sergent										Caporal		Soldat première						Soldat
Carabineros de Chile v t e																																				No insignia
	Suboficial mayor						Suboficial		Sargento primero								Sargento segundo						Cabo primero				Cabo segundo								Carabinero	Carabinero alumno
Chilean Gendarmerie v t e
	Suboficial mayor						Suboficial		Sargento primero								Sargento segundo						Cabo primero				Cabo segundo	Cabo	Gendarme primero			Gendarme segundo			Gendarme	Gendarme alumno
People's Armed Police v t e
	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] v t e																																			No insignia
	Adjudant-chef						Adjudant				Maréchal des logis-chef						Maréchal des logis																		Èleve gendarme
French Gendarmerie [6] v t e
	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] v t e [ 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 v t e
	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 v t e
	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] v t e																							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 v t e																													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 v t e
											Sergeant												Corporal						Constable
Mexican National Guard v t e
									Agente Mayor								Agente										Subagente								Guardia Nacional
Army of Monaco v t e
	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 v t e
	Adjudant-chef						Adjudant		Sergent-major		Sergent-chef						Sergent
Royal Marechaussee [10] v t e
	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] v t e
	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 v t e																													No insignia
							Inspector انسپکٹر		Sub inspector سب انسپکٹر۔	Assistant sub inspector اسسٹنٹ سب انسپکٹر۔	Head Constable ہیڈ کانسٹیبل۔																		Constable کانسٹیبل
Pakistan Rangers v t e																													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 v t e
	Starszy chorąży sztabowy			Starszy chorąży			Chorąży				Młodszy chorąży						Starszy sierżant						Sierżant				Plutonowy	Starszy kapral	Kapral						Starszy szeregowy	Szeregowy
National Republican Guard [12] v t e
	Sargento-mor			Sargento-chefe			Sargento-ajudante		Primeiro-sargento		Segundo-sargento						Furriel						Cabo-mor		Cabo-chefe		Cabo-de-curso		Cabo			Guarda principal			Guarda
Romanian Gendarmerie v t e
	Plutonier adjutant șef			Plutonier adjutant			Plutonier-major		Plutonier		Sergent-major						Sergent						Caporal				Fruntaș		Jandarm
Corps of Gendarmerie of San Marino v t e
	Maresciallo										Brigadiere						Vice-brigadiere										Appuntato								Gendarme
Senegalese Gendarmerie v t e
	Adjutant-major			Adjutant-chef			Adjutant				Maréchal des logis-chef						Maréchal des logis												Gendarme
Spanish Civil Guard v t e
	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] v t e																									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] v t e
	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] v t e
	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 v t e
	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 v t e
									Ispettore								Vice ispettore						Brigadiere		Vice brigadiere								Gendarme
Vietnam People's Public Security v t e
							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

• List of police ranks
• List of gendarmeries
• Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers
• Ranks and insignia of NATO air forces enlisted
• Ranks and insignia of NATO air forces officers
• Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted
• Ranks and insignia of NATO navies officers

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 (-)

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