The Chadian National Gendarmerie (Arabic: قوات الدرك الوطني التشادي) is the branch of the Military of Chad in charge of judicial policing, administrative policing, and military policing. Created by decree of August 17, 1961 No. 2 following the independence of Chad, it was directly inspired by the French National Gendarmerie.[1] In 2014, it had 8,500 soldiers.[1]

History

Until 1960, the French Equatorial Africa Gendarmerie Detachment (FEA), a member of the French National Gendarmerie, carried out gendarmerie missions in Chad, then a French colony. The detachment was successively transformed into a section in 1949, a company in 1955, and then a group.[2]

Having become an autonomous republic on November 28, 1958, Chad gained independence on August 11, 1960. The Chadian National Gendarmerie was then officially created by a decree of August 17, 1961.[N 1]

In 1982, the Gendarmerie was briefly transformed into a military police force, before definitively returning to its previous status in 19901. Its general organization was then established by a decree of 14 April 1992N 4.1. In 1993, a decree divided the Chadian territory into eight gendarmerie districts,[N 2] and in 1994, the command of the National Gendarmerie became the General Directorate of the National Gendarmerie1. The 1996 Constitution then devoted a chapter to the National Gendarmerie.[3]

In 2013, after the dissolution of the United Nations Integrated Security Detachment (DIS), the Gendarmerie was given responsibility for ensuring the security of Sudanese refugees, displaced Chadians and humanitarian personnel. Since the country's independence, the Chadian National Gendarmerie has participated in several civil wars and intercommunity conflicts.[4]

Ranks

Officers

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Chadian National Gendarmerie
Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant

Enlisted

Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Chadian National Gendarmerie
Sergent major Sergent-chef Sergent Caporal Soldat première Soldat

Notes

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Décret No. 93-050/PR/MDPRC/DNACVG/93 du 5 février 1993

References

  1. ^ a b "Gendarmerie nationale tchadienne" [Chadian National Gendarmerie]. force-publique.net (in French). Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Gendarmerie nationale tchadienne". Force Publique. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Gendarmerie nationale tchadienne". Force Publique. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Gendarmerie nationale tchadienne". Force Publique. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadian_National_Gendarmerie
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