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A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term maréchaussée (lit. 'marshalcy') may also be used (e.g., Royal Marechaussee) but is now uncommon.

Although pioneered in France, the concept of a gendarmerie was adopted by several other European nations during the Napoleonic Wars.^[1] It remains an integral part of the military establishment in most Francophone states and territories.^[1] A somewhat related phenomenon has been the formation of paramilitary units which fall under the authority of civilian police agencies. Since these are not strictly military forces, however, they are not considered gendarmeries.^[2] 20 gendarmeries and 1 observer are part of the International Association of Gendarmeries and Police Forces with Military Status (FIEP) as of 2024.^[3] 7 EU states are part of the European Gendarmerie Force, with 1 partner and 1 observer.^[4]

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Equivalent to the rank Lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)

[81] [N 2]
Equivalent to the rank Lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)

[82] [N 3]
Equivalent to the rank Lieutenant general (लेफ्टिनेंट - जनरल)

[83] [N 4]
Equivalent to the rank Major general (मेजर - जनरल)

[84] [N 5]
Equivalent to the rank Brigadier (ब्रिगेडियर)

[85] [N 6]
Equivalent to the rank Colonel (कर्नल)

[86] [N 7]
Equivalent to the rank Lieutenant colonel (लेफ्टिनेंट - कर्नल)

[87] [N 8]
Equivalent to the rank Major (मेजर)

[88] [N 9]
Equivalent to the rank Captain (कप्तान)

[97] [N 10]
Equivalent to the rank Head constable (-)

[98] [N 11]
Equivalent to the rank Constable (-)

[Turkey_Student-93] Student officer insignia designates school grade rather than military seniority.

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Country or territory	English name	Native-language name	Notes	Refs.
Algeria	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale (الدرك الوطني)	Formed in 1962 following Algerian independence and attached to the Ministry of Defence	^[5]
Argentina	Argentine National Gendarmerie	Gendarmería Nacional Argentina	Formed in 1938, and a member of FIEP	^[6]^[3]
Azerbaijan	Internal Troops of Azerbaijan	Azərbaycan Respublikası Daxili Qoşunları
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Ansar
Belarus	Internal Troops	Унутраныя войскі (Unutranyja vojski) Внутренние войска (Vnutrennie voyska)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska)	Gendarmerie of Republika Srpska	Жандармерија Републике Српске (Žandarmerija Republike Srpske)	Bosnia and Herzegovina has two major entity-level ministries of interior, so only Republika Srpska has gendarmerie type unit formed in September 2019.
Brazil	Military Police	Polícia Militar	Brazilian states have their own gendarmeries. Member of FIEP	^[3]
Bulgaria	Gendarmerie (Bulgaria)	Жандармерия (Zhandarmeriya)
Burkina Faso	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Established in 1960 following independence as part of the army, and operates within the Defence Ministy	^[7]^[8]
Burundi	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale
Bhutan	Royal Bhutan Police	རྒྱལ་གཞུང་འབྲུག་གི་འགག་སྡེ (gyal-zhung druk-ki gaag-de)
Cambodia	Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia	កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ (kangreachaavouthohat)	First formed in 1954 and operated until the Khmer Rouge dictatorship in 1975. Reformed in 1993 with assistance from France.	^[9]^[10]
Cameroon	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Formed in 1960, and operates under the Defence Ministry as one of the two primary law enforcement organisations, alongside the Cameroonian National Police	^[11]^[12]
Central African Republic	Gendarmerie
Chad	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Created following independence from France in 1960	^[13]
Chile	Carabineros of Chile	Carabineros de Chile	Formed in 1903 as part of the army. In 1927 it was merged with the civillian Fiscal Police and Rural Police to create the Carabineros de Chile. Member of FIEP	^[14]^[3]
China	People's Armed Police	中国人民武装警察部队 (Zhōngguó Rénmín Wǔzhuāng Jǐngchá Bùduì)	Formed in 1982, the PAP perform military-civilian police duties. The PAP is a component of the Paramilitary forces of China.	^[15]^[16]
Comoros	Gendarmerie		Formed in 1978	^[17]
Republic of the Congo	Congolese National Gendarmerie [fr]		Initially formed in 1960 following independence before being disolved and split between the Army and Police in 1970. Restored in 1991 and shares policing duties with the National Police. Controlled by the Defense Ministry	^[18]^[19]
Cote d'Ivoire	Gendarmerie		In 1958 the French Gendarmerie began to supervise the first elements of the Ivorian Republican Guard, before becoming the National Gendarmerie following independence in 1960	^[20]
Djibouti	Djiboutian National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale Djiboutienne	The first French Gendarmes arrived in 1919, following independence in 1977 the Djiboutian Gendarmerie was created and is primarily under the Ministry of Defense. Member of FIEP	^[21]^[22] ^[3]
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic National Police	Policía Nacional Dominicana
France	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Established in 1791 and member of FIEP and the European Gendarmerie Force	^[23]^[3] ^[4]
Gabon	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Formed in 1960 following independence with Gabonization occurring in 1964. A branch of the Defense Ministry	^[24]^[25]
Guinea	Gendarmerie		Formed following independence in 1958 and shares policing duties with the National Police	^[26]^[27]
Guinea-Bissau	National Guard	Guarda Nacional	Created in 2010 through the merger of several former security agencies. Modeled on the Portuguese National Republican Guard and other similar organizations.
Hungary	Law Enforcement and Public Safety Service	Rendészeti Biztonsági Szolgálat
Iraqi Kurdistan	Zeravani	Zêrevanî (زێرەڤانی)	Established in 1997 and has been described as a gendarmerie. Under the operational control of the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Interior, but are part of the Peshmerga armed forces of Iraqi Kurdistan.	^[28]^[29] ^[30]
Italy	Corps of Carabineers	Arma dei Carabinieri	The Carabinieri is a component of the Italian Armed Forces. Formed in 1814 and a part of the Defence Ministry but coordinated by the Interior Ministry. Member of FIEP and the European Gendarmerie Force	^[31]^[32] ^[33]^[3] ^[4]
Jordan	General Directorate of Gendarmerie	قوات الدرك الأردني	Established in 2008 and member of FIEP	^[34]^[3]
Kazakhstan	National Guard of Kazakhstan	Ұлттық ұланы, Ūlttyq ūlany	Established in 2014 on the basis of Kazakhstan Interior Troops
Kuwait	Kuwait National Guard	الحرس الوطني الكويتي	Member of FIEP	^[3]
Lithuania	Public Safety Service	Viešojo saugumo tarnyba	Created following independence in 1991 as the Internal Service Unit and reorganised in 2002.	^[35]^[36]
Madagascar	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Formed following independence in 1960 and reports to the National Defence Ministry	^[37]^[38]
Mali	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Established in 1960 and shares policing duties with the National Police. Administraively controlled by the Ministy of Defence, with operational control shared between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection.	^[39]^[40]
Mauritania	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Established in 1960 and part of the Defence Ministry	^[41]^[42]
Mexico	National Guard	Guardia Nacional	The National Guard was created in 2019 by merging the Federal Police (including the National Gendarmerie).	^[43]^[44]
Moldova	Carabinier Troops	Trupele de Carabinieri	Created in 1991 under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. FIEP observer	^[45]^[46] ^[3]
Monaco	Prince's Company of Carabiniers	Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince	The Corps des Sapeurs-Pompiers provide an armed support service.
Mongolia	National Police Agency	Цагдаагийн Ерөнхий Газар (Tsagdaagiin Erönkhii Gazar)
Mongolia	Internal Troops of Mongolia	Монгол Улсын Дотоод цэргүүд	Disestablished in 2013, reestablished in 2017^[47]
Morocco	Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Royale (الدرك الملكي)	Formed in 1957 and with law enforcement primarily in rural areas. Member of FIEP	^[48]^[49] ^[3]
Netherlands	Royal Marechaussee	Koninklijke Marechaussee	Established in 1814, and part of the Ministry of Defence although non-military operations are performed under the Ministry of Justice and Security and Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Member of FIEP and the European Gendarmerie Force	^[50]^[51] ^[3]^[4]
Niger	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale Nigérienne	Established in 1960 and part of the Defence Ministry	^[52]^[53]
Palestine	Palestinian National Security Forces	قوات الأمن الوطني الفلسطيني (Quwwat al-Amn al-Watani al-Filastini)	Member of FIEP	^[3]
Pakistan	Balochistan Levies
Pakistan	Frontier Constabulary	جمیعتِ سپاہیانِ سرحدی
Poland	Military Gendarmerie	Żandarmeria Wojskowa	Created in 1812 and directed by the Ministry of Defence. Member of the European Gendarmerie Force	^[54]^[4]
Portugal	National Republican Guard	Guarda Nacional Republicana	Precursor units date back to 1801, with the National Republican Guard created in 1911. In peacetime it responds to the Ministry of Internal Administration, and in wartime the Ministry of National Defence. Member of FIEP and the European Gendarmerie Force	^[55]^[56] ^[57]^[3] ^[4]
Romania	Romanian Gendarmerie	Jandarmeria Română	Formed in 1850 and under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Member of FIEP and the European Gendarmerie Force	^[58]^[59] ^[3]^[4]
Qatar	Internal Security Force	لخويا	Established in 2003 as part of the Interior Ministry. Member of FIEP	^[60]^[61] ^[3]
Russia	National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya)	Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии РФ (Росгвардия)	The first Russian gendarmerie units were created in 1817 with the current National Guard established in 2016 containing SOBR, OMON, and the Internal Troops and reporting directly to the President.	^[62]^[63]
San Marino	Corps of Gendarmerie of San Marino	Gendarmeria	Established in 1824 and member of FIEP	^[64]^[3]
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabian National Guard	الحَرَس الوَطنيّ (al-Ḥaras al-Waṭanī)
Senegal	Senegalese Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Established in 1962 The Gendarmerie and civillian National Police are the two main law enforcement bodies. It is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Armed Forces. Member of FIEP	^[65]^[66] ^[3]
Serbia	Gendarmery	Žandarmerija (Жандармерија)	Originally formed in 1860, it was disbanded in 1945 before reforming in 2001.	^[67]
Spain	Civil Guard	Guardia Civil	Formed in 1844 with control for functions shared between the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of the Interior and one of the two national Policing bodies. Member of FIEP and the European Gendarmerie Force	^[68]^[69] ^[3]^[4]
Taiwan	Military Police	中華民國憲兵	may be mobilized by prosecutors to investigate civilian crimes
Tajikistan	Internal Troops	Қӯшунҳои дохилӣ
Togo	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Nationale	Created in 1962 and is part of the Ministry of Defense, although may report to the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection for law enforcement.	^[70]^[71]
Tunisia	National Guard	Garde Nationale	Member of FIEP	^[3]
Turkey	Gendarmerie General Command	Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı	Subordinate to the Turkish Ministry of Interior since 2016. Member of FIEP and observer of the European Gendarmerie Force	^[3]^[72]
Turkmenistan	Internal Troops	Türkmenistanyň içeri işler edaralarynyň işgärlerine
Turkmenistan	Turkmen National Guard	Türkmenistanyň Milli Garawul
Ukraine	National Guard	Національна гвардія України (Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy)	Created 1991 from the Internal Troops of Ukrainian SSR, reverted to old name between 2000 and 2014. Member of FIEP	^[3]
United States	United States Coast Guard		The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, law enforcement, and military service branch of the United States Armed Forces^[73] and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the U.S. military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its duties.
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan National Guard	Oʻzbekiston Respublikasi Milliy gvardiyasi
Vatican City	Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City	Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano	General responsibility for security and public order which encompasses all regular police duties, including border control, crime prevention and investigation, and enforcement of financial and commercial regulations.
Venezuela	Venezuelan National Guard	Guardia Nacional Bolivariana de Venezuela
Europe	European Gendarmerie Force	French: Force de gendarmerie européenne Italian: Forza di Gendarmeria Europea Portuguese: Força de Gendarmaria Europeia Spanish: Fuerza de Gendarmería Europea	Formed by seven members of the European Union: France, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain. The European Gendarmerie Force was created as an intervention force at the service of the EU, the NATO, the UN, the OSCE, or other "ad hoc" alliances. It is characterized by its robustness, and quick deployability, and it specializes in the management of crisis areas. Lithuania is currently a Partner Member, and Turkey has Observer status.^[74]

Country or territory	English name	Native-language name	Formed	Disbanded	Notes	Refs.
Democratic Republic Of Afghanistan	Defenders of the Revolution	Sarandoy	1978	1992	Formed after the Saur Revolution, Sarandoy was dominated by the Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan and would often clash with the Parchamite Dominated Khad.
Afghanistan	Afghan National Civil Order Force		2006	2020	Originally part of Afghan National Police, most personnel transferred to Afghan National Army in 2018	^[92]^[93] ^[94]
Albania	International Gendarmerie		1913	1914		^[95]
Albania	Royal Albanian Gendarmerie	Xhandarmëria Mbretërore e Shqipëris	1919	1939	Formed as a counterweight to the Royal Albanian Army, it employed British advisors on its staff and with the units	^[95]
Austria	Imperial and Royal Gendarmerie	k.k. Gendarmerie	1849	1918	Gendarmerie of Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary	^[96]
	Federal Gendarmerie	Bundesgendarmerie	1918	2005	Renamed k.k. Gendarmerie, dissolved under occupation from 1938 to 1945. Merged with other agencies to form new Bundespolizei in 2005
	B-Gendarmerie		1949	1955	The precursor of the Austrian Armed Forces
Azerbaijan	Special Purpose Police Unit	Xüsusi Təyinatlı Polis Dəstəsi	1990	1995	Fought in the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, disbanded after mutiny
Baden	Grand Duchy of Baden Gendarmerie Corps		1829	1918	Part of the Baden Army until 1870 when the Army became part of the Prussian Army. Subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior. Strength 248 – 560 gendarmes in six, later four, districts.
Belgium	Belgian Gendarmerie	French: Gendarmerie Dutch: Rijkswacht	1796	2001	Was formed under French rule in what now is Belgian territory, even before the establishment of Belgium itself (1830). Merged with federal and local police to form a new policing system
Belgium	Garde Civique	Dutch: Burgerwacht	1830	1920
Benin	National Gendarmerie	French: Gendarmerie Nationale	1960	2018	Merged with the civilian National Police in 2018 to become the Republican Police of Benin	^[97]
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Gendarmerie	Zhandarmeriya			The Bulgarian Gendarmerie was disbanded by the country's General Directorate of Police, and its personnel were absorbed into various specialized police units.
Canada	North-West Mounted Police		1873	1920	Merged with the Dominion Police to create Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Colombia	National Gendarmerie Corps	Cuerpo de Gendarmeria Nacional	1906	1909	Created to function decentralized from the National Police command and more militarized regime, managed by the Ministry of War. In 1909 General Jorge Holguín suppressed the National Gendarmerie Corps and gave the provincial governors the authority to organize police services at their own will
Cretan State	Cretan Gendarmerie	Κρητική Χωροφυλακή, Kritiki Chorofylaki	1899	1916
Cyprus	Cyprus Military Police	Κυπριακή Στρατιωτική Αστυνομία Kıbrıs Jandarması	1880	1935
Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakian Gendarmerie	Československé četnictvo	1918	1942	Managed by the Ministry of Interior. In 1942 merged with police and fire brigades. After the liberation in 1945 created a unified police force—the Corps of National Security (SNB)—that amalgamated gendarmerie, police and intelligence.
Denmark	Border Gendarmerie	Grænsegendarmeriet	1838	1958
	The Blue Gendarms	De Blå Gendarmer	1885	1897
	The Royal Danish West Indies Gendarmerie Corps	Det Kongelige Dansk Vestindiske Gendarmerikorps	1907	1917
Dutch East Indies	Marshal Corps On Foot	Korps Marechaussee te voet	1890	1942
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Gendarmery	Zabagna	1916	1936	Included the Kebur Zabagna Imperial Guard
Georgia	Internal Troops of Georgia	საქართველოს შინაგანი ჯარები sak'art'velos shinagani jarebi	1991	2004		^[98]
German Empire	Field Gendarmerie	Feldgendarmerie	1866	1918	Military police units of the army of the German Empire.
Nazi Germany	Field Gendarmerie	Feldgendarmerie	1933	1945	Military police units of the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany.
Germany	Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie, Landjägerei (rural ranger), Landpolizei (rural police), Dragoner, Husaren and other denominations	19th century	mid-20th century	Due to the distinctive autonomy of the German states, every state has his own history of establishing and denomination. In Prussia for example it was called Royal Prussian State Gendarmerie
Greece	Hellenic Gendarmerie	Ελληνική Χωροφυλακή, Elliniki Chorofylaki	1833	1984	Merged with the City Police and formed the current Hellenic Police
Haiti	Gendarmerie of Haiti		1915	1928	Established following a US intervention, later reorganized into Garde d'Haïti	^[99]
Honduras	Gendarmerie of Honduras	Gendarmería de Honduras	1866	1882
Hungary	Hungarian Royal Gendarmerie	Magyar Királyi Csendőrség	1881	1945	Until 1918 Gendarmerie of Transleithanian part of Austria-Hungary; disbanded by the Interim National Government after WWII because Hungarian Royal Gendarmerie took part in the Holocaust by gathering the Hungarian Jews and giving them to the Nazi German forces.
Law Enforcement and Public Safety Service	Rendészeti Biztonsági Szolgálat	2004	2008	Couple years after the fall of the communist regime, a new gendarmerie-type police force within the frameworks of the Hungarian National Police:, Rendészeti Biztonsági Szolgálat was formed and existed between 2004 and 2008.
Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran Gendarmerie	ژاندارمری (Zhāndārmerī)	1979	1990	Persian Central Government Gendarmerie 1911–1921, Amniyeh Kol-e Mamlekati 1921–1943; GENMISH 1943–1957; State Gendarmerie 1957–1979; gendarmerie dissolved in 1990
Ireland	Royal Irish Constabulary^[100]		1822	1922	Royal added to the name in 1867.^[101]
Italian East Africa	Italian African Police	Polizia dell'Africa Italiana	1936	1941	Operated throughout Italian East Africa
Italian colonies of Italian East Africa, Italian Libya and Italian Somaliland	Zaptié		1889	1942
State of Katanga	Katangese Gendarmerie		1960	1963
Kazakhstan	Internal Troops of Kazakhstan	Қазақстан IIМ iшкi әскері, Qazaqstan IIM ishki áskeri	1992	2014	Reformed into National Guard of Kazakhstan
Luxembourg	Grand Ducal Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Grand-Ducale	1733	2000	Dissolved under Nazi occupation from 1940 to 1944. Merged on 1 January 2000 with local Police to form the new Grand Ducal Police	^[102]
Mexico	Rural Guard	Guardia Rural	1861	1914	In modern Mexico, the name is applied to the part-time Rural Defence Corps.
	National Gendarmerie	Gendarmeria Nacional	1877	1970	It was a body that has militarized police functions whose jurisdiction in large urban areas.
	Federal Police (Mexico)	Policía Federal	2009	2019	Reformed into the National Guard of Mexico
Portugal Mozambique (Portuguese Province)	Republican Guard of Lourenço Marques	Guarda Republicana de Lourenço Marques	1913	1924	Replaced both the former military Guarda Cívica (Civic Guard) and the Civil Police of Lourenço Marques.
Portugal Mozambique (Portuguese Province)	Police Guard of the Mozambique Company	Guarda Policial da Companhia de Moçambique	1914	1925	Military and police force of the territory under administration of the Mozambique Company (Territory of Manica and Sofala). Replaced by the Police Forces of the Mozambique Company (Forças Policiais da Companhia de Moçambique).
Nicaragua	National Guard (Nicaragua)	Guardia Nacional	1925	1979
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom	Royal Ulster Constabulary		1922	2001	Reformed into the civilian Police Service of Northern Ireland following the Good Friday Agreements
Ottoman Empire	Ottoman Gendarmerie		1869	1918	Briefly split into forces serving the declining Ottoman regime and those working with the Ankara Government in the Turkish War of Independence. Reformed into the Gendarmerie General Command after the Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate in 1923 without being disbanded.
Palestine (British Mandate)	British Gendarmerie		1920	1926	Replaced by the Transjordan Frontier Force on 1 April
Peru	Peruvian Gendarmerie	Gendarmería Nacional del Perú	1852	1924	Became the basis of the Civil Guard.
Peru	Republican Guard		1919	1991		^[103]
Philippines	Guardia Civil en las Filipinas		1868	1898	The Guardia Civil en las Filipinas (Spanish) translated to the "Civil Guard in the Philippines" was the branch of the Civil Guard organised under the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines and a component of the Spanish Army.
Poland	Territorial Defense Forces	Obrona Terytorium Kraju	1965	2008
Portugal	Fiscal Guard	Guarda Fiscal	1885	1993	It was military force controlled by the Portuguese Ministry of Finance, responsible for the tax and customs law enforcement and border surveillance. In 1993, it became part of the National Republican Guard, as the Fiscal Brigade.
Portuguese India	Police and Supervion Corps of India	Corpo de Polícia e Fiscalização da Índia	1924	1946	Transformed in the entirely civilian Polícia do Estado da Índia (State of India Police) in 1946.
Kingdom of Prussia	Royal Prussian State Gendarmerie		1812	1918
Russia	Internal Troops of Russia	Внутренние войска МВД России	1992	2016
Russian Empire	Special Corps of Gendarmes	Отдельный корпус жандармов	1836	1917	Part of the Russian Imperial Army under the 3rd Section until 1880, under the Police Department of Russia afterwards
United States Occupation Zone of West Germany and Austria	United States Constabulary		1946	1952		^[104]
Kingdom of Saxony	Feldgendarmerie		1810	1812	Military police units of the army of the kingdom of Saxony.
South Africa	South African Constabulary		1900	1908	Used for policing the former territories of Transvaal and Orange Free State
South Africa	Natal Mounted Police		1874	1913
Soviet Union	Internal Troops	Внутренние войска МВД СССР	1919	1991
Spain	Carabineros		1829	1940	Border patrol and customs service of Spain until the end of the Spanish Civil War
Spain	National Republican Guard	Guardia Nacional Republicana	1936	1937	Created from the faction of Civil Guard loyal to the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Guinea	Colonial Guard of Spanish Guinea		1908	1968
Syria	Syrian Gendarmerie		1921	1958	Formed by the French to combat local insurgencies,^[105] and maintained as late as 1958.^[106]
Thailand	Royal Siamese Provincial Gendarmerie		1897	1915	Formed in 1897 by Danish mercenaries, integrated with the Royal Thai Police in 1915.^[107]
Ukraine	Free Cossacks		1917	1918
Ukraine	Internal Troops of Ukraine	Внутрішні війська МВС України	1991	2014	National Guard in 1992-2000, name reverted to 'Internal Troops' afterwards until the Euromaidan
United States Indian Territory	Lighthorse	?			The name given by the Five Civilized Tribes of the United States to their mounted police force. The US Army's cavalry performed gendarme duties until the advent of law and order.
Vatican City	Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City	Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano	1816	1974	Formed 1816. Replaced by a civilian Central Security Office, in 1970, which itself became the Corpo di Vigilanza dello Stato della Città del Vaticano in 1991. Was restored as the Gendarmerie in 2002.

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List of active gendarmeries

Ranks

List of former gendarmeries

See also

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