The Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie (Arabic: الدرك الملكي المغربي, Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵜⵉⵊⴹⵕⵎⵜ ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏⵜ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ) is the national gendarmerie force of the Kingdom of Morocco, and comes under the joint-authority of the Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of the administration of National Defense, Ministry of Interior and Minister of Justice.

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Royal Gendarmerie الدرك الملكي ⵜⵉⵊⴹⵕⵎⵜ ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏⵜ
Agency overview
Formed	April 29, 1957 (1957-04-29)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Morocco
Constituting instruments	Dahir No 1-57-979 of 29 April 1957 Dahir No 1-57-280 of 14 January 1958[1]
General nature	Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	Rabat, Morocco
Elected officer responsible	Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of the administration of National Defense
Agency executive	General Mohamed Haramou, Commander
Parent agency	Royal Moroccan Armed Forces

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During the period of the French protectorate in Morocco, the French national gendarmerie was tasked to maintain law and order in Morocco & Tunisia. The Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie was founded on 29 April 1957 by the late King Mohammed V following independence.^[2] A Dahir issued on 14 January 1958 further defined the principle and purpose of the Gendarmerie.^[1] This describes the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie as a public force designed to guarantee public security and public order and the implementation of laws. Article 2 of the legislation attaches the Gendarmerie to the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, then constituting a military force in its structure, administration and command forms. And its personnel consists of officers and NCOs. Structure of its functions has been determined by the two major different but complementary traditions. One of them has its roots in the history and culture of Morocco. The gendarmerie was born of the Moroccan administrative and political system which has ensured public security and maintenance of public order for centuries. The second tradition (Makhzen) is much newer.

The Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie is a force of police tasked mainly to ensure public safety, maintain order and ensure law enforcement.^[2] Article 7 of the legislation stipulates the purpose of the gendarmerie is to ensure especially administrative, judicial and military policing activities directly and to help to the competent authorisations with the envisaged laws, which implies that the legislature has given great importance to policing duties.^[1]

Article 3 of the legislation further define responsible ministry on the gendarmerie roles, which are:^[1]

• the National Defence Administration especially on the subjects of organisation equipment and military judicial policing ;
• the Ministry of Justice for the implementation of judicial policing; and,
• the Ministry of Interior on the subject of Common Administration Policing.

The organization of Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie is consist of:^[2]

• The General Headquarters, which conducts the overall main duties of the force.
• Territorial Gendarmerie
  • 22 Regional Gendarmeries
  • 64 Companies of Gendarmerie
  • 322 posts of Gendarmerie
• Mobile Gendarmerie
• Air and Maritime Gendarmerie
• Specialized Units, such as Groupement de Sécurité et d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Royale.

• Small arms & Vehicles^{[citation needed]}

• Vehicles:
  • MRAP(unknown model/type)
  • Chevrolet Suburban

Since its foundation, the Royal Gendarmerie has developed efficient mutual co-operation basis with the other similar organizations and also joined in the FIEP organization in 1999 which provides a framework for the improvement of mutual relations between organizations and the maintenance of security in the region.

• List of gendarmeries