title: National Gendarmerie (Burkina Faso)
text: # National Gendarmerie (Burkina Faso)
  
  The National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) is the national gendarmerie force of Burkina Faso. It is one of the two national police forces, alongside the civilian National Police force.
  
  The service is a branch of the Burkina Faso military acting under the authority of the Minister of Defence.
  
  ## Ranks
  
  | Rank group | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | General/flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet | Officer cadet |
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  | Burkinabè National Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Burkinabè National Gendarmerie vte | | | Général d'armée | Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de division | Général de brigade | Général de brigade | Colonel major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Commandant | Capitaine | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Rank group | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted | Enlisted |
  | Burkinabè National Gendarmerie vte | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Burkinabè National Gendarmerie vte | Adjudant-major | Adjudant-major | Adjudant-major | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Adjudant | | | Maréchal des Logis-Chef | Maréchal des Logis-Chef | Maréchal des Logis-Chef | Maréchal des Logis-Chef | Maréchal des Logis-Chef | Maréchal des Logis-Chef | Maréchal des Logis | Maréchal des Logis | Maréchal des Logis | Maréchal des Logis | Maréchal des Logis | Maréchal des Logis | | | | | | | Gendarme | Gendarme | Gendarme | Gendarme | Gendarme | Gendarme | | |
  