gendarmerie

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Meeting one of the demands of the protesters, the Senate announced Sunday the dismissal of its president, Richard Ravalomanana, a former general of the gendarmerie paramilitary police.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

"We are looking into the likelihood of a fire being started deliberately," a spokesperson for the gendarmerie told Reuters.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

“It’s very ambitions and it’s true that many experts have voiced opposition,” said Bertrand Cavallier, the former commander of France’s national gendarmerie police training center, speaking in a phone interview.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2023

He had been reporting on those security measures and had shared the document by the gendarmerie related to the investigation into Mr. Sonko.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

The gendarmerie or heavy cavalry was The army. continuously increased in numbers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various