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

More than 2,000 firefighters and 500 firefighting vehicles continue to be deployed to the Aude region, alongside gendarmerie and army personnel, officials said on Thursday.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

Bertrand Cavallier, the former commander of France’s national gendarmerie training school, said French law enforcement should not be judged by the actions of one officer.

From Washington Times • Jul. 1, 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

There was Robert Perchon, his mother--in tears, at the thought of the peril which her son had only just escaped--a select assembly of the villagers, and the two gorgeous gendarmes from the St. Th�gonnec gendarmerie.

From A Hero of Romance by Marsh, Richard