Law enforcement in Madagascar

The law enforcement agencies of Madagascar include:

  • The Gendarmerie Nationale (Malagasy: Zandarimariam-pirenena), the national police force of Madagascar, with 8,100 staff (in 2006) operating under the Ministry of Defense.[1][2]
  • The Gendarmerie is supplemented by a Presidential Security Regiment.[3]
  • A 3,000-member Civil Police force under the Ministry of Interior, with a role in policing the cities.[1]
  • A General Directorate of Information and Documentation Internal and External (Direction Générale de l'Information et de la Documentation, Intérieure et Exterieure—DGIDIE), a secret political police, was established under the Presidency of Didier Ratsiraka.[1]
  1. ^ a b c "Madagascar - State Security Services". www.country-data.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Gendarmerie of Madagascar". Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2017-09-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)