Law enforcement in Madagascar
The law enforcement agencies of Madagascar include:
- The National Gendarmerie (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 National Police 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]. Replaced in 2003 by the Central Intelligence Service (CIS)[4][5][6]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Madagascar - State Security Services". www.country-data.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ↑ "Gendarmerie of Madagascar". Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ↑ "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) - ↑ Adnews (2026-07-04). "23e anniversaire du CIS: le PRRM ambitionne de bâtir des institutions « solides et indépendantes… » – Newsmada" (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-22.
- ↑ ARRETE n°34478/2023 Portant refonte Structure et Organisation du Central Intelligence Service (CIS) https://cnlegis.gov.mg/uploads/A34478-2023-VF.pdf
- ↑ DECRET N° 2003-728 Portant création d'une Direction Générale près la Présidence de la République dénommée "Central Intelligence Service"
Sources
- World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004,
- World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems,second edition, Gale., 2006
- Sullivan, Larry E. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005.