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

Alex Batty appeared to be keen to be taken to an embassy in a big French city, but the student decided to contact the gendarmerie, the French military police.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

A rural police officer was on the line, asking if he could come down to the gendarmerie for a chat.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2023

“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

In the year 1838, the students conceived that their rights were infringed by the gendarmerie.

From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William