Tunisian National Guard
The Tunisian National Guard (French: Garde Nationale, Tunisian Arabic: الحرس الوطني, romanized: el-Ḥaras el-Waṭanī) is the national gendarmerie force of the Republic of Tunisia and separated from the Tunisian Armed Forces.
National Guard Garde Nationale الحرس الوطني el-Ḥaras el-Waṭanī | |
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Abbreviation | GN |
Motto | فداء للوطن Redemption for the homeland |
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Formed | 1 April 1956[1] |
Employees | 15,000 (est.) |
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Operations jurisdiction | Tunisia |
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Parent agency | Ministry of the Interior |
History
During French protectorate of Tunisia, the French national gendarmerie is tasked to maintain law and order in Tunisia.[2] Shortly after Tunisia's independence, the Tunisian National Guard was created in 1956 by Beylical Decree of 6 September 1956 to replace the French national gendarmerie, which returned to France.[1][3] Originally dependent on the ministry of Defense, the force was transferred to the Ministry of the Interior, due to President Habib Bourguiba's mistrust of the military.[4]
Missions
Tunisian National Guard, along with Tunisian National Police, is the first line of defense against internal security threat.[5] Tunisian National Guard role as stipulated in article 2 of Decree No. 2006-1162 on the special status of agents of the National Guard, are as follows:[6]
- for maintaining public order,
- preserving the security,
- land and sea borders guards,
- road/highway traffic and safety, public safety,
- search for criminals and,
- judicial investigations.
Organization
The Tunisian National Guard is led by a Director General, and consist of an inspectorate general and five directorate general, which are:[3][7]
- Inspectorate General.
- Directorate General of Public Security.
- Directorate General of Intervention Units.
- Directorate General of Border Guards.
- Directorate General of Common Services.
- Directorate General of the Mutual of Civil Protection National Guard officials.
Aside of five directorate general, It also have Directorate which works directly under Director General of the National Guard:[3]
- Directorate of Research and Investigation.
- Directorate of Anti-Terrorism.
- Directorate of Studies, Strategic plan and International Cooperation.
- The Special Unit.
- The Central Secretariat.
- The Central Operations Room
Naval Vessels and Aircraft
27 Naval Vessels
- 6 patrol boats P350TN (140 t, 35 m), donated by Italy (2 delivered 12.2012; 3 delivered between 2013/2014; 1 will be delivery within 2.2015)
- 7 patrol boats Classe 800/P58 (30 t, 17 m), donated by Italy middle years '00
- 4 patrol boats Classe 700 (18 t, 15 m), donated by Italy in May 2011
- 8 patrol boats Classe Squalo (13 t, 13,5 m), donated by Italy middle years '00
- 2 motorboats Classe 500 (8,5 t, 11 m), donated by Italy in 2009/2011
3 Aircraft
Ranks
- Officer ranks
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أمير لواء 'amir liwa' |
عميد Amid |
عقيد Aqid |
مقدم Muqaddam |
رائد Ra'id |
نقيب Naqib |
ملازم أول Mulazim awwal |
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Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
- Other ranks
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وكيل أول Wakil 'awal |
وكيل Wakil |
عريف أول Earif 'awal |
عريف Earif |
رقيب أول Raqib 'awal |
رقيب Raqib |
جندي متطوع Jundiun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjudant-chef | Adjudant | Sergent-chef | Sergent | Caporal-chef | Caporal | Soldat |
References
- "Décret Beylical du 6 Septembre 1956 (30 moharem 1376), portant création de la garde nationale". Décret Beylical of 1956 (in French).
- Blanchard, Emmanuel (2014). "French Colonial Police". In Bruinsma, Gerben; Weisburd, David (eds.). Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Vol. 8. Springer Publishing. pp. 1836–46. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-5690-2_465. ISBN 978-1-4614-5689-6. S2CID 159207331.
- "Tunisian National Guard". FIEP. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- Lutterbeck, Derek (2013), The Paradox of Gendarmeries: Between Expansion, Demilitarization and Dissolution (PDF), The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, pp. 43–44, doi:10.5334/bbs, ISBN 9781911529354
- Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. "Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs: Tunisia Summary". US Department of State. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- "Statut particulier des agents de la Garde nationale". interieur.gov.tn (in French). Tunisian Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- "Nouvelles nominations à la Garde nationale". Business News (in French). 28 August 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- "Création d'une nouvelle unité de la Garde nationale soutenue par 3 hélicoptères". Business News (in French). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.