The Law enforcement agencies of Madagascar include:
The Gendarmerie Nationale (Malagasy: Zandarimariam-pirenena), the national police force of Madagascar, with 8100 staff (in 2006) operating under the Ministry of Defense.
It is supplemented by a Presidential Security Regiment
There is a 3,000-member Civil Police force under the Ministry of Interior, with a role in policing the cities.
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 Ratsiraka.
