Benin Republican Police Year of creation: 2018 Home Ministry: Ministry of the Interior Status of the leader: police officer. Address of the head office Cotonou, Republic of Benin Website: https://www.dgpr.bj/ History of the Institution Merging from the...
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Benin Republican Police Year of creation: 2018 Home Ministry: Ministry of the Interior Status of the leader: police officer. Address of the head office Cotonou, Republic of Benin Website: https://www.dgpr.bj/ History of the Institution Merging from the former national gendarmerie and Police, the Republican Police (PR) is a single internal security force instituted by law no. 2017-41 of December 29th, 2017. Being a paramilitary force, the Republican Police is placed under the authority of the President of the Republic and under the supervision of the Minister of the Interior and Public Security (MIPS). From 1960 to 2018 The Beninese National Gendarmerie is the heiress of the French National Gendarmerie established in Dahomey, the name given to this French colony between 1894 and 1958. The latter was organized into sections by decree n° 49-1365 of August 23rd, 1949, and then into gendarmerie groups with the interministerial decision of November 27th, 1957. One month after the proclamatio
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