Argentine National Gendarmerie

Argentine National Gendarmerie Gendarmería Nacional Argentina
Emblem of the Force
Gendarmeria flag
Abbreviation	GNA
Motto	Centinela de la Patria (lit. 'Fatherland's Sentinel')
Agency overview
Formed	1938
Employees	75,000
Volunteers	All non commissioned personnel are volunteers.
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	Argentina
Operations jurisdiction	Argentina
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
General nature	Federal law enforcement Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	Ave. Antártida Argentina and Gendarmería Nacional St., Buenos Aires
Elected officer responsible	Patricia Bullrich, Minister of Security
Agency executives	Commandant General Andrés Severino, National Director of the Gendarmerie Commandant General Javier Alberto Lapalma, Deputy National Director
Regional Headquarters	5 Campo de Mayo Córdoba San Miguel de Tucumán Rosario Bahía Blanca
Website
argentina.gob.ar/gendarmeria

The Argentine National Gendarmerie (Spanish: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina, GNA) is the national gendarmerie force and corps of border guards of the Argentine Republic. As at 2011, It has a strength of 30,000^[1]

The gendarmerie is primarily a frontier guard force but also fulfils other important roles.^[2] The force functions from what are today five regional headquarters at Campo de Mayo, Córdoba, Rosario, San Miguel de Tucumán and Bahía Blanca.