General Directorate of Gendarmerie المديرية العامة لقوات الدرك |
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Abbreviation | GDG |
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Agency overview | |
Formed | January 1, 2008 |
Preceding agency | Gendarmerie |
Annual budget | $350 million (2016 est.) |
Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | jo |
Governing body | Government of Jordan |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Amman, Jordan Coordinates: 32°02′25″N 35°55′12″E / 32.040396°N 35.920132°E |
Minister responsible | Ghaleb Zu'bi |
Agency executive | Hussein Al-Hawatmeh, Director General |
Parent agency | Ministry of Interior |
Website | |
http://www.jdf.gov.jo |
General Directorate of Gendarmerie, or GDG (Arabic: المديرية العامة لقوات الدرك) is a public security agency of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, which lies under the jurisdiction of the country's Ministry of Interior. The Directorate was formed by a Royal decree in 2008, and is tasked with maintaining security and order in the country.