System of Rank for Officers and Non-Commissioned Technical Officers
1. How is the rank system for officers and technical specialist non-commissioned officers regulated?
According to Article 21 of the Law on People's Public Security 2018, the rank system in the People's Public Security is regulated as follows:
1. Professional officers and non-commissioned officers:
- General officers have 04 ranks:
General;
Senior Lieutenant General;
Lieutenant General;
Major General;
- Field officers have 04 ranks:
Colonel;
Senior Lieutenant Colonel;
Lieutenant Colonel;
Major;
- Company officers have 04 ranks:
Captain;
Senior Lieutenant;
First Lieutenant;
Second Lieutenant;
- Non-commissioned officers have 03 ranks:
Sergeant;
Corporal;
Lance Corporal.
2. Technical specialist officers and non-commissioned officers:
- Field officers have 03 ranks:
Senior Lieutenant Colonel;
Lieutenant Colonel;
Major;
- Company officers have 04 ranks:
Captain;
Senior Lieutenant;
First Lieutenant;
Second Lieutenant;
- Non-commissioned officers have 03 ranks:
Sergeant;
Corporal;
Lance Corporal.
3. Non-commissioned officers and conscripted soldiers:
- Non-commissioned officers have 03 ranks:
Sergeant;
Corporal;
Lance Corporal;
- Conscripted soldiers have 02 ranks:
Private First Class;
Private Second Class.
2. How are officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the People's Public Security categorized and arranged?
Based on Article 20 of the Law on People's Public Security 2018, the categorization and arrangement of officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers in the People's Public Security are as follows:
- Categorization based on the nature of activities in the People's Public Security includes:
a) Professional officers and non-commissioned officers;
b) Technical specialist officers and non-commissioned officers;
c) Non-commissioned officers and conscripted soldiers.
- The Minister of Public Security prescribes specific regulations for the categorization and arrangement of officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers in the People's Public Security based on the nature of activities.
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