Comparative navy enlisted ranks of Africa
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Rank comparison chart of enlisted rank for navies of African states.
Enlisted
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 Algerian National Navy[1] |
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| مساعد أول Mosa'id awwal |
مساعد Mosa'id |
رقيب أول Raqib awwal |
رقيب Raqib |
عريف أول Earif 'awal |
عريف Earif |
جندي Jundiun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjudant chef | Adjudant | Sergent chef | Sergent | Caporal chef | Caporal | Djoundi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Botswana
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No navy
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 Burkina Faso
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No navy
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 Burundi
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No navy
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 Central African Republic
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No navy
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 Chad
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No navy
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 Navy of the DR Congo |
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| Maître chef principal | Premier maître chef | Maître chef | Premier maître | Second maître | Maître | Quartier maître | Premier matelot | Second matelot | Matelot | Recrue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Djiboutian Navy |
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| Maitre-principal | Premier maitre | Maitre | Second maitre | Quartier-maitre se 1ere classe | Quartier-maitre se 2eme classe | Matelot brevet | Matelot
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 Egyptian Navy |
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| مساعد أول Mosa'id awwal |
مساعد Mosa'id |
رقيب أول Raqib awwal |
رقيب Raqib |
عريف 'arif |
جندي Jundi
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 Ethiopian Navy |
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| ቺፍ ዋረንት ኦፊሰር Chīfi wareniti ofīseri |
ማስተር ቺፍ Masiteri chīfi |
ሲኒየር ቺፍ Sīnīyeri chīfi |
ቺፍ Chīfi |
ፒቲ ኦፊሰር 1ኛ ክላስ Pītī ofīseri ānidenya kilasi |
ፒቲ ኦፊሰር 2ኛ ክላስ Pītī ofīseri huletenya kilasi |
ፒቲ ኦፊሰር 3ኛ ክላስ Pītī ofīseri sositenya kilasi |
ፒቲ ኦፊሰር 4ኛ ክላስ Pītī ofīseri āratenya kilasi |
ሊዲንግ ሲማን Līdīnigi sīmani |
ኤብል ሲማን Ēbili sīmani |
ኦርድናሪ ሲማን Oridinarī sīmani |
ሲማን ሪኩሩት Sīmani rīkuruti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief warrant officer | Master chief | Senior chief | Chief | Petty officer first class | Petty officer second class | Petty officer third class | Petty officer fourth class | Leading seaman | Able seaman | Ordinary seaman | Seaman recruit
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 Gabonese Navy |
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| Maître-principal major | Maître-principal | Premier maître | Maître | Second maître | Quartier-maître de 1ère classe | Quartier-maître de 2ème classe | Matelot brevet | Matelot
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 Mali
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No navy
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 Mauritius
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No navy
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 Niger
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No navy
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 Nigerian Navy[2] |
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| Navy Warrant Officer | Master Warrant Officer | Warrant Officer | Petty officer | Leading seaman | Able seaman | Seaman | Ordinary seaman
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 Rwanda
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No navy
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 South Sudan
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No navy
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 Swaziland
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No navy
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 Tunisian National Navy[3][4] |
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| وكيل أعلى بالبحرية Wakil 'aelaa bialbahria |
وكيل أول بالبحرية Wakil 'awal bialbahria |
وكيل بالبحرية Wakil bialbahria |
عريف أول بالبحرية Earif 'awal bialbahria |
عريف بالبحرية Earif bialbahria |
رقيب أول بالبحرية Raqib 'awal bialbahria |
رقيب بالبحرية Raqib bialbahria |
جندي أول بحرية Jundiun awwal bialbahria |
جندي متطوع بحرية Jundiun bialbahria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maître principal | Premier maître | Maître | Second-Maître de 1ère classe | Second-Maître de 2ème classe | Quartier-maître de 1ère classe | Quartier-maître de 2ème classe | Matelot breveté | Matelot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Uganda
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No navy
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 Zambia
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No navy
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 Zimbabwe
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No navy
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See also
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- ^ "Ranks". mdn.dz. Ministry of National Defence (Algeria). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Smaldone, Joseph P. (1992). "National Security". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Nigeria: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 296–297. LCCN 92009026. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Décret n° 72-380 du 6 décembre 1972, portant Statut particulier des militaires". legislation-securite.tn (in French). Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance. 6 December 1972. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "أمر عدد 380 لسنة 1972 مؤرخ في 6 ديسمبر 1972 يتعلق بضبط النظام الأساسي الخاص بالعسكريين". legislation-securite.tn (in Arabic). Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance. 6 December 1972. Retrieved 6 April 2023.