Commandant-General of the Royal Carabinieri (Kingdom of Italy)

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Commandant-General of the Royal Carabinieri
Comandante Generale dei Carabinieri Reali
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Flag of the Commandant-General of the Royal Carabinieri
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Incumbent
Benito Romano Busdon
since 23 March 2015
Directorate-General of Public Security
General Defence Staff
Reports toChief of Police - Director General of Public Security
Chief of the General Defence Staff
SeatRoyal Carabinieri General Command, Rome, Italy
NominatorDuce of Italy
Term length4 years
DeputyDeputy Commandant-General of the Royal Carabinieri

The Commandant-General of the Royal Carabinieri (Italian: Comandante Generale dell'Arma dei Reali Carabinieri) is a general officer who is in charge of leading the Royal Carabinieri.
In peacetime, Carabinieri are operationally dependent on the Directorate General of Public Security and on the Chief of Police strictly only for matters related to police duties.
The Commandant-General is the overall commander of the Royal Carabinieri.

Functions

Powers in recruitment, status, progress and employment fields

The Commandant-General proposes to the Chief of General Staff of Defence the destinations of the Generals of Army Corps and, for the needs in the Defence field, the officers to be used for international use, in joint tasks and in other departments. Similarly, the Commandant-General proposes to the Chief of Police of the Kingdom of Italy the destinations of the Generals of Army Corps and, for the needs in the law enforcement field, the officers to be used for international use, in joint tasks and in other departments.
The Commandant-General determines the destinations of the dependent officers, subject to the permission of the Minister of the Interior for those transferred to or from the territorial organization (devoted to police tasks), giving prior notice to the Chief of General Staff of Defence for the divisional and brigade general officers. In this regard, if the Commandant-General or the Chief of General Defence Staff requests and the Interior Minister (and, by delegation, the Chief of Police) accepts, Carabinieri units and personnel normally assigned to police duties may be transferred to military duties.
The Commandant-General chairs the Superior Commission for the Advancement of the officers of the Royal Carabinieri, is vice-president of the Supreme Commission for the Advancement (if it deals with officers of the Royal Carabinieri), he indicates to the Chief of Defence General Staff the general officers to propose to the Minister of National Defence as members of the promotion commissions.
The Commandant-General chairs the commission for the expression of the opinion on the granting of the rewards to the value and merit of the carabinieri. The Commandant-General can directly order the formal investigation against the employees and designates the members of the disciplinary board for the personnel against whom he has ordered the formal investigation.

Powers in the financial and administrative field

The Commandant-General performs the functions of chief programmer, of general director, titular of administrative responsibility and of territorial military commander on the whole national territory.

Rank insignia

The Commandant-General of the Royal Carabinieri has an its own insignia.


See also