Chief sergeant
Chief sergeant is a rank used in the armed forces of many countries. It is also a police rank in some police forces.
NATO code
While the rank of chief sergeant is used in a number of NATO countries, it is ranked differently depending on the country.
Insignia of chief sergeants
Army
![Sergent chef (Arabic: رقيب أول, romanized: Raqib awwal) (Algerian Land Forces)[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:04.AlgA-SSG.svg)
![Sargento-chefe (Angolan Army)[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Angola-Army-OR-6.svg)
![Sergent-chef (Benin Army)[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Benin_Army_OR-6.svg){kind=small}
![Sergent-chef (Burkina Faso Ground Forces)[5][6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:04._Burkina_Faso_Army_-_MSG.svg)
![Sergent-chef (Congolese Ground Forces)[7]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:05-ROCongo_Army-CSG.svg)
![Chefsergent (Royal Danish Army)[8]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Denmark-Army-OR-9a-M69_(sleeve).svg)
![Sergent-chef (French Army)[9]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Army-FRA-OR-06.svg){kind=small}
![Sergent-chef (Luxembourg Army)[10]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luxembourg-Army-OR-7.svg){kind=small}
![Sergent-chef (Madagascar Ground Forces)[11]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:05.Madagascar_Air_Force-MSG.svg)
![Sergent-chef (Mali Army)[12]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:05.Mali_Army-MSG.svg)
![Sergent-chef (Royal Moroccan Army)[13]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:06-Moroccan_Army-SFC.svg)
![Sergent-chef (Niger Army)[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blank.svg){kind=small}
![Sargento-chefe (Portuguese Army)[15]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Portugal-Army-OR-9a.svg)
![Sergent-chef (German: Oberwachtmeister) (Swiss Army)[16]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CHE_OR5a_Obwm.svg)
![Головний сержант Holovnyi serzhant (Ukrainian Ground Forces)[17]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UA_shoulder_mark_06.svg){kind=small}
- Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary: Chief sergeant.