Military ranks of Benin

The Military ranks of Benin are the military insignia used by the Benin Armed Forces. Being a former colony of France, Benin shares a rank structure similar to that of France.^[1]

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers			Junior officers			Officer cadet
Benin Army^[2] v t e
Benin Army^[2] v t e		Général d'armée	Général de corps d'armée	Général de division	Général de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel	Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant	Sous-lieutenant
Benin Navy^[2] v t e
Benin Navy^[2] v t e		Amiral	Vice-amiral d'escadre	Vice-amiral	Contre-amiral	Capitaine de vaisseau	Capitaine de frégate	Capitaine de corvette	Lieutenant de vaisseau	Enseigne de vaisseau de 1^ère classe	Enseigne de vaisseau de 2^ème classe
Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers			Junior officers			Officer cadet

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "LOI N° 2005-43 DU 26 JUIN 2006" (PDF). ilo.org (in French). National Assembly (Benin). 26 June 2006. pp. 19–20, 35–36. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

"Loi 88-006 du 26 Avril 1988" (PDF) (in French). 26 April 1988. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
"Benin". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 27 January 2022.