New names at the head of the army and at the presidency of the Republic. The Legion takes the lead
(B2) This summer will be conducive to many changes in the French armies. Changes far from trivial when you know the French military organization, 'vertically' from the president to the armies
A new Chief of Defense Staff
General Thierry Burkhard, current head of the army, will replace General François Lecointre after the national holiday on July 14, starting July 21. The one who has been leading the French armies since July 2017, having taken over ex abrupto of General de Villiers (read: François Lecointre, new commander of the French armies. Operations not the budget), wished to leave office this year, not wishing to be extended. Among other things, he was one of the first heads of the European FAMA military training mission (Read: EUTM Mali. A mission to extend).
Coming from the Legion, the 2nd foreign parachute regiment then the 4th foreign regiment, General Burkhard was one of the pivots of the center of planning and conduct of operations (CPCO) between 2015 and 2019 first as chief of conduct then commander of the CPCO, after having been spokesperson for 'operations' for the general staff of the armed forces (from 2010 to 2013) and military adviser to the national intelligence coordinator (Alain Zabulon).
Another legionnaire at the particular staff Of the Chairman
Colonel Jean de Monicault will become the next Deputy Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic (Emmanuel Macron). As of July 1, 2021, he will replace Brigadier General Valéry Putz (1). This legionnaire spent a good part of his career in the 2nd REP, the foreign parachute regiment, based in Calvi (eleven years in all), before becoming its corps commander. He joined the Army General Staff, notably as Deputy Head of the “Programming-Finance-Budget” office. During his career he served on several operations in Côte d'Ivoire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Afghanistan (within the Lafayette task force) and Mali (see his CV).
The aide-de-camp
As for the post of aide-de-camp (Earth), another key post, because he accompanies the Head of State all the time, in his travels, and must be available, day and night, for the most important tasks. , like the most humble, he will be entrusted to Lieutenant-Colonel Cédric Lavisse who has just replaced Colonel Vincent Minguet (2). Coming from the marine infantry, Lavisse served in particular in the armed forces in French Guiana (FAG) at the head of the section of commandos for research and action in the jungle (CRAJ).
The special staff, a key role
In the French military hierarchy, the individual chief of staff occupies a key position. It is in fact the chief adviser and the military 'brain' of the President of the Republic who is, constitutionally, the Chief of the Armies. There are several aides-de-camp, representing each of the major corps of the army (Air, Land, Sea).
(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)
- The news was formalized by two decrees published in the official journal.
- Colonel Vincent Minguet will take command of the 27th BCA (Alpine Hunter Battalion) from August 27, during a handover ceremony with Col. Ivan Morel, currently deployed in Mali as part of Operation Barkhane as indicated The Dauphine,
