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File:General Lecointre (cropped).jpg Général d'armée François Lecointre, France 27th Chef d'état-major des Armées | |
| Born | 6 February 1962 |
| Place of birth | Cherbourg, France |
| Allegiance | France |
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French Army Troupes de marine |
| Years of service | 1984 – present |
| Rank | Général d'armée |
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3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3e RIMa 9th Marine Infantry Brigade 9e BIMa EUTM Mali Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet CEMA |
| Battles/wars |
Gulf War Somali Civil War Rwandan Civil War Bosnian War Ivory Coast Conflict 2002-2007 Ivory Coast Conflict 2010-2011 Northern Mali conflict |
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François Lecointre (born February 6, 1962) is a French army general serving as Chief of the Defence Staff of the French Army since 20 July 2017.[1]
With lieutenant Bruno Heluin (French), and as a Captain, he was one of the two section chiefs (French) heroes of the Bridge Battle (French) in 1995, the last « Fix Bayonet Charge » (French) combat of the French Armed Forces (French).
Biography[]
François Lecointre was born on February 6, 1962 in Cherbourg, France,[2][3] into a Family of military traditions. His Father, Yves Urbain Marie Lecointre (April 5, 1932 - 1985), was a French Naval Officer and Submariner, Commandant Le Redoutable.[4][5]
Military career[]
Lecointre attended the preparatory classes at the Prytanée National Militaire in La Flèche. He subsequently studied at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (Promotion Général Monclar)[3] from 1984 to 1987, and then at the Infantry School from 1987 to 1988.[6]
Lecointre joined the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (3e RIMa) where he served from 1988 to 1991.[7]
Lieutenant Lecointre was appointed to the rank of Captain in the marine infantry on July 1, 1991.[8]
From 1993 to 1996, he was a combat company commander of the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (3e RIMa) in Vannes. As a captain, Lecointre was involved in the Opération Turquoise in 1994 in Rwanda: he commanded the 1st company of the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (3e RIMa), part of the Groupement Nord Turquoise.[9] Captain François Lecointre was engaged with the French forces under the command of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Under the orders of General Hervé Gobilliard (French) and Colonel Erik Sandahl, Captain Lecointre together with Lieutenant Bruno Heluin (French), part of the French peacekeeping forces, led a « Fix Bayonet Charge » (French), which reversed the tides, in the Battle of Vrbanja Bridge on May 27, 1995, while diplomacy was seeking another exclusive diplomatic turning solution.[10] According to Jean Guisnel (French), this episode allowed to reverse the sense of war, and led in fine to the victory in the Balkans.[11]
From 1996 to 1999, he was an instructor at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in Coëtquidan (Morbihan), where he trained student officers in military tactics. In 1999 - 2001, he was a trainee officer at the Inter-arm Defense College (French, today known as École de guerre) and then served in the office of the Chief of Staff of the French Army (French) in Paris at the crops bureau of system conception forces.[12]
From 2005 to 2007, Colonel Lecointre was the commanding officer of the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (3e RIMa) in Vannes.
From 2007 to 2008, he followed the courses of the Center of High Military Studies (French),[13] and was an auditor at the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) in Paris.[14]
He was promoted to Général de brigade on August 1, 2011, and occupied until 2013 the commandment post of the 9th Marine Infantry Brigade in Poitiers.[15] He later was appointed as commander of the European Union Training Mission in Mali from January to July 2013.[16]
He rejoined the general staff headquarters of the French Army (French) as a chargé de mission, becoming subsequently deputy-chief of the general staff headquarters of the armies « performance-synthèse » from 2014 to 2016. He was promoted to Général de division on January 1, 2015. Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet (French) since August 2016,[17] he was elevated by a decree of January 19, 2017 of President François Hollande in the first section of general officers to the rank and title of général de corps d'armée on March 1, 2017.[18] General Lecointre is also publishing director of the review of military studies, Inflexions.[19] On July 19, 2017, he was appointed Chief of the Joint Defence Staff by President Emmanuel Macron, following the resignation of Général d'armée Pierre de Villiers.[20] He took office the day after his appointment and was promoted to the rank and title of Général d'armée.[21]
Military ranks[]
- 1984 : Aspirant
- 1986 : Sous-lieutenant
- 1987 : Lieutenant
- 1991 : Captain
- 1996 : Chef de bataillon
- 2000 : Lieutenant-colonel
- 2003 : Colonel
- 01/08/2011 : Général de brigade
- 01/01/2015 : Général de division
- 01/03/2017 : Général de corps d'armée
- 20/07/2017 : Général d'armée
Recognitions and Honors[]
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- French Initiation Parachute Badge
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- Commander of the National Order of Merit
- Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures (War Cross for foreign operational theatres) with gold star
- Croix de la Valeur Militaire (Cross for Military Valour) with bronze palm and two bronze stars
- Croix du Combattant
- Médaille d'Outre-Mer with 4 bars
- Médaille de la Défense nationale (échelon argent) with 2 bars
- Médaille de reconnaissance de la Nation with bar
- Médaille commémorative française with bar
- United Nations Medal (for UNOSOM mission in Somalia)
- UN Medal Bosnia (UNPROFOR) with bar
- EUTM Operations Medal with "Mali" bar
- EUTM Staff Medal
- Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)
- Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
- Médaille de Reconnaissance des Forces Armées (Gabon)
- National Order of Mali, Commander (Mali)
- CEMA Badge
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ « Le général François Lecointre succède à Pierre de Villiers, démissionnaire ».
- ↑ « Des militaires originaires du Cotentin au Mali », sur La Manche libre, 28 January 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 d'Orcival, François (19 July 2017). "Le général Lecointre, des opérations extérieures au théâtre intérieur…". Valeurs actuelles. http://www.valeursactuelles.com/societe/le-general-lecointre-des-operations-exterieures-au-theatre-interieur-86569. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ The first French nuclear ballistic boat, launched by Général de Gaulle on March 29, 1967 and which was disarmed in 1991
- ↑ Biography of Yves Urbain Marie Lecointre (April 5, 1932 - 1985), on the site of École navale.
- ↑ Official biography of general Lecointre on the French Ministry of Armies' website
- ↑ "Biographie du colonel François Lecointre, nouveau chef de corps du 3e de marine". bulletin d'information du 3e RIMa, no. 33. https://www.troupesdemarine.org/outils/revues/pdf/rv000034.pdf..
- ↑ J.O. No. 155 du 5 juillet 1991, NOR : DEFM9101576D.
- ↑ Jacques Morel, La France au cœur du génocide des Tutsi, Izuba édition - L'Esprit frappeur, 2010 - page 1325. On the Opération Turquoise and its political and judiciary developments, see Association France Turquoise (in French)
- ↑ Roger Cohen, Conflict in the Balkans : U.N. forces; Bosnia battle shows U.N.'s pride and limits, The New York Times, June 6, 1995. See also (in French): Interview général Gobilliard et colonel Lecointre, émission Infrarouge « Que sont nos soldats devenus ? », France 3.
- ↑ Quoted by : Jade Toussay, Le général François Lecointre s'est fait un nom dans l'armée après cette bataille de Sarajevo, The Huffington Post, July 19, 2017
- ↑ CV of général Lecointre, JDD, July 19, 2017]
- ↑ Nathalie Guibert (20 July 2017). "Le général François Lecointre, chef de guerre et " penseur " de l’armée". http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2017/07/20/le-general-francois-lecointre-chef-de-guerre-et-penseur-de-l-armee_5162749_823448.html. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ "Arrêté du 13 juillet 2007 portant désignation des auditeurs de la 60e session nationale de l'Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (cycle 2007-2008)". Légifrance. 13 July 2007. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000824447&categorieLien=id. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ Thomas Liabot (19 July 2017). "François Lecointre, "un héros" nouveau chef d'état-major des armées". http://www.lejdd.fr/politique/francois-lecointre-un-heros-nouveau-chef-detat-major-des-armees-3392900. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ Margaux Thuriot (11 March 2013). "Interview du général de brigade François Lecointre, commandant de l'EUTM Mali". Ministère de la Défense. http://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/articles/interview-du-general-de-brigade-francois-lecointre-commandant-de-l-eutm-mali. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ "François Lecointre. Nommé chef du cabinet militaire du Premier ministre". Le Telegramme. http://www.letelegramme.fr/france/francois-lecointre-nomme-chef-du-cabinet-militaire-du-premier-ministre-26-08-2016-11194759.php..
- ↑ "Décret du 19 janvier 2017 portant élévations dans la 1re d'officiers généraux". Journal officiel de la République française. Journal officiel de la République française. 20 January 2017. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000033893659&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ↑ Inflexions.
- ↑ "Armées. François Lecointre va remplacer Pierre de Villiers". Le Telegramme. 19 July 2017. http://www.letelegramme.fr/france/armees-francois-lecointre-va-remplacer-pierre-de-villiers-19-07-2017-11602119.php?cx_tag=contextual&cx_navSource=CxLireAussi&cx_artPos=1#cxrecs_s.
- ↑ "Décret du 19 juillet 2017 portant affectation et élévation d'un officier général". Journal officiel de la République française. Journal officiel de la République française. 20 July 2017. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000035243881&dateTexte=&categorieLien=id. Retrieved 20 July 2017..
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