Admiral Alain Oudot de Dainville (born 15 March 1947 in Marsat

Marsat

Marsat is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*...

 (Puy de Dôme)) is a French

France

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 Navy

French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...

 officer. He was Chief of Staff of the French Navy

Chief of Staff of the French Navy

thumb|Admiral Pierre-François Forissier, CEMMThe Chief of the Staff of the French Navy is the head of the French Navy and responsible to the Minister of Defence for its preparation and deployment.As a naval expert, he assists:...

 from 2005 to 2008.

Career

A former naval pilot, Oudot de Dainville was the commanding officer of the Clemenceau

Clemenceau (R 98)

Clemenceau , often affectionately called "le Clem'", was the lead ship of her class, and the 6th aircraft carrier of the French Navy, serving from 1961 to 1997. She was the second French warship to be named after Georges Clemenceau, the first one being a battleship of the Richelieu class, laid...

 from 1993 to 1995.

Between 1995 and 1997, he directed the nuclear powered Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle (R 91)

Charles de Gaulle is the flagship of the French Navy and the largest Western European aircraft carrier. She is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface vessel, and the first and so far only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside of the United States Navy...

 aircraft carrier project. Since 1999, he held general staff position. He served as Chief of Staff of the French Navy from 2005 to 2008.

Honours

• Commander of the Légion d'Honneur
  Légion d'honneur
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• Commander of the Ordre National du Mérite
  Ordre National du Mérite
  The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
  
  

External links

• Biography on the site of the Ministry of Defence