Head of the Minister of Defence's military cabinet
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The head of the Minister of Defence's military cabinet is the head of the military cabinet and staff of the Minister of Defence
within the military
and government
of France
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( ... Contre Amiral Yves Goupil:April 1984 - March 1988)
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The holders' ranks are generally those they held when they were appointed to this post.
Minister of Defence (France)
The Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs is the French government cabinet member charged with running the military of France....
within the military
Military of France
The French Armed Forces encompass the French Army, the French Navy, the French Air Force and the National Gendarmerie. The President of the Republic heads the armed forces, with the title "chef des armées" . The President is the supreme authority for military matters and is the sole official who...
and government
Government of France
The government of the French Republic is a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic"...
of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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- général André Martin : 1958-1959
( ... Contre Amiral Yves Goupil:April 1984 - March 1988)
- amiral Jacques LanxadeJacques LanxadeJacques Lanxade is a French admiral and former navy chief, and co-author of a recent proposed reform of NATO. He was a private chief of staff of François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic, from 1989 to 1991, and became chief of defense of the French Armed Forces from 1991 to 1995...
: March 1988 - April 1989
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- général Marc-Amédée Monchal
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- général de brigade aérienne Jean Rannou : 17 May 1991 - 23 May 1994
- général de corps d'armée Philippe Mercier : 24 May 1994 - 31 August 1995
- général de division Raymond Germanos : 1 September 1995 - 14 July 1998
- général de brigade Bernard Thorette : 15 July 1998 - 31 July 2002
- vice-amiral François Dupont : 1 August 2002 - 31 August 2005
- contre-amiral Xavier Païtard : since 1 September 2005
The holders' ranks are generally those they held when they were appointed to this post.