Jacques Lanxade

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Jacques Lanxade is a French admiral and former navy chief, and co-author of a recent proposed reform of NATO. [1]

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. It was also during this period that the Rwandan Genocide took place in 1994. France continued to supply arms to the Rwandan government after the bloodshed had started and sent more troops to Rwanda, providing a safe haven for the Hutu killers. Eventually Hutu extremists, involved in the killings, were evacuated to France, along with European civilians, during the Operation Amaryllis. French officers then managed the transition of the Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by Paul Kagame, to rule. [2]

Lanxade is also a former ambassador to Tunisia. As of 2008, he is the chairman of the Académie de Marine, and President of the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Research. [3] He is also a member of the international committee of patronage of the French journal Politique américaine, dedicated to the study of internal and international stratagems of the United States.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Guardian Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, NATO told
  2. ^ Who is responsible for the genocide in Rwanda?
  3. ^ History of the Marine Academy


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