François Lecointre

François Lecointre

Général d'armée François Lecointre, France
26th Chef d'état-major des Armées
Born (1962-02-06) 6 February 1962
Cherbourg, France
Allegiance France
Service/branch French Army
Troupes de marine
Years of service 1984 – present
Rank Général d'armée
Commands held 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

François Lecointre (born on February 6, 1962) is a Général d'armée of the French Army. He became Chief of the Defence Staff of the French Armed forces on July 20, 2017.[1]

With lieutenant Bruno Heluin (French: Bruno Heluin), and as a Captain, he was one of the two section chiefs (French: chefs de section) heroes of the Bridge Battle (French: bataille du pont de Vrbanja) Fix Bayonet Charge in 1995, the last « bayonet charge to cannon » (French: « Baïonnette au Canon ») combat of the French Armed Forces (French: Forces Armées Françaises).

Biography

François Lecointre was born on February 6, 1962 in Cherbourg, France,[2][3] in a family of military traditions. His Father was a French Submariner.[4]

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.[5]

Lecointre joined the 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (3e RIMa) where he served from 1988 to 1991.[6]

Lieutenant Lecointre was appointed to the rank of Captain in the marine infantry on July 1st, 1991.[7]

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.[8] 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: Hervé Gobilliard) and Colonel Erik Sandahl, Captain Lecointre together with Lieutenant Bruno Heluin (French: Bruno Heluin), part of the French peacekeeping forces, led a « Fix Bayonet Charge to Cannon » (French: « baïonnette au canon »), which reversed the tides, in the Battle of Vrbanja Bridge on May 27, 1995, while diplomacy was seeking another exclusive diplomatic turning solution.[9] According to Jean Guisnel (French: Jean Guisnel), this episode allowed to reverse the sense of war, and led in fine to the victory in the Balkans.[10]

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: Collège interarmées de Défense) (designated as the French War School (French: École de guerre) and then served in the office of the Chief of Staff of the French Army (French: Chef d'État-Major de l'Armée de Terre, CEMAT) in Paris at the crops bureau of system conception forces.[11]

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: Centre des hautes études militaires, CHEM),[12] and was an auditor at the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) in Paris.[13]

He was promoted to Général de brigade on August 1st, 2011, and occupied until 2013 the commandment post of the 9th Marine Infantry Brigade in Poitiers.[14] He later was appointed as commander of the European Union Training Mission in Mali from January to July 2013.[15]

He rejoined the general staff headquarters of the French Army (French: état-major de l’Armée de terre) 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 1st, 2015.

Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet (French: Chef du cabinet militaire du Premier minister) since August 2016,[16] 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 1st, 2017.[17] General Lecointre is also publishing director of the review of military studies, Inflexions.[18]

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.[19] He took office the day after his appointment and was promoted to the rank and title of Général d'armée.[20]

Military ranks

Recognitions and Honors

See also

References

  1. ↑ « Le général François Lecointre succède à Pierre de Villiers, démissionnaire ».
  2. ↑ « Des militaires originaires du Cotentin au Mali », sur La Manche libre, 28 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 d'Orcival, François (19 July 2017). "Le général Lecointre, des opérations extérieures au théâtre intérieur…". Valeurs actuelles. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ↑ His father, Yves Urbain Marie Lecointre (April 5 1932 - 1985), was a French Naval Officer and Submariner, Commandant of the Le Redoutable. Biography on the site of École navale
  5. ↑ Official biography of general Lecointre on the French Ministry of Armies' website
  6. ↑ "Biographie du colonel François Lecointre, nouveau chef de corps du 3e de marine" (PDF). bulletin d'information du 3e RIMa, no. 33. Retrieved 2017-07-19..
  7. ↑ J.O. No. 155 du 5 juillet 1991, NOR : DEFM9101576D.
  8. ↑ 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)
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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
  11. ↑ CV of général Lecointre, JDD, July 19, 2017]
  12. ↑ Nathalie Guibert (20 July 2017). "Le général François Lecointre, chef de guerre et « penseur » de l’armée". Le Monde. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  13. ↑ "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. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  14. ↑ Thomas Liabot (19 July 2017). "François Lecointre, "un héros" nouveau chef d'état-major des armées". Le Journal du dimanche. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  15. ↑ Margaux Thuriot (11 March 2013). "Interview du général de brigade François Lecointre, commandant de l'EUTM Mali". Ministère de la Défense. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  16. ↑ "François Lecointre. Nommé chef du cabinet militaire du Premier ministre". Le Telegramme. Retrieved 2017-07-19..
  17. ↑ "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. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  18. ↑ Inflexions.
  19. ↑ "Armées. François Lecointre va remplacer Pierre de Villiers". Le Telegramme. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  20. ↑ "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. Retrieved 20 July 2017..
Military offices
Preceded by
Pierre de Villiers		 Chief of the Defence Staff
20 July 2017 – present 		Succeeded by
incumbent
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