Hervé Charpentier


Hervé Charpentier
Born September 19, 1955
Morocco
Allegiance  France
Service/branch French Army
Infantry
Years of service 1978 - 2015
Rank Général d'armée
Unit

Troupes de marine

Commands held 6th Marine Infantry Battalion
6e BIMa
9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade
9e B.L.B.Ma
Infantry School Application
Commandement des Forces Terrestres
Battles/wars Ex-Yugoslavia
Rwanda
Lebanon
Ivory Coast...
Other work Military governor of Paris

Hervé Charpentier is a Général d'armée of the French Army.

He served as the 137th Military governor of Paris (French: Gouverneur militaire de Paris) from August 1, 2012 until July 31, 2015.

Military career

he was admitted to Saint-Cyr in 1975, promotion « Captain Henri Guilleminot » (French: Henri Guilleminot). At the end of his scholarity, he chose to serve in the marine infantry.

Nominated as a lieutenant in 1978 at the end of the infantry application school, he served first in the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment 8e RPIMa until 1981, in quality as a section chief (French: chef de section) of the high altitude operational paratroopers (French: Chuteur Opérationnel). He accordingly participated to Operation Barracuda in the Central African Republic (1979) and Operation Saintonge at Vanuatu (1980).

He joined then the 23rd Marine Infantry Battalion (French: 23e Bataillon d'Infanterie de Marine) of Dakar as a section chief then assistant (French: adjoint) officer of the infantry company. He was promoted to a Captain in 1982.

Assigned in 1983, he returned to the metropolis and joined the 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment 3e RPIMa where he served as an operations officer during Operation Diodon 4 in Lebanon then as commandant of the 2nd infantry company from 1984 to 1986. He then joined Zaire as counselor of the commandant of the 312th battalion of the 31st Zairian Parachute Brigade.

Promoted to Chef de bataillon in 1988, he was assigned to the general staff headquarters of the French Army (French: l'état-major de l'Armée de Terre) at Paris before being admitted to the War School (French: école de guerre) in 1991.

Designated as a lieutenant-colonel, he joined from 1993 to 1995, the 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment 1er RPIMa as a operations bureau chief. He participated accordingly to Operation Balbuzard in ex-Yugoslavia and Operation Turquoise in Rwanda.

In June 1997, he assumed the command of the 6th Marine Infantry Battalion (French: 6e Bataillon d'Infanterie de Marine) and was promoted to Colonel in December. He was admitted as auditor (French: auditeur) at the center of high military studies (French: centre des hautes études militaires) and the institute of high studies of national defense (French: institut des hautes études de la Défense nationale) in 2001.

This formidable career made him an expert connaisseur of the African continent. Accordingly, on July 2002, he joined the military cabinet of the minister of defense (French: cabinet militaire du ministre de la Défense) to manage the « Africa and Middle East » department cell.

Nominated to Général de brigade on July 1, 2005, he assumed on the same date the commandment of the 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade 9e B.L.B.Ma and was engaged at this title as assistant operations during Operation Licorne in the Ivory Coast. Two years later, he assumed command of the infantry application school then was nominated to Général de division in 2008.

He was elevated to the rank designation of Général de corps d'armée on July 1, 2010 and assumed command of the Commandement des Forces Terrestres.

He was nominated on August 1, 2012, officer general of defense and security zone of Paris, Military governor of Paris and commandant of the zone terre Île-de-France.

Général Charpentier is the President of the administrative council of the Musée de l'Armée and member of the administration council of the Saint-Cyrienne.

On July 1, 2015, he was elevated to the rank designation of Général d'armée. He replaced Général de corps d'armée Bruno Le Ray (French: Bruno Le Ray) on the following July 31.[1]

Recognitions and Honors

See also

References

  1. ↑ Décret du 9 juillet 2015 portant maintien dans la 1resection et dans l'emploi, affectations et élévations, élévations, promotions et affectations, promotions dans la 2esection}}, promotion au titre du congé du personnel navigant, nominations et affectations, nominations dans la 1resection et la 2esection, affectations d'officiers généraux
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