Chief of Staff of the French Navy
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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...
and responsible to the Minister of Defence
Minister of Defence (France)
The Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs is the French government cabinet member charged with running the military of France....
for its preparation and deployment.
As a naval expert, he assists:
- the chef d'état-major des armées for operations involving naval forces, as well as for planning and pulling-together future military means
- the Prime Minister for safeguarding France's national maritime approaches
He has authority over:
- the commanders of each of the naval wings:
- the force d'action navaleForce d'Action NavaleThe Force d'action navale is the 12,000-man and about 100-ship strong backbone of the French Navy. As of 2006, it is commanded by Vice-Amiral d’Escadre Philippe Sautter.The ships are divided into seven categories:...
(FAN) ; - the force océanique stratégiqueForce Océanique StratégiqueThe Force océanique stratégique is the ballistic missile submarine force of the French Navy. It is one of the two components of the submarine forces of the French Navy and the sea-based component of the French nuclear deterrent.- History :The FOST was created in the early 1960s, around the need...
(FOST) ; - the aviation navaleAviation NavaleFrench Naval Aviation of the French Navy includes 206 aircraft and 6,800 men, both civilians and military personnel. They operate from six airbases, five of them in Metropolitan France and one overseas....
(AVIA) ; - the fusiliers marins et commandos (FORFUSCO) ;
- the force d'action navale
- the territorial organization of the navy : préfets maritimePréfet MaritimeThe Préfet Maritime is a servant of the French State who exercises authority over the sea in one particular region . As a civil servant, he reports to the Prime Minister...
and commandants de la marine, in mainland France and overseas - the following services and organizations :
- direction du personnel militaire de la marine (DPMM)
- direction centrale du commissariat de la marine (DCCM)
- direction centrale des systèmes d'information de la marine (DCSIM)
- direction centrale du service de soutien de la flotte (DCSSF)
- direction centrale des travaux immobiliers et maritimes (DCTIM)
- naval aeronautical serviceAviation NavaleFrench Naval Aviation of the French Navy includes 206 aircraft and 6,800 men, both civilians and military personnel. They operate from six airbases, five of them in Metropolitan France and one overseas....
- over the état-major de la marine who oversees, through his four divisions (human resources, planning, programmes and logistical operations), the general direction of the navy.
He presides over the board of directors of the hydrographic and oceanographic service of the navy (SHOM).
Chefs d’état-major de la marine
List to 2008- vice-amiral Alfred Gervais : 22 January 1892
- vice-amiral Edgar Humann : 21 September 1894
- contre-amiral Charles Chauvin : 10 November 1895
- vice-amiral Jean Sallandrouze de Lamornais : 15 June 1896
- vice-amiral Jules Sallandrouze de Lamornais : 8 July 1898
- contre-amiral Leonce Caillard : 15 July 1899
- vice-amiral Amédée Bienaime : 1 May 1900
- contre-amiral Ernest Marquer : 4 February 1902
- contre-amiral Paul CampionPaul Campion (admiral)Contre-amiral Paul Campion was an admiral in the French Navy. From 18 February 1904 to 2 February 1905 he was Chief of Staff of the French Navy....
: 18 February 1904 - vice-amiral Charles Touchard : 3 February 1905
- contre-amiral Charles Aubert : 1 November 1905
- vice-amiral Charles Aubert : 23 May 1907
- contre-amiral Laurent Marin-Darbel : 23 August 1909
- vice-amiral Laurent Marin-Darbel : 9 September 1909
- contre-amiral Paul Auvert : 15 February 1911
- vice-amiral Paul Auvert : 28 mars 1911
- vice-amiral Charles Aubert : 1 February 1912
- vice-amiral Pierre Le Bris : 24 January 1913
- vice-amiral Louis Pivet : 20 May 1914
- vice-amiral Charles Aubert : 7 December 1914
- vice-amiral Marie de Fauques de Jonquieres : 2 May 1915
- vice-amiral Ferdinand De Bon : 10 March 1916
- vice-amiral Pierre Ronarc'h : 17 May 1919
- vice-amiral Henri SalaunHenri Salaun (admiral)Vice admiral Henri Salaun was an admiral in the French Navy. From 1 February 1920 to 1 February 1921, and again from 22 July 1924 to 31 December 1927, he was Chief of Staff of the French Navy...
: 1 February 1920 - vice-amiral Maurice Grasset : 1 February 1921
- vice-amiral Henri SalaunHenri Salaun (admiral)Vice admiral Henri Salaun was an admiral in the French Navy. From 1 February 1920 to 1 February 1921, and again from 22 July 1924 to 31 December 1927, he was Chief of Staff of the French Navy...
: 22 July 1924 - vice-amiral Louis Violette : 1 January 1928
- vice-amiral Georges Durand-Viel : 16 February 1931
- vice-amiral François DarlanFrançois DarlanJean Louis Xavier François Darlan was a French naval officer. His great-grandfather was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar...
: 1 January 1937 - amiral de la Flotte François DarlanFrançois DarlanJean Louis Xavier François Darlan was a French naval officer. His great-grandfather was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar...
: 24 June 1939
From 26 August 1939 to 6 June 1943 the structure of the Frency Navy did not include an Etat-Major Général
- vice-amiral d'escadre André Lemonier : 6 June 1943
- vice-amiral Robert Battet : 31 May 1950
- vice-amiral d'escadre Robert LambertRobert LambertRobert Lambert was an Irish politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála for the Wexford constituency at the 1923 general election. He did not take his seat in the Dáil due to Sinn Féin's abstentionist policy. He did not contest the June 1927 general election.-References:...
: 18 August 1950 - vice-amiral d'escadre Henry Nomy : 26 October 1951
- amiral Henry Nomy: 1 September 1953
- amiral Georges Cabanier : 1 July 1960
- amiral André Patou : 1 January 1968
- amiral André Storelli : 1 May 1970
- amiral Marc de Joybert : 1 February 1972
- amiral Albert Joire-Noulens : 14 July 1974
- amiral Jean-René Lannuzel : 1 August 1976
- amiral Yves Leenhardt : 1 August 1982
- amiral Bernard Louzeau : 30 January 1987
- amiral Alain Coatanéa : 20 November 1990
- amiral Jean-Charles Lefebvre : 1 July 1994
- amiral Jean-Luc Delaunay : 2 May 1999
- amiral Jean-Louis Battet : 1 July 2001
- amiral Alain Oudot de DainvilleAlain Oudot de DainvilleAdmiral Alain Oudot de Dainville is a French Navy officer. He was Chief of Staff of the French Navy from 2005 to 2008.- Career :...
: 15 June 2005 - amiral Pierre-François ForissierPierre-François ForissierPierre-François Forissier is a French admiral. He was notable as a former head of the French Navy, chef d'état-major de la marine, a post he took up on 4 February 2008 and leave on 12 September 2011.-Life:...
: 4 February 2008 - amiral Bernard Rogel : 12 September 2011