Vice-Amiral Xavier Magne is a French

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...

 Navy

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...

 officer.

Biography

Magne made a career aboard the Charles De Gaulle. On the 5 August 2005, he was promoting from second officer to captain of the aircraft carrier, succeededing capitaine de vaisseau Denis Béraud.

As a squadron commander, he directed the naval component of Opération Baliste

Opération Baliste

Opération Baliste is the codename for the French aeronaval operation off Lebanon aiming at securing citizens of the European Union, since July 2006, in the context of the 2006 Lebanon War.- Components :...

in 2006.

From 2009, he has served in he capacity of Chief of Staff for Maritime and Air Operations http://www.afsouth.nato.int/JFCN_Images/2009/photos_webpages/photos_23_09.html.

External links

Xavier Magne at the French Defence Ministry site