Chief of Staff of the French Army

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army chief of staff position military office

The Chief of Staff of the French Army is the highest-ranking officer responsible for leading, organizing, and overseeing the operational readiness and strategic direction of France’s land forces.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chief of Staff of the Army (France)	1
French Army Chief of Staff	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army chief of staff position ⓘ military office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	French Army ⓘ
category	Army chiefs of staff ⓘ French Army ⓘ French military appointments ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
domain	land warfare ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	CEMAT ⓘ
hasDuties	advising the government on army matters ⓘ ensuring readiness of army formations ⓘ implementing defence policy within the army ⓘ managing army resources ⓘ overseeing army modernization ⓘ representing the army in international military forums ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	French Army personnel ⓘ French Army units ⓘ
inception	19th century ⓘ
isPositionHeldBy	Pierre Schill ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
memberOf	French Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
nativeLabel	Chef d’état-major de l’Armée de terre ⓘ
officeHeldBy	army general (France) ⓘ
officeholderStartTime	Pierre Schill – 2022 ⓘ
participatesIn	French defence policy planning ⓘ military operations planning ⓘ
partOf	French Armed Forces ⓘ
precededBy	Major General of the Army (historical French role) ⓘ
rankOfOfficeholder	Général d’armée ⓘ
reportsTo	Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ surface form: Minister of the Armed Forces (France) President of the French Republic ⓘ surface form: President of France
responsibleFor	French Army ⓘ surface form: French land forces doctrine of the French Army ⓘ equipment policy of the French Army ⓘ operational readiness of the French Army ⓘ organization of the French Army ⓘ strategic direction of French land forces ⓘ training of the French Army ⓘ
saidToBeTheSameAs	Chief of Staff of the French Army ⓘ surface form: Chief of Staff of the Army (France)
seat	Hôtel des Invalides ⓘ Paris ⓘ
shortName	CEMAT ⓘ
subordinateTo	Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ surface form: Ministry of the Armed Forces (France)
uses	French military doctrine ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Army → commandStructure → Chief of Staff of the French Army ⓘ

Chief of Staff of the French Army → saidToBeTheSameAs → Chief of Staff of the French Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief of Staff of the Army (France)

Army Special Forces Command → subordinateTo → Chief of Staff of the French Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Army Chief of Staff

Chief of the Defence Staff (France) → supervises → Chief of Staff of the French Army ⓘ