Chief of the Defence Staff (France)

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military office position of authority

The Chief of the Defence Staff (France) is the highest-ranking military officer in the French Armed Forces, responsible for overall operational command and military strategy under the authority of the government.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Chief of the Defence Staff of France	15
Chief of the Defence Staff (France) canonical	13
French Chief of Defence Staff	2
Chef de la Défense	1
Chief of Staff of National Defence (France)	1
Chief of the General Staff of National Defence (France)	1
Chief of the General Staff of the French Armed Forces	1
French Armed Forces high command	1
French Chief of the Defence Staff	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military office ⓘ position of authority ⓘ
advises	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 Prime Minister of France ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	French Armed Forces ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the French Republic ⓘ surface form: President of France
country	France ⓘ
created	post-World War II period ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	French Air Force ⓘ surface form: French Air and Space Force French Army ⓘ French Cyber Command ⓘ French Navy ⓘ French Space Command ⓘ
hasOrganizationalUnit	Joint staff ⓘ surface form: Joint Staff (France)
headOf	French Armed Forces ⓘ
hierarchicalSuperior	President of the French Republic ⓘ surface form: President of France
inception	20th century ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	French ⓘ
legalBasis	French Defence Code ⓘ
memberOf	Council of Defence and National Security (France) ⓘ French Defence Council ⓘ
nativeLabel	Chef d’état-major des armées ⓘ
nominatedBy	Ministry of the Armed Forces of France ⓘ surface form: Minister of the Armed Forces (France)
officeHolder	Thierry Burkhard ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime	2021 ⓘ
officeLocation	Hôtel de Brienne ⓘ Paris ⓘ
partOf	French military command structure ⓘ
positionHeldByRank	admiral ⓘ general ⓘ
precededBy	Chief of the Defence Staff (France) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chief of the General Staff of National Defence (France)
reportsTo	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 Prime Minister of France ⓘ
responsibleFor	conduct of military operations ⓘ joint operations coordination ⓘ military strategy of France ⓘ operational readiness of French Armed Forces ⓘ overall operational command of French Armed Forces ⓘ planning of military operations ⓘ strategic military advice to the government ⓘ
seat	Paris ⓘ
shortName	CEMA ⓘ
supervises	Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force ⓘ Chief of Staff of the French Army ⓘ Chief of Staff of the French Navy ⓘ Director of Military Intelligence (France) ⓘ Special Operations Command (France) ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

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

French Armed Forces → headOf → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ

Operation Serval → commandedBy → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Armed Forces high command

Operation Barkhane → commander → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Chief of Defence Staff

Alphonse Juin → positionHeld → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief of Staff of National Defence (France)

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

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

Chief of the Defence Staff (France) → precededBy → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief of the General Staff of National Defence (France)

Military Staff Committee → hasMember → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the French Armed Forces

Special Operations Command (France) → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ

Special Operations Command (France) → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Chief of Defence Staff

Joint staff → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ

subject surface form: Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces