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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Chief of the Defence Staff of France 5
French Chief of Defence Staff 2
Chief of Staff of National Defence (France) 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 (16)

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

Joint staff → commandedBy → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
subject surface form: Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of 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
Military Staff Committee → hasMember → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of the General Staff of the French Armed Forces
French Armed Forces → headOf → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
French Defence Staff → headedBy → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of France
Alphonse Juin → positionHeld → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of Staff of National Defence (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)
Chief of Staff of the French Army → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
French Army → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
Joint staff → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
subject surface form: Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of France
Special Operations Command (France) → reportsTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Chief of Defence Staff
Air and Space Force staff → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of France
Chief of Staff of the French Army → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
Joint staff → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ
subject surface form: Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff of France
Special Operations Command (France) → subordinateTo → Chief of the Defence Staff (France) ⓘ