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Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (France)

French Navy
(Marine Nationale)
Naval Ensign of France
Motto: Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline
(“Honour, Homeland, Valour, Discipline”)
Command
Naval Ministers
Maritime Prefect
Components
Naval Action Force
Submarine Forces
Naval Aviation
FORFUSCO (Marine Commandos, Naval Fusiliers)
Maritime Gendarmerie
Equipment
Current fleet
Current deployments
Personnel
Ranks in the French Navy
History
History of the French Navy
Future of the French Navy
Ensigns and pennants
Historic ships
Historic fleets
Awards
Cross of War
Military Medal
Legion of Honour
Ribbons

The French Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, (French: ) (French: (C)ommandant (E)n (C)hef pour la (MED)iterranée) is commandant of the maritime arrondissement Mediterranean .

The Admiral designated as CECMED, cumulates three distinct simultaneous functions:

The commandant refers to the original post of the vice-admiral of the Levant Fleet (1689-1792).

Under the authority of the Chief of Staff of the French Navy (CEMM), CECMED is commandant of region and the maritime arrondissement Méditerranée where the Military port of Toulon is garrisoned, as well as its anti-pollution cell and the commands of the French Navy (French: Commandements de la Marine) at Marseille and Ajaccio.

Under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff of France (CEMA), CEMMED, as commandant of the maritime zone, is charged with operation control of forces deployed in the Mediterranean (for instance in Opération Baliste in Lebanon on July 2006). In the Mediterranean, CECMED has at his disposition the relay of defensive and naval attachés.

The function of the Maritime Prefect of the Mediterranean is entrusted by décret to the Admiral commandant of Mediterranean maritime zone.


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