Benoît Puga
 Benoît Puga |
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| Born | January 30 1953 France |
| Allegiance |
 France |
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.svg){kind=small} French Army French Foreign Legion
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| Years of service | 1973 - 2016 |
| Rank | Général d'armée |
| Commands held |
2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP Special Operation Command Direction du renseignement militaire President Military Cabinet Chief Grand Chancelier de la Légion d'honneur |
Benoît Puga (born in Saint-Mandé, 30 January 1953) is a French général d'armée of the French Army and Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur.
He integrated the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in September 1973, following which he joined the school of infantry application in 1975 with a rank of sous-lieutenant.
In September 1976, he joined the 1st Chasseur Group at Reims in quality of an infantry section chief (French: chef de section) then platoon missile section chief.
From August to October, he conducted a tour at the corps of reconnaissance helicopter unit of the 2e ACR belonging to the VIIth U.S. Army Corps stationed at Nuremberg in Germany.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on August 1 1976.
On April 1 1978, he was assigned to the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP where he successively occupied the function of section chief, assistant officer, and commanding a company in a unit combat capacity. Accordingly, he was promoted to the rank of captain.He participated to several operations and exterior deployment: at Kolwezy in Zaire in 1978, at Gabon in 1979, at Djibouti in 1980 and 1981, at Beirut in 1982, at Bangi in Central African Republic in 1983 and Tchad in 1984.
In August 1984, he joined the general staff headquarters of the French Army and occupied the function of quarter officer at the operational center of the French Army, a post which he left on August 1986 to occupy during a year the functions of chargé. He was promoted to the ranks of chef de bataillon in 1985.
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