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Chef des armées

Commander-in-Chief of the
French Armed Forces
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Emblem of the French Republic
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Flag of the French Republic
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Incumbent
Emmanuel Macron

since 14 May 2017
Style His Excellency
Website www.elysee.fr

The Commander-in-Chief of the French Armed Forces (French: Commandant en chef des forces armées françaises) is the supreme authority for military matters of the French Armed Forces, a position vested in the President of the Republic. This position is given to the President with Article 15. of the French constitution, making him "chef des armées", which means "chief of the armed forces" or "chief of the armies".

The Commander-in-Chief of the French Armed Forces has the power and/or duty to:


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