François Lecointre
 François Lecointre |
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Général d'armée François Lecointre, France
27thChef d'état-major des Armées |
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6 February 1962 Cherbourg, France |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service/ |
French Army Troupes de marine |
| Years of service | 1984 – present |
| Rank | Général d'armée |
| Commands held |
3rd Marine Infantry Regiment 3e RIMa 9th Marine Infantry Brigade 9e BIMa EUTM Mali Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet CEMA |
| Battles/wars |
Gulf War Somali Civil War Rwandan Civil War Bosnian War Ivory Coast Conflict 2002-2007 Ivory Coast Conflict 2010-2011 Northern Mali conflict |
François Gérard Marie Lecointre (born on February 6, 1962) is a French army general serving as Chief of the Defence Staff of the French Army since 20 July 2017.
With lieutenant Bruno Heluin (French: ), and as a Captain, he was one of the two section chiefs (French: chefs de section) heroes of the Bridge Battle (French: ) in 1995, the last « Fix Bayonet Charge » (French: ) combat of the French Armed Forces (French: ).
François Lecointre was born on February 6, 1962 in Cherbourg, France, into a Family of military traditions. His Father, Yves Urbain Marie Lecointre (April 5 1932 - 1985), was a French Naval Officer and Submariner, Commandant of SNLE Le Redoutable.
Lecointre attended the preparatory classes at the Prytanée National Militaire in La Flèche. He subsequently studied at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (Promotion Général Monclar) from 1984 to 1987, and then at the Infantry School from 1987 to 1988.
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