French High Command
Chief of the Defence Staff
Général d’Armée Pierre François Marie Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1956.
2014 – 2017
Général d’Armée François Gérard Marie Lecointre
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1962.
2017 – 2021
Vice President of the Superior War Council
Maréchal de France Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain
Date of birth/date of death: April 24 1856; d. July 23 1951
1920 – 1931
Général Corps d’Armée Maxime Weygand
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1867; d. January 28 1965
1931 – 1935
Major General of the Defence Staff
Général d’Armée Pierre François Marie Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1956.
2010 – 2014
French Army
Commander-in-Chief of the French Army
Maréchal de France Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain
Date of birth/date of death: April 24 1856; d. July 23 1951
1917 – 1920
Général Corps d’Armée Maxime Weygand
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1867; d. January 28 1965
1940
Chief of the Army Staff
Général de Division Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain
Date of birth/date of death: April 24 1856; d. July 23 1951
1917
Général Corps d’Armée Maxime Weygand
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1867; d. January 28 1965
1930 – 1931