French High Command
Chief of the Defence Staff
Général d’Armée Alphonse Pierre Juin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1888; d. January 27 1967.
1944 – 1947
Maréchal de France Alphonse Pierre Juin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 16 1888; d. January 27 1967.
1951 – 1953
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 Robert Georges Nivelle
Date of birth/date of death: October 15 1856; d. March 22 1924.
1916 – 1917
Général de Division Henri Philippe Bénoni Omer Joseph Pétain
Date of birth/date of death: April 24 1856; d. July 23 1951
1917
Général de Division Ferdinand Foch
Date of birth/date of death: October 2 1851; d. March 20 1929.
1917
Général de Division Edmond Alphonse Léon Buat
Date of birth/date of death: September 17 1868; d. December 30 1923.
1920 – 1923
Général de Division Marie Eugène Debeney
Date of birth/date of death: May 5 1864; d. November 6 1943.
1924 – 1930
Général Corps d’Armée Maxime Weygand
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1867; d. January 28 1965
1930 – 1931
Général de Division Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1872; d. April 18 1958.
1931 – 1940
Général d’Armée Alain de Boissieu Déan de Luigné
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1915; d. April 5 2006.
1971 – 1975