Thierry Burkhard
Chief of Defence
Assumed office
22 July 2021
Preceded byArmy General François Lecointre
Chief of Staff of the French Army
In office
31 July 2019 – 22 July 2021
Preceded byArmy General Jean-Pierre Bosser
Succeeded byArmy General Pierre Schill
Personal details
Born (1964-07-30) 30 July 1964
Delle, France
Military service
AllegianceFrance
Branch/serviceFrench Army
Years of service1989–present
RankArmy General
CommandsC.E.M.A, C.E.M.A.T

Thierry Burkhard (born 30 July 1964 in Delle) is a French Army general. He served as the Chief of Staff of the French Army from 2019 until 14 July 2021, when he was appointed as the Chief of the Defence Staff.[1][2]
Burkhard has served in the 2ème REP and held command of 13e DBLE in Djibouti.

Early career

In 1988, he was enrolled in Military Academy Saint Cyr. After a year of post-academy training, Burkhard graduated as infantry and was posted for continual service in the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment. He served from 1989 to 1997.[3][4][5][2]

He served in the operations command in Iraq, as operations officer in the 4th Foreign Regiment, and with the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Guiana. He also served in Gabon and Chad, during the Yugoslavia Crisis, and during the civil war in Côte d’Ivoire. He also served in Afghanistan on two occasions, while he was still the deputy Communications Director of the Joint Staff. He was later promoted to the command of the 13e DBLE in Djibouti.[6][3][5]

Commands

Thierry Burkhard joined the Information and Public Relations Service of the Armed Forces in 2010. In 2013, he became the Joint Staff Communications Directorate Director, through which he was made the J3 of the French Joint Staff under National Intelligence as coordinator and adviser of military intelligence to the President in 2015 and the Inspector General of the Army.[4] He was commander of the Operations Planning and Control Center. He was the Chief of Conduct in the Center for Planning and Conduct of Operations Paris before he rose to be in the commands. He later became the Chief of the French Army in July 2019.[7][1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Arab News 2021.
  2. 1 2 Eleon-General Thierry Burkhard 2020, RT-Frenchgoodwordnews.com
  3. 1 2 Anita 2021.
  4. 1 2 Eng-Bio 2021, Defence Francedefense.gouv.fr
  5. 1 2 3 NATO 2021.
  6. ↑ Teller Report 2021.
  7. ↑ AUSA 2020.

Citations

  • "Who is General Thierry Burkhard, the future chief of staff of the armed forces?". Teller Report. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  • "France's army chief Lecointre steps down, replaced by general Burkhard". Arab News. Reuters. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  • Anita (22 July 2021). "who is General Thierry Burkhard, future chief of staff of the armed forces". News.in.24.
  • "General Thierry Burkhard bio". www.defense.gouv.fr. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  • "Général d'armée Thierry BURKHARD - Chef d'état-major des armées" (PDF). North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  • "General Thierry Burkhard". AUSA. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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