Thierry Burkhard

French Army general (born 1964)
Thierry Burkhard
General Burkhard in 2021
Chief of the Defence Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 July 2021
Preceded byFrançois Lecointre
Chief of Staff of the French Army
In office
31 July 2019 – 21 July 2021
Preceded byJean-Pierre Bosser
Succeeded byPierre Schill
Personal details
Born (1964-07-30) 30 July 1964 (age 59)
Delle, France
Military service
AllegianceFrance
Branch/serviceFrench Army
Years of service1989–present
RankArmy General
CommandsCEMAT, CEMA

Thierry Burkhard (born 30 July 1964) is a French Army general who has served as Chief of the Defence Staff since 22 July 2021.[1][2] He previously served as Inspector of the French Army (2018–2019) and Chief of Staff of the French Army (2019–2021).

As an officer, Burkhard was deployed overseas a number of times. He served in the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2e REP) and held command of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion (13e DBLE) in Djibouti.

Early career

A native of Delle, Territoire de Belfort, Burkhard enrolled at Saint-Cyr Military Academy in 1985. After a year of post-academy training, he graduated as infantry and was posted for continual service in the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment in Corsica. 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.[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.[6][1][5]

Honours and decorations

National honours

Foreign honours

References

  1. ^ a b Arab News 2021.
  2. ^ a b Eleon-General Thierry Burkhard 2020, RT-Frenchgoodwordnews.com sfn error: no target: CITEREFEleon-General_Thierry_Burkhard2020 (help)
  3. ^ a b Anita 2021.
  4. ^ a b Eng-Bio 2021, Defence Francedefense.gouv.fr sfn error: no target: CITEREFEng-Bio2021 (help)
  5. ^ a b c NATO 2021.
  6. ^ AUSA 2020.
  7. ^ Sztab Generalny WP info – twitter.com

Citations

  • "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.[dead link]
  • "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.
Military offices
Preceded by
Army General Jean-Pierre Bosser
Chief of Staff of the French Army
2019–2021
Succeeded by
Army General Pierre Schill
Preceded by
Army General François Lecointre
Chief of the Defence Staff
2021–present
Incumbent
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