Jean-Philippe Rolland | |
|---|---|
| Chief of the Military Staff of the President of the Republic | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Rogel |
| Commander of European Maritime Force | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Henrique Gouveia e Melo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1964 Toulon,France |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Branch/service |  French Navy |
| Years of service | 1983 |
| Rank | Admiral |
Jean-Philippe Rolland is an admiral of the French Armed Forces,he was Commander of the Naval Action Force since August 31,2017,and concurrent Chief of the Military Staff of the President of the Republic. [1]
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Jean-Philippe Rolland,an admiral of the Navy is also serving as the command of European Maritime Force since 19 September 2019, [2] born May 7,1964,in Toulon,France,he was enrolled into Naval School In 1983 through which after passing out in the training course of the helicopter carrier French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc (R97),he was assign to Light Transport Building of Dumont d'Urville Polynesia and of which he later was moved to L'Estafette Polynesia the Marquises Archipelago,although he specified in defense weapons systems even before he was in the frigate Jean Bart,he had Commands the FS Panthère training school ship in 1988 and the La Fayette,he participate in the Persian Gulf during the operation of the protection of maritime traffic in 1989,although in 1988 he led the surveillance missions in the Mediterranean onboard of the frigate Duguay-Trouin. [3] [4] [1]
He took part in the operations of one was the former Yugoslavia crisis that was in 1994 before becoming the Aviso Commandant Bouan,he moved on to Joint Defense College 1999 for a year then of which he continues serving in the National Navy Staff in Paris as program officer. The frigate La Fayette was in his command in 2005 of which he led during the part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Indian Ocean to support mission in Afghanistan. [1]
He partakes in the reforms of the anti-aircraft and the naval cruise missile,he was operations manager of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle ship in 2003 and in commands of in 2009,and together as the Planning-Programming of the National Navy staff,HQ was in 2007,he was also part of support mission in Afghanistan and of the Libyan coasts military protection,and also participated in the 2008 and 2013 Military Planning Law. [5]
