Jean-Pierre Kelche

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Jean-Pierre Kelche
Born (1942-01-19) 19 January 1942 (age 81)
Mâcon, France
AllegianceFlag of France.svg  France
Service/branchFlag of France.svg  French Army
Years of service1961–2002
RankArmy General
UnitFrench Armed Forces
Commands held

Jean-Pierre Kelche is a soldier of the French Armed Forces who served as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces from 9 April 1998 until 30 October 2002.

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Jean-Pierre Kelche, an general of the army was born 19 January 1942 in Mâcon, France, his family are origin of Lorraine. They moved with both of his family to Saint-Cyr in 1961 and later joined the Navy infantry. [1]

He graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Guerre in 1979 after spending about 20 year as submariner engineer before changing to army of which was after attending the Ecole Supérieure, he participated Iran-Iraq conflict. [2] At young age, he served in the Côte d'Ivoire on french Operations and commanded a unit in Djibouti in 1973, he rose to be the senior commander in the Antilles-Guyana Staff between 1979 until 1981 of which he commands the 5th Overseas Combined Arms Regiment in Djibouti to 1987. [3] [4]

Commands

He was deployed to 5th Armored Division in Germany to which he was the deputy general commanding officer in 1991, he was once in charge of updating and the design of the defence tool to which one was the design office of the army staff in 1985 as the head of Doctrine before he was the chief of staff to 1991. [5] He became the head of Army Staff HQ form 1992 until in 1995 of which he was the Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet until he was made the major general of the army staff in 1996 to 1998, he rose up in the Defence Forces Staff office as it direct subordinate to when he was made the Chief of Staff of the Defence in April 1998. [6]

Post-military

He later became the Head of French Military Intelligence in 2016, a place which Vice-Admiral Jean Casabianca was heading before appointed to another position. [7] [8]

Decorations

Family

He is married with two children.

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References

  1. ↑ République, Présidence de la (2002-01-01). "Le général d'armée Jean-Pierre KELCHE". www.jacqueschirac-asso.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  2. ↑ "Portrait : Amiral Jean Casabianca, numéro deux de l'armée française". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). 17 August 2018. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  3. ↑ Merchet, Jean-Dominique. "Nomination sans surprise à la tête des armées. Le général Kelche promu chef d'état-major". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  4. ↑ "Décret du 12 juillet 1994 portant réintégration dans les cadres, admission par anticipation dans la 2e section, élévation aux rang et appellation de général de corps d'armée, promotion et nomination dans la 1re et la 2e section, mise en position de service détaché et affectation d'officiers généraux - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  5. ↑ "Déclaration de M. Jacques Chirac, Président de la République, à l'occasion de l'adieu aux armes du général Jean Pierre Kelche, chef d'état-major des armées, Paris le 29 octobre 2002". Vie publique.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  6. ↑ "Arrêté du 12 septembre 1995 relatif à la composition du cabinet du Premier ministre". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  7. ↑ "L'amiral Casabianca part chez EDF". L'Opinion (in French). 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  8. ↑ NATO. "Chairman of the NATO Military Committee praises France's significant contributions to Collective Defence". NATO. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
Military offices
Preceded by Head of French Military Intelligence
August 2016		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Chief of the Defence Staff
9 April 1998 – 30 October 2002		Succeeded by
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