Édouard Guillaud

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Officer of the National Order of Merit
Officer of the Order of Maritime Merit

Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier, and eventually captained carrier de Gaulle. He served as Chief of the general staff headquarters of the Armies
CEMA from 25 February 2010 to 2014.

Biography

Early life

Édouard Guillaud is the son of journalist Jean-Louis Guillaud (French: Jean-Louis Guillaud), former president of Agence France-Presse and TF1.[1]

He studied at the Lycée Hector Berlioz in Vincennes and at the Private Lycée Sainte-Geneviève in Versailles.

Military career

James Mattis and Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk
during the 7th International Institute for Strategic Studies Regional Security Summit on December 3, 2010.

Édouard joined the

Mururoa.[3] Afterwards, he served consecutively for one year on two French nuclear ballistic missile submarines SNLE L'Indomptable and Le Redoutable
, following which he took command in 1979 of the minesweeper Lobelia, for another year until 1980. The next year, he studied for a specialisation in gunnery and missiles.

In the early 1980s, Guillaud was sent in exchange in the United States (U.S.). As a

squadron escorteur launch missile Kersaint, cruising off the seas between Iran and Lebanon in 1983.[2][3]

From 1984 to 1987, he worked on the

nuclear aircraft carrier programme, particularly on expert systems in the programming environment of the ship.[4] He was promoted to Capitaine de corvette in 1985.[2]

In 1987 he took command of the

BATRAL Dumont d'Urville for one year, taking part in the operations related to the Ouvéa cave hostage taking on Ouvéa, New Caledonia.[3]

Guillaud went on to study at the Superior Naval War School (French: École Supérieure de Guerre Navale, ESGN) and the School of Military Application for Atomic Energy (French: École des Applications Militaires de l'Energie Atomique, EAMEA), rising to Capitaine de frégate in 1989.[2] He specialised in nuclear engineering, obtaining a degree in 1990.[2]

In 1991, with the start of the

Clemenceau, where he served as a Maneuver Officer.[2]

In 1992, he took command of the aviso-escort

Charles De Gaulle, which was then being completed in Brest.[2]

From 1999 to 2001, Guillaud captained the nuclear carrier

Institut des hautes études de Défense nationale
IHEDN.

Admiral

Guillaud in Brazil for negotiations regarding export of Dassault Rafale aircraft to Brazil, 1 October 2009

From 2002 to 2004, he served as the assistant (French: adjoint) chief to the navy of the Chief of the Military Staff of the President of the Republic.

Between 2004 and 2006,

Squadron vice-admiral), he was promoted to Amiral (Admiral
) in December 2007.

Guillaud has taken office as chief of the general staff headquarters of the Armies CEMA on 25 February 2010, and is the second Admiral of France to take this post.[5]

Since 19 March 2011, he has commanded the French forces enforcing the

Libyan no-fly zone.[6]

In 2013 he commanded the French Forces in the

Mali Civil War
.

He left active duty service on 14 February 2014 when général Pierre de Villiers succeeded him at head of the armies. He assumed a French armament directorate until 2017.

Decorations and medals

Ribbons Decorations
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France, elevated from Officer)[2]
Officer of the
Order of National Merit
(France)
Officer of the Ordre du Mérite Maritime
Médaille de l'Aéronautique
Médaille d'Outre-Mer
with two bars
Médaille de la Défense nationale
échelon bronze with two bars
Médaille de reconnaissance de la Nation
with bar
Grand Cross of the Order of Rio Branco (Brazil)
Order of Defence Merit ' Officer of the
Order of Defence Merit
(Brazil)
Grand Officer of the Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud (Saudi Arabia)
Grand Officer of the Order pro Merito Melitensi (Malta, elevated from Officer)
Ordre du Lion blanc, 2ième classe (République tchèque)
Grand Officer of the Order of Naval Merit (Brazil)
Commander of the Legion of Merit
Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain)
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Commander of the National Order of Merit (Mauritania)
National Order of Burkina Faso, Commander
Order of Merit, First Class (Lebanon), 1983
Order of the British Empire, Honorary Knight Commander (Military), 2014
National Order of Mali, Grand Officer
National Order of the Ivory Coast, Commander

See also

Sources and references

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  1. ^ a b L'amiral Guillaud devient chef d'état-major, AFP-Le Figaro, 27 January 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i ">Sauvegarde maritime, bilan de l'action de la marine nationale 2005/2006, French Ministry of Defence
  3. ^ a b c L'amiral Guillaud, un marin très "ops", Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération
  4. ^ Défenseur de la mer patrie, Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération
  5. ^ L'amiral Edouard Guillaud, nouveau chef d'état-major des armées, Le Monde
  6. ^ Traynor, Ian (25 March 2011). "Nato to decide within days whether to take control of Libya military action". The Guardian.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of the Military Staff of the President of the Republic
4 October 2006 – 4 March 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of the Defence Staff
25 February 2010 – 14 February 2014 		Succeeded by
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