study bureau of the general staff headquarters of the French Army. On 27 July 1993 he assumed the commandment of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment 1er REC. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel on 1 October 1933. At the head of this regimental corps, he participated for six months within the cadre of the United Nations, to action led in Sarajevo in ex-Yugoslavia. He commanded battalion infantry 2. He left his commandment on 30 July 1995 and pursued his services at the corps of the COMLE at Aubagne as a chief in the general staff headquarters () of the French Foreign Legion. In August 1998, he was assigned to the Information Service and Public Relations of the French Army, where he exercised the functions of assistant, then chief of the designated service department. He was nominated to the 1st section of officer generals on 1 August 2002 and he was entrusted with the command of the Legion. He was later admitted to the 2nd section of officer generals on 1 August 2004. Recognitions and Honors Chevalier of the Legion of Honor Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite Croix de la Valeur Militaire (cited at the orders of the division) Médaille commémorative française (agrafes « Ex-Yugoslavie ») Medaille de l'ONU (Medal of the Organization of the United Nations) See also Major (France) French Foreign Legion Music Band (MLE) References Sources Répertoire des chefs de corps Centre de documentation de la Légion étrangère Répertoire des citations (BCAAM) 1947 births Living people French Army officers Officers of the French Foreign Legion