chief of the Chief of Staff of the French Army CEMAT on July 1. On July 1, 1985, he assumed the command tenure of the Foreign Legion. He was promoted to the rank of Général de division on April 1, 1987. Two years later, he was the assistant general of the Military governor of Paris. In 1989, he was designated as Director of Military Personnel of the French Army, and was elevated to the rank designation of Général de corps d’armée, on October 1, 1989. He was admitted to the second section of officers generals in 1993. Jean Louis Roué died on January 20, 2011. Recognitions and Honors Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur Officier of the Légion d'Honneur (1985) Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur (1972) Commandeur of the Ordre national du Mérite Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (1985) Croix de la Valeur militaire (3 citations) Medaille d'Outre-Mer (agrafe « Liban » (Lebanon)) Médaille commémorative des opérations de sécurité et de maintien de l'ordre en Afrique du Nord (agrafes « Algérie » (Algeria) and « Tunisie » (Tunisia)) Médaille de la Jeunesse et des Sports de 1976 (Youth and Sports Medal of 1976) Médaille Chevalier de l'ordre du Mérite de security national de l'ONU ( Authorized to wear the Knight Order Medal of the National Security of the United Nations since 1985 ) See also Major (France) French Foreign Legion Music Band (MLE) Pierre Jeanpierre Jacques Lefort, regimental commander 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP (1958) Pierre Darmuzai, 2e REP (1960) Saharan Méharistes Companies (méharistes sahariennes) Paul Arnaud de Foïard, 2e REP (1965) Jeannou Lacaze, 2e REP (1967) Bernard Goupil, 2e REP (1972) Jean Brette, 2e REP (1974) Philippe Erulin, 2e REP (1976) Bernard Janvier, 2e REP (1982) Bruno Dary, 2e REP (1994) Benoît Puga, 2e REP (1996) French Navy Édouard Guillaud Hervé Charpentier References Sources Répertoire des chefs de corps Centre de documentation de la Légion étrangère Répertoire des citations (BCAAM) 1933 births French generals 2011 deaths