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'''Jeannou Lacaze''', was a French [[Général d'armée]] of the [[French Army]] and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (France)|Chef d'État-Major des armées]] (1981-1985), who also served in the [[French Foreign Legion]].
'''Jeannou Lacaze''', was a French [[Général d'armée]] of the [[French Army]] and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (France)|Chef d'État-Major des armées]] (1981-1985), who also served in the [[French Foreign Legion]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Preliminary years ===
=== Preliminary years ===
Jeannou Lacaze was born in [[French Indochina]], the son of a colonial functionary and an annamite of Chinese origin. He studied in a French school in Bordeaux.
Jeannou Lacaze was born in [[French Indochina]], the son of a colonial functionary and an annamite of Chinese origin. He studied in a French school in Bordeaux.


== Military career ==
== Military career ==
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=== 1944 to 1950 ===
=== 1944 to 1950 ===


At the age of twenty, in 1944, he joined the [[French Forces of the Interior]] FFI and participated to the liberation. Received at [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr|Saint-Cyr]] in 1945, he pursed the infantry school application at Auvours where he graduated in 1947.
At the age of twenty, in 1944, he joined the [[French Forces of the Interior]] FFI and participated to the liberation. Received at [[École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr|Saint-Cyr]] in 1945, he pursed the infantry school application at Auvours where he graduated in 1947.


Detached at from his commencement, he was assigned to the [[1st Foreign Regiment|1st Foreign Infantry Regiment]] at Kef in [[Tunisia]], he then joined the [[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment]] 2<sup>e</sup> REI in [[Indochina War|Indochina]], where he served until 1951. Section chief of the 3rd battalion, he was severely wounded at the head of his section during an assault on the village of [[Ho Chi Minh]], on January 5 1948. Repatriated sanitary, he returned to the [[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment]] 2<sup>e</sup> REI and was deployed for a second tour in [[Indochina War]].
Detached at from his commencement, he was assigned to the [[1st Foreign Regiment|1st Foreign Infantry Regiment]] at Kef in [[Tunisia]], he then joined the [[2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment]] 2<sup>e</sup> REI in [[Indochina War|Indochina]], where he served until 1951. Section chief of the 3rd battalion, he was severely wounded at the head of his section during an assault on the village of [[Ho Chi Minh]], on January 5, 1948. Repatriated sanitary, he returned to the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2<sup>e</sup> REI and was deployed for a second tour in [[Indochina War]].


=== 1951 to 1979 ===
=== 1951 to 1979 ===
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Returned to [[France]] in 1951, he was assigned to the Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:tirailleurs marocains|régiment de tirailleurs marocains]]}}). Following an assignment at the technical section of the [[French Army]], he assumed command of the 129th Line Infantry Regiment in 1958 in [[Algeria]].
Returned to [[France]] in 1951, he was assigned to the Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:tirailleurs marocains|régiment de tirailleurs marocains]]}}). Following an assignment at the technical section of the [[French Army]], he assumed command of the 129th Line Infantry Regiment in 1958 in [[Algeria]].


In 1959, he was assigned the [[11e régiment parachutiste de choc|11<sup>e</sup> Régiment Parachutiste de Choc]] ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:11e régiment parachutiste de choc|11<sup>e</sup> Régiment Parachutiste de Choc]]}}).
In 1959, he was assigned the [[11e régiment parachutiste de choc|11<sup>e</sup> Régiment Parachutiste de Choc]] ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:11e régiment parachutiste de choc|11<sup>e</sup> Régiment Parachutiste de Choc]]}}).


Following a passage at the war school, he assumed command of the [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment]] 2<sup>e</sup> REP after [[Ranks in the French Army|colonel]] [[Paul Arnaud de Foïard]] (regimental commander of the [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment|2<sup>e</sup> REP]] in 1965) on July 18 1967. He led his regiment to [[Tchad]] during Opération Épervier ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:Opération Épervier (Tchad)|Opération Épervier]]}}) in 1969. He operated equally in [[Togo]] and in the [[Ivory Coast]], in order to ensure the permanence of the « pré carré » of France in [[Africa]].
Following a passage at the war school, he assumed command of the [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment]] 2<sup>e</sup> REP after [[Ranks in the French Army|colonel]] [[Paul Arnaud de Foïard]] (regimental commander of the [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment|2<sup>e</sup> REP]] in 1965) on July 18, 1967. He led his regiment to [[Tchad]] during Opération Épervier ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:Opération Épervier (Tchad)|Opération Épervier]]}}) in 1969. He operated equally in [[Togo]] and in the [[Ivory Coast]], in order to ensure the permanence of the « pré carré » of France in [[Africa]].


Having left the [[French Foreign Legion]], je joined the secret service before assuming command of the [[11th Parachute Brigade (France)|11th Parachute Division]] from 1977 to 1979. During his commandment, the [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment]] 2<sup>e</sup> REP intervened in [[Kolwezi]] in [[Zaire]], and the [[French Army]] launched exterior theatre operations in [[Lebanon]] and [[Mauritania]].
Having left the [[French Foreign Legion]], je joined the secret service before assuming command of the [[11th Parachute Brigade (France)|11th Parachute Division]] from 1977 to 1979. During his commandment, the [[2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment]] 2<sup>e</sup> REP intervened in [[Kolwezi]] in [[Zaire]], and the [[French Army]] launched exterior theatre operations in [[Lebanon]] and [[Mauritania]].


=== 1980 to 1985 ===
=== 1980 to 1985 ===


He won the confidence of the [[List of Presidents of France|President]] of [[France]] [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] who named him [[Military governor of Paris]] in 1980, and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (France)|Chef d'État-Major des armées]] on February 1 1981, a coupe of months of the election of [[François Mitterrand]]. The new president maintained him in his post until his legal retiring age at retirement in 1985, while he totalized forty one years of service.
He won the confidence of the [[List of Presidents of France|President]] of France [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] who named him [[Military governor of Paris]] in 1980, and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (France)|Chef d'État-Major des armées]] on February 1, 1981, a coupe of months of the election of [[François Mitterrand]]. The new president maintained him in his post until his legal retiring age at retirement in 1985, while he totalized forty one years of service.


Titular of the [[Volunteer combatant's cross]] and the [[Combatant's Cross]], général Jeannou Lacaze is a Grand Officer of [[Légion d'honneur]]. He is decorated with the [[Cross for Military Valour]] with three stars and the [[Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures]] with one palm and two stars.
Titular of the [[Volunteer combatant's cross]] and the [[Combatant's Cross]], général Jeannou Lacaze is a Grand Officer of [[Légion d'honneur]]. He is decorated with the [[Cross for Military Valour]] with three stars and the [[Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures]] with one palm and two stars.


=== 1986 to 2005 ===
=== 1986 to 2005 ===


In 1986, he became the special counselor near the [[Ministry of Defence (France)|ministre français de la Défense]] for the military relations with the [[Africa|African]] countries having signed defense accords. He became the counselor of the several [[Africa|African]] Presidents : ([[Mobutu Sese Seko]], [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]] and [[Félix Houphouet-Boigny]]) He went several times to [[Iraq]] before the [[Invasion of Kuwait]] in 1991 to sustain the promotion of French armament and French savoir-faire to the regime of [[Saddam Hussein]].
In 1986, he became the special counselor near the [[Ministry of Defence (France)|ministre français de la Défense]] for the military relations with the [[Africa]]n countries having signed defense accords. He became the counselor of the several African Presidents : ([[Mobutu Sese Seko]], [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]] and [[Félix Houphouet-Boigny]]) He went several times to [[Iraq]] before the [[Invasion of Kuwait]] in 1991 to sustain the promotion of French armament and French savoir-faire to the regime of [[Saddam Hussein]].


In 1989, he launched himself into politics. He was a European deputy from ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:député européen|député européen]]}}) from 1989 to 1994, under the etiquette of the [[National Centre of Independents and Peasants]] CNIP ({{lang-fr|Centre national des indépendants et paysans}}) before creating his own political party of the Independent Union ({{lang-fr|Union des indépendants}}) UDI. He exercised as well the honorary presidency association ''Paris solidarité métro'' (struggle against social exclusion). He was surnamed the « le sphinx », from the fact that barely rarely spoke and kept numerous intelligences from him. In 1995, he founded the the Franco-Iraqi commercial Council, for armament promotion to Saddam Hussein.<ref>David Styan, ''France and Iraq, Oil, Arms ans, French policy in the Middle-East'', ed I.B. Tauris, London, New-York, 2006</ref>.
In 1989, he launched himself into politics. He was a European deputy from ({{lang-fr|[[:fr:député européen|député européen]]}}) from 1989 to 1994, under the etiquette of the [[National Centre of Independents and Peasants]] CNIP ({{lang-fr|Centre national des indépendants et paysans}}) before creating his own political party of the Independent Union ({{lang-fr|Union des indépendants}}) UDI. He exercised as well the honorary presidency association ''Paris solidarité métro'' (struggle against social exclusion). He was surnamed the « le sphinx », from the fact that barely rarely spoke and kept numerous intelligences from him. In 1995, he founded the Franco-Iraqi commercial Council, for armament promotion to Saddam Hussein.<ref>David Styan, ''France and Iraq, Oil, Arms ans, French policy in the Middle-East'', ed I.B. Tauris, London, New-York, 2006</ref>


He passed away Monday August 1 2005 at the age of 81, his funeral procession had lieu on August 4 in the cours d'honneur at the [[Les Invalides]], at Paris.<ref>http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/culture/20050804.OBS5400/le-general-lacaze-est-mort.html</ref>.
He died on Monday August 1, 2005 at the age of 81, his funeral procession had lieu on August 4 in the cours d'honneur at the [[Les Invalides]], at Paris.<ref>http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/culture/20050804.OBS5400/le-general-lacaze-est-mort.html</ref>


== Recognitions and Honors ==
== Recognitions and Honors ==
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* [[File:Medaille commemorative des Operations de securite et de Maintien de l'ordre ribbon.svg|75px]] [[North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal|Médaille commémorative des opérations de sécurité et de maintien de l'ordre en Afrique du Nord]]
* [[File:Medaille commemorative des Operations de securite et de Maintien de l'ordre ribbon.svg|75px]] [[North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal|Médaille commémorative des opérations de sécurité et de maintien de l'ordre en Afrique du Nord]]


Jeannou Lacaze was cited 6 times out of which one was at the orders of army. He is also the author of a book that appeared in 1991 "Le Président et le champignon" (The President and the "Mushroom"), where he exposed his conception of the defense of [[France]], after the fall of communism.
Jeannou Lacaze was cited 6 times out of which one was at the orders of army. He is also the author of a book that appeared in 1991 "Le Président et le champignon" (The President and the "Mushroom"), where he exposed his conception of the defense of [[France]], after the fall of communism.


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur]]
[[Category:Grand Officiers of the Légion d'honneur]]


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Jeannou Lacaze
Born(1924-02-11)February 11, 1924
French IndochinaHuế, French Indochina
DiedAugust 1, 2005(2005-08-01) (aged 81)
Allegiance France
Service/branchFranceFrench Army
French Foreign Legion
Years of service1944–1985
RankGénéral d'armée
Commands held2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP (1967)
11th Parachute Division 11e DP
Chef d'État-Major des armées (1981-1985)
Wars/CampaignsWorld War II
First Indochina War
Algerian War

Jeannou Lacaze, was a French Général d'armée of the French Army and Chef d'État-Major des armées (1981-1985), who also served in the French Foreign Legion.

Biography

Preliminary years

Jeannou Lacaze was born in French Indochina, the son of a colonial functionary and an annamite of Chinese origin. He studied in a French school in Bordeaux.

Military career

1944 to 1950

At the age of twenty, in 1944, he joined the French Forces of the Interior FFI and participated to the liberation. Received at Saint-Cyr in 1945, he pursed the infantry school application at Auvours where he graduated in 1947.

Detached at from his commencement, he was assigned to the 1st Foreign Infantry Regiment at Kef in Tunisia, he then joined the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2e REI in Indochina, where he served until 1951. Section chief of the 3rd battalion, he was severely wounded at the head of his section during an assault on the village of Ho Chi Minh, on January 5, 1948. Repatriated sanitary, he returned to the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2e REI and was deployed for a second tour in Indochina War.

1951 to 1979

Returned to France in 1951, he was assigned to the Moroccan Tirailleurs Regiment (French: régiment de tirailleurs marocains). Following an assignment at the technical section of the French Army, he assumed command of the 129th Line Infantry Regiment in 1958 in Algeria.

In 1959, he was assigned the 11e Régiment Parachutiste de Choc (French: 11e Régiment Parachutiste de Choc).

Following a passage at the war school, he assumed command of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP after colonel Paul Arnaud de Foïard (regimental commander of the 2e REP in 1965) on July 18, 1967. He led his regiment to Tchad during Opération Épervier (French: Opération Épervier) in 1969. He operated equally in Togo and in the Ivory Coast, in order to ensure the permanence of the « pré carré » of France in Africa.

Having left the French Foreign Legion, je joined the secret service before assuming command of the 11th Parachute Division from 1977 to 1979. During his commandment, the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP intervened in Kolwezi in Zaire, and the French Army launched exterior theatre operations in Lebanon and Mauritania.

1980 to 1985

He won the confidence of the President of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing who named him Military governor of Paris in 1980, and Chef d'État-Major des armées on February 1, 1981, a coupe of months of the election of François Mitterrand. The new president maintained him in his post until his legal retiring age at retirement in 1985, while he totalized forty one years of service.

Titular of the Volunteer combatant's cross and the Combatant's Cross, général Jeannou Lacaze is a Grand Officer of Légion d'honneur. He is decorated with the Cross for Military Valour with three stars and the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures with one palm and two stars.

1986 to 2005

In 1986, he became the special counselor near the ministre français de la Défense for the military relations with the African countries having signed defense accords. He became the counselor of the several African Presidents : (Mobutu Sese Seko, Denis Sassou Nguesso and Félix Houphouet-Boigny) He went several times to Iraq before the Invasion of Kuwait in 1991 to sustain the promotion of French armament and French savoir-faire to the regime of Saddam Hussein.

In 1989, he launched himself into politics. He was a European deputy from (French: député européen) from 1989 to 1994, under the etiquette of the National Centre of Independents and Peasants CNIP (French: Centre national des indépendants et paysans) before creating his own political party of the Independent Union (French: Union des indépendants) UDI. He exercised as well the honorary presidency association Paris solidarité métro (struggle against social exclusion). He was surnamed the « le sphinx », from the fact that barely rarely spoke and kept numerous intelligences from him. In 1995, he founded the Franco-Iraqi commercial Council, for armament promotion to Saddam Hussein.[1]

He died on Monday August 1, 2005 at the age of 81, his funeral procession had lieu on August 4 in the cours d'honneur at the Les Invalides, at Paris.[2]

Recognitions and Honors

Jeannou Lacaze was cited 6 times out of which one was at the orders of army. He is also the author of a book that appeared in 1991 "Le Président et le champignon" (The President and the "Mushroom"), where he exposed his conception of the defense of France, after the fall of communism.

See also

References

  1. ^ David Styan, France and Iraq, Oil, Arms ans, French policy in the Middle-East, ed I.B. Tauris, London, New-York, 2006
  2. ^ http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/culture/20050804.OBS5400/le-general-lacaze-est-mort.html
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