Charles de Cumont

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Baron Charles Paul de Cumont (born May 31, 1902 in Ixelles / Elsene ; † June 9, 1990 in Uccle / Ukkel ) was a Belgian lieutenant general , who was chief of the general staff of the armed forces between 1959 and 1963 and as such from 1962 to 1963 for the first time Was chairman of the NATO Military Committee . He was raised to hereditary nobility in 1963 as a baron and was again chairman of the NATO military committee from 1964 to 1968.

Life

Charles Paul de Cumont completed an officer training and after completing it found numerous jobs as an officer and staff officer within the army . After he was in command of the officer candidate school in Tervuren between 1944 and 1946 , he served as the commandant of the tactical school of the armed forces from 1946 to 1947 and as director of studies at the war school between 1947 and 1948. From 1950 to 1951 he was in command of the 1st Artillery Regiment and from 1951 to 1955 he was head of the operations and mobilization department in the Army General Staff. He then acted as commander of the artillery of the I. Corps stationed in Germany and as commander of the Cologne site between 1955 and 1957 , before he was Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces of NATO in Central Europe from 1957 until his replacement by Albert Crahay in 1959 ( Allied Forces Central Europe ) was. In 1959 he took over from Major General Henri Van Vreckom as the Royal Military Academy in Brussels and only held this position for a few months until he was replaced by Major General Emile Velghe in 1959.

Thereupon, Lieutenant General de Cumont took over from Lieutenant General Jacques de Clarcq on December 9, 1959 the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and held this position until June 30, 1963, after which Lieutenant General G. Wagner succeeded him on July 1, 1963. As such, he was the successor to General Lyman L. Lemnitzer from 1962 until he was replaced by General Adolf Heusinger in December 1963, and was the first chairman of the NATO military committee . In 1963 he was raised to hereditary nobility as a baron . On April 1, 1964, he replaced General Adolf Heusinger as chairman of the NATO Military Committee and held this position until he was replaced by Admiral Nigel Henderson on July 1, 1968.

For his many years of service de Cumont was honored several times and was, among other things, Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and the Order of the Crown as well as Commander of the Order of Leopold II. He was also awarded the commemorative medal of the 1940-1945 war with crossed swords, the First Class Military Cross and the Government Medal of Albert I. awarded. In addition, he received the Grand Cross of the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau and the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany with a star . He was also in command of the US Legion of Merit and the Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown and was also awarded the Officer's Cross of the Persian Order of the Crown . He was also honored with the Order of the British Empire and the Bronze Star Medal .

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  1. ↑ Royal Military Academy: Commanders
personal data
SURNAME Cumont, Charles de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cumont, Baron Charles Paul de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Ixelles / Elsene
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1990
Place of death Uccle / Ukkel