Jean-Jacques Schweitzer

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Jean-Jacques Schweitzer (born January 10, 1920 in Strasbourg , Département Bas-Rhin ; † 1993 ) was a French naval officer of the Navy , who last served as Vice-Admiral (Vice-amiral d'escadre) between 1976 and 1980 as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Navy (Major général de la Marine) was.

Life

After attending school in 1938, Jean-Jacques Schweitzer began his officer training as a member of the PROMOTIONS "Francis Garnier" class named after Francis Garnier at the Naval School (École Navale) and after graduating on January 5, 1940, became a lieutenant at sea (Enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe) and on June 15, 1941, promoted to first lieutenant at sea (Enseigne de vaisseau de première classe) . After various posts as a naval officer, he was promoted to lieutenant captain (Lieutenant de Vaisseau) on April 8, 1947, and to corvette captain (Capitaine de Corvette) on February 1, 1956 . After further employment as a naval officer and staff officer, he became a frigate captain (Capitaine de Frégate) and was, among other things, between November 16, 1964 and November 27, 1965 in command of the destroyer Casabianca . After his promotion to sea captain (Capitaine de Vaisseau) he served from September 17, 1969 to November 13, 1970 as the commander of the light cruiser De Grasse .

After further uses Schweitzer was as Rear Admiral (Contre-amiral) on September 1, 1973 the first Commanding admiral of the naval forces in the Indian Ocean ALINDIEN (Commandants les forces maritimes françaises en océan India) and has held this use until 15 November 1975 whereupon Commodore André Painter succeeded him. In this position he was last promoted to Rear Admiral (Vice-amiral) and in 1976 took over the post of Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Navy (Major général de la Marine) as the successor to Rear Admiral André Wolff, which he held until he retired from active military service 1980 inside. In 1979 he was promoted to Vice Admiral (Vice-amiral d'escadre) . His successor as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Navy was Rear Admiral Philippe Ausseur in 1980 . For his services, he became commander of the Legion of Honor .

Web links

  • Entry on the homepage of the École Navale

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PROMOTIONS / 1938 "Francis Garnier" on the homepage of the Naval School (École Navale)
  2. ↑ Commandants les forces maritimes françaises en océan India on the homepage of the Naval School (École Navale)
  3. ↑ Majors généraux de la Marine on the homepage of the Naval School (École Navale)
personal data
SURNAME Schweitzer, Jean-Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French vice admiral
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg , Bas-Rhin department
DATE OF DEATH 1993