Jean-Paul Deconinck

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Jean-Paul Deconinck (* 1959 ) is a Belgian major general who was among other things commander of the army of the Belgian armed forces between 2014 and 2017 and commander of the UN troops in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) from 2017 to 2018 was.

Life

Deconinck joined the armed forces after school in 1979, and completed his training as an officer in the armored force . He then studied at the Faculty of Social and Military Sciences (SSMW) of the Royal Military Academy in Brussels , where he obtained a master's degree in military and social sciences . He was also a graduate of the École de guerre in Paris and the Royal University Institute for Defense in Brussels. He was then used from 1994 to 1995 as a general staff officer in the staff of the Belgian Heees. From 2002 Deconinck was employed as a lieutenant colonel in the personnel department of the Ministry of Defense with the organization of the army structure. From 2003 to 2005 he led the 1er / 3ème Régiment de Lanciers ( Mechanized Infantry ) in Marche-en-Famenne as battalion commander . In the following years he found various uses in the Belgian army such as 2008 to 2010 as commander of the 7th Mechanized Light Brigade in Marche-en-Famenne. In this role Deconinck was from 2008 to 2009 commander of the troops of the EU Battlegroup (EUBG II / 2009) . Subsequently, he was successively in command of the Royal University Institute for Defense and, most recently, Deputy Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Training and Support.

On September 30, 2014, Major General Deconinck succeeded Major General Hubert De Vos as Commander of the Army , the land component of the Belgian Armed Forces .

On March 2, 2017, Deconinck was appointed as the successor to Major General Michael Lollesgaard from Denmark by UN Secretary General António Guterres to command the UN troops in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). His successor as commander of the Belgian Army was then Major General Marc Thys , who was previously head of the systems department of the material resources department.

Deconinck is married and has three children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bevelsovergave commandant van de Landcomponent (press release on the Belgian Armed Forces homepage from September 25, 2014)
  2. ↑ Nieuwe commandant voor de Landcomponent (press release on the homepage of the Belgian Armed Forces of October 1, 2014)
  3. ↑ Derde Belgische generaal leidt Afrikamissie (press release on the homepage of the Belgian armed forces of March 3, 2017)
  4. ↑ Belgische generaal leidt VN-missie in Mali (press release on the homepage of the Belgian armed forces of April 12, 2017)
  5. ↑ Commandant Landcomponent geeft officieel de fakkel door (press release on the homepage of the Belgian armed forces of March 20, 2017)
  6. ↑ Landcomponent krijgt nieuwe bevelhebber (press release on the homepage of the Belgian armed forces of March 24, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Deconinck, Jean-Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian major general
DATE OF BIRTH 1959