Military governor of Paris

The Military governor of Paris is a post within the French Army. He commands the garrison of Paris and represents all the military based in Paris at high state occasions. He is also responsible (subordinate to the President of France) for organizing major national ceremonies such as the Bastille Day military parade down the Champs-Élysées.

French president François Mitterrand and military governor of Paris Hervé Navereau reviewing troops during the 1989 Bastille Day military parade

The foundation of the post is blurred, but it has subsequently evolved in two phases. Under the Ancien Régime, its role was limited in comparison to his colleagues in the provinces, who represented the King of France in his absence, whereas in Paris the King was present. The post was dispensed with at the time of the French Revolution before being re-established by Napoleon in 1804, when it was reinforced by becoming a military-command role.

List of governors

Military governors of Paris under the Ancien Régime
Charles II d'Amboise de Chaumont, military governor of Paris from 1493 to 1496
François de L'Hospital, military governor of Paris from 1648 to 1657

Commandants généraux de la force armée à Paris
General Napoléon Bonaparte, commandant de la force armée à Paris from 1795 to 1796

Military governors of Paris after the French Revolution
Maréchal Catherine Dominique de Pérignon, military governor of Paris from 1816 to 1819
Maréchal François Certain de Canrobert, military governor of Paris from 1865 to 1870

German occupation

Under the German occupation of France, Paris had at least three German military governors:

Military governors of Paris since 1944
General Henri Zeller, military governor of Paris from 1953 to 1957
General Bruno Dary, military governor of Paris from 2007 to 2012
  • général Philippe Leclerc : 1944
  • général Marie Pierre Kœnig : 1944-1945
  • général Paul Legentilhomme : 1945-1947
  • général d’armée René Jean-Charles Chouteau : 16 January 1947-March 1953
  • général d'armée Henri Zeller 1953-1957
  • général Louis-Constant Morlière 1957-1958
  • général Pierre-François-Marie-Joseph Garbay : 1958-1959
  • général Raoul Salan 1959-1960
  • général d’armée Maurice Gazin : 1960
  • général d'armée André Demetz : 1960-1962
  • général Louis Dodelier : 1962-1965
  • général Philippe de Camas : 1965-1968
  • général André Meltz : 1968-1971
  • général d'armée Bernard Usureau: 1971-1974
  • général de corps d'armée Philippe Clave 1974-1975
  • général Jean Favreau : 1975-1977
  • général de corps d'armée Jacques Antoine de Barry : 1977-1980
  • général d'armée Jeannou Lacaze : 15 September 1980 – 1981
  • général de corps d'armée Roger Périer : 1981-1982
  • général d'armée Alban Barthez : 1 September 1982
  • général de corps d'armée Michel Fennebresque : 1984
  • général de corps d'armée Hervé Navereau : 14 March 1987
  • général d'armée Daniel Valéry : 1 September 1991
  • général de corps d'armée Michel Guignon : 1 August 1992
  • général de corps d’armée Michel Billot : 28 October 1996
  • général de corps d’armée Pierre Costedoat : 1 August 2000
  • général de corps d'armée Marcel Valentin : 1 November 2002
  • général de corps d'armée Xavier de Zuchowicz : 1 August 2005 (156th)
  • général de corps d'armée Bruno Dary : 1 August 2007
  • général de corps d'armée Hervé Charpentier : 1 August 2012
  • général de corps d'armée Bruno Le Ray : 31 July 2015

See also

Citations
  1. Tulard, Jean. Murat: Du maréchal d'Empire au roi de Naples. Paris: Marabout, 1983, 68-69

Bibliography
  • Colonel Gérard Bieuville, sous-lieutenant Pierre Perrier, Les Gouverneurs militaires de Paris, Connaissances et mémoires européennes, Gouvernement militaire de Paris, 1999.
  • Tulard, Jean. Murat: Du maréchal d'Empire au roi de Naples. Paris: Marabout, 1983.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.