General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

Claudio Graziano (born 22 November 1953) is an

Italian Army "The safeguard of the republic shall be the supreme law" , colors = , colors_labels = , march = ''Parata d'Eroi'' ("Heroes's parade") by Francesco Pellegrino, ''4 Maggio'' (May 4) ...

officer who presently serves as

Chairman of the European Union Military Committee The Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC) is the four-star rank officer representing and presiding over the European Union's (EU) Military Committee (EUMC), composed of the chiefs of defence (CHODs) of the EU member states. ...

. He is a former Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (

UNIFIL The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( ar, قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, he, כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL ( ar, يونيفيل, he, יוניפי״ל), is a UN peacekeeping m ...

), serving in the position between 2007 and 2010. On 6 December 2011 he became the

Chief of Staff of the Italian Army The Chief of Staff of the Italian Army refers to the Chiefs of Staffs of the Royal Italian Army from 1882 to 1946 and the Italian Army from 1946 to the present. List of chiefs of staff Chiefs of Staff of the Royal Italian Army (1882–1946) ...

. From 28 February 2015 to 6 November 2018, Graziano served as the Chief of Defence Staff of the

Italian Armed Forces The Italian Armed Forces ( it, Forze armate italiane, ) encompass the Italian Army, the Italian Navy and the Italian Air Force. A fourth branch of the armed forces, known as the Carabinieri, take on the role as the nation's military police and ar ...

References

Biographical note
from the United Nations Department of Public Information.

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Italian generals United Nations military personnel Living people 1953 births Recipients of the National Order of the Cedar Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Italian military attachés Chiefs of Defence Staff (Italy) Chairmen of the European Union Military Committee {{Italy-mil-bio-stub