Hervé Charpentier is a

Général d'armée Army general (french: Général d'armée) is the highest active military rank of the French Army and the National Gendarmerie. It is also used in the Air and Space Force, where it is called . Officially, it is not a rank but a position and styl ...

of the French Army. He is the 137th Military governor of Paris (french: Gouverneur militaire de Paris) from 1 August 2012 until 31 July 2015.

Military career

he was admitted to Saint-Cyr in 1975, promotion « Captain Henri Guilleminot » (french: Henri Guilleminot). At the end of his scholarity, he chose to serve in the Marine infantry. Nominated as a lieutenant in 1978 at the end of the Infantry Application School, he served first in the 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment 8^e RPIMa until 1981, in quality as a section (platoon) chief (french: chef de section) of High Altitude Operational Operator (french: Chuteur Opérationnel). He accordingly participated to Operation Barracuda in the Central African Republic (1979) and Operation Saintonge at Vanuatu (1980). He joined then the 23rd Marine Infantry Battalion (french: 23^e Bataillon d'Infanterie de Marine) of Dakar as a section (platoon) chief then assistant (french: adjoint) officer of the infantry company. He was promoted to a

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

in 1982. Assigned in 1983, he returned to the metropolis and joined the

3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (french: 3e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 3e RPIMa) is an airborne infantry regiment of the French Army. It is heir to the 3rd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion created in 1948 an ...

3^e RPIMa where he served as an operations officer during Operation Diodon 4 in Lebanon then as commanding officer of the 2nd infantry company from 1984 to 1986. He then joined Zaire as a counselor of the commandant of the 312th battalion of the 31st Zairian Parachute Brigade. Promoted to Chef de bataillon ( Commandant -

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

) in 1988, he was assigned to the general staff headquarters of the French Army (french: l'état-major de l'Armée de Terre) at Paris before being admitted to the French War School (french: école de guerre) in 1991. Designated as a lieutenant-colonel, he joined from 1993 to 1995, the

1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine ( en, 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment) or 1er RPIMa is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, therefore part of the Special Operations Command. Heirs to the Free Frenc ...

1^er RPIMa as an operations bureau chief. He participated accordingly to Operation Balbuzard in ex- Yugoslavia and

Opération Turquoise Opération Turquoise was a French-led military operation in Rwanda in 1994 under the mandate of the United Nations. The "multilateral" force consisted of 2,500 troops, 32 from Senegal and the rest French. The equipment included 100 APCs, 10 h ...

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

. In June 1997, he assumed the command of the 6th Marine Infantry Battalion 6^e BIM (french: 6^e Bataillon d'Infanterie de Marine) and was promoted to colonel in December. He was admitted as auditor (french: auditeur) at the CHEM (french: Centre des Hautes études Militaires) and the Institute of IHEDN (french: Institut des Hautes études de la Défense Nationale) in 2001. This formidable career made him an expert connaisseur of the

African Continent Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. Accordingly, on July 2002, he joined the Military Cabinet of the Minister of Defense (french: Cabinet Militaire du Ministre de la Défense) to manage the « Africa and Middle East » department cell. Nominated to Général de brigade on 1 July 2005, he assumed on the same date the commandment of the 9th Light Armoured Marine Brigade 9^e B.L.B.Ma and was engaged at this title, as operations assistant during Opération Licorne in the

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. Two years later, he assumed command of the Infantry Application School then was nominated to Général de division in 2008. He was elevated to the rank designation of Général de corps d'armée on 1 July 2010 and assumed command of the

Commandement des Forces Terrestres The ''Commandement des Forces Terrestres (CFT)'' is the new appellation (since July 1, 2008) of the Commandement de la Force d'action Terrestre (“Command of the land combat forces”, French acronym CFAT). It is the High command of the land f ...

. He was nominated on 1 August 2012 as officer General of the Defense and Security Zone of Paris, Military governor of Paris and Commandant of the zone terre Île-de-France. Général Charpentier is the President of the Administrative Council of the Musée de l'Armée and member of the Administration Council of the Saint-Cyrienne. On 1 July 2015 he was elevated to the rank designation of

. He replaced Général de corps d'armée Bruno Le Ray (french: Bruno Le Ray) on the following 31 July.
Décret du 9 juillet 2015 portant maintien dans la 1^resection et dans l'emploi, affectations et élévations, élévations, promotions et affectations, promotions dans la 2^esection, promotion au titre du congé du personnel navigant, nominations et affectations, nominations dans la 1^resection et la 2^esection, affectations d'officiers généraux]

Recognitions and Honors

* French HALO Operator Badge (Chuteur Opérationnel) * Légion d'honneur, Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur * Grand Officer de l'ordre national du Mérite * Croix de la Valeur militaire (2 étoiles en argent et 1 en bronze) * Croix du combattant *

Médaille d'Outre-Mer The Overseas Medal (french: Médaille d'Outre-Mer) is a commemorative or campaign medal issued to members of the French Armed Forces and other nations in assistance to French troops for participating in operations outside national territory. It rep ...

Médaille de la Défense nationale The National Defence Medal (french: "Médaille de la Défense nationale") is a French military decoration. It was created by Charles Hernu, Minister of Defence and established by decree on 21 April 1982. It rewards particularly honourable service ...

(silver medal) *

Médaille de reconnaissance de la Nation The Medal of the Nation's Gratitude (french: "Medaille de Reconnaissance de la Nation") is a French state decoration established on 12 April 2002 by decree 2002-511 and awarded to civilians, veterans of civil or military service, and to members ...

Médaille commémorative française The French commemorative medal (french: "Médaille commémorative française") is a French decoration intended to recognize civilians and soldiers who took part in specific missions ordered by the French government carried out outside of French ...

* Officier de l'ordre de Léopold ( Belgium) * Chevalier de l'

Order of the Equatorial Star The Order of the Equatorial Star () is a state order of Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bo ...

( Gabon) * Officier de l'ordre de mérite de Centrafrique * Médaille MISAB * Médaille de la gendarmerie du Gabon * Croix d'honneur de la Bundeswehr (gold) * Grand Croix de l'ordre du mérite militaire espagnol (white ribbon) * About twelve other awards and decorations.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charpentier, Herve 1955 births Living people French generals Military governors of Paris École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni Commanders of the Legion of Honour Grand Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Recipients of the Cross for Military Valour

Military career

Recognitions and Honors

See also

References