Jean Maurin (born 1959) is a

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of the

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and former

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of the Foreign Legion.
Division General Commandant of the

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, Les Chefs COMLE

Military career

Saint-Cyrien of the promotion «

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Lasalle » (1979-1981). He was assigned as section (platoon) chief (french: chef de section) of the foreign volunteers (french: engagés volontaires) at the

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4^e RE in 1982, he then joined the

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2^e REP in 1983 in quality of a section chief, then deputy officer (french: adjoint), and

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(

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). In 1991, he became the chief editing officer (french: officier rédacteur) at the employment bureau of the general staff headquarters (french: bureau emploi de l’État-major) of the Rapid Action Force (french: Force d’action rapide). A selected trainee candidate at the Superior Course of the general staff headquarters (french: Cours supérieur d’état-major) (107th Promotion) from 1993 to 1994, he integrated the Defense Inter-arm College (french: Collège Interarmées de Défense) (2nd Promotion) from 1994 to 1995 and returned to the

2^e REP as a chief instructor of the operations bureau (1995-1997). Chief editing officer, then ''chef de section'' of the planning bureau of human resources at the general staff headquarters of the French Army (french: bureau planification des ressources humaines de l’État-major de l’Armée de Terre) from 1997 to 2000, he commanded the

13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion ) and veteran foreign regiments (french: Anciens régiment étranger, link=no) of the Legion, in case of the CEPs, BEPs & REPs, the context reference is referring to the paratrooper veterans (french: Anciens legionnaires parachutistes, link=no) ...

13^e DBLE until 2002. Following this regimental command, he assumed the function of chief at the general staff headquarters of the

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11^e BP (french: Chef d’état-major de la 11^e Brigade Parachutiste). In 2004,

Maurin was the auditor (french: auditeur) at the academy of the general staff headquarters of the Russian Federation (french: L’ Académie d’État-major général de la Fédération de Russie) at

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(french: Moscou). From 2005 to 2006, he was the service chief « Session Nationale » at the Institute of Superior Studies of National Defense (french: Institut des hautes études de la Défense Nationale). He then, occupied the post of section chief of « Bilatéral Nord », division « International Organizations » (french: Division « Organisations Internationales »), at the general staff headquarters of the Armies (french: l’État Major des Armées). From 2009 to 2012, he was the

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(french: attaché de defense) of the French Embassy to

(french: Moscou). Prior to assuming the

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of the Foreign Legion,

Maurin was the assistant (french: adjoint) and deputy (french: sous-chef) of international relations of the general staff headquarters of the Armies (french: « Relations Internationales» de l’État-major des Armées). He participated to Operation Manta (1983-1984), as well as Operation Epervier in Tchad (1988-1989, 1996), He was in the Central African Republic, French element of operational assistance (1985-1986), Operations Almandin II and III (1997). In 1991, he participated to Operation Noroît in Rwanda. He was present in ex-Yugoslavia (Rapid action force under mandate of the

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) at Sarajevo in 1995, then he took part to Operation Salamandre (1996) for the mise en place of the Dayton accords. He then returned to Africa in 1997 in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) for Operation Pelican and in 2003, he was the chief of the general staff headquarters of the Unicorn Force (french: force Licorne) in the Ivory Coast from October 2002 to February 2003. In 2016, the 185th Anniversary of the Foreign Legion (french: La Légion Étrangère) and the 85th Anniversary of the Commandement de la Légion Étrangère (french: Commandement de la Légion Étrangère) was celebrated during the tenure of général Jean Maurin.

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* Répertoire des chefs de corps * Centre de documentation de la Légion étrangère * Répertoire des citations (BCAAM) {{DEFAULTSORT:Maurin, Jean 1959 births Living people French generals French military attachés

Military career

Recognitions and Honors

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