Marc Compernol is the
Chief of Defence Staff of
Belgium Defence Force since July 2016,
until his time of retirement in July 2020.
Marc Compernol, a
four-star army general was born April 8, 1957, in
Bruges, a native of
Brasschaat. He entered the
army in 1972 after passing out in the Royal Cadet School
Laeken
() or () is a residential suburb in the north-western part of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. It belongs to the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, municipality of the City of Brussels and is mostly identified by the ...
in 1975, he went to the
Royal Military Academy and graduates with 130th Polytechnic and he also obtained his masters of Mechanics and Ballistics.
He was trained as a
field artillery
Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field. These weapons are specialized for mobility, tactical proficiency, short range, long range, and extremely long range target engagement.
Until the early 20t ...
in Brasschaat, he was transferred to served in the Airborne Field Arty and went on to partake in Sunny Winter operations,
ROC together the
UNOSOM II where he commands, he was promoted to major in 1996 as the Army Staff, Plans and Programming Division until 1999 when he headed 2nd Regt Field Arty
Helchteren
Houthalen-Helchteren (; li, Hôtele-Helichtre) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. Houthalen-Helchteren consists of Houthalen-centrum, Houthalen-Oost, Helchteren, Sonnis, Laak, Meulenberg and Lillo. On 1 January 2020 Hout ...
, he got promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1997 and rose to be chief of Operational Logistics in the Operational Command of the Army during the early 2000, he also served the Army Staff Synthèse Division as head until 2002 he becisame colonel. Marc Compernol is also a graduate ACSC 28 in Army Command and Staff College
Camberley
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for the high staff course and studies for security, and defence.
Commands
After some years of promotion to colonel, he served beside the
assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Training at the Joint Staff was in 2004. He got the promoted to major general and became the deputy
assistant Chief of Staff Operations in 2006. He became the Commander of
Belgian Land Component (army) and served in September 2009 and a promotion to lieutenant general was followed, he served as
assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Training in 2012 and rose to become the deputy head in 2013 and
Head of Belgian Defence Force on 13 July 2016 together with promotion to the rank of general.
Families
He married Anne-Laure Debouver, they have two children.
Awards and decorations
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Grand cross of the order of the crown
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Commander of the order of Leopold
Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...
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Military cross, first class
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Legion of merit, commander's degree (United States)
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Officer of the order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
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Officer of the legion of honor (France)
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Medal of the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (Poland)
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100 years of restored Lithuanian armed forces medal (Lithuania)
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United Nations service medal for operation UNOSOM II (United Nations)
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References
External links
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Living people
1952 births
Belgian generals
Belgian military personnel