The Secretariat-General for National Defence and Security (''Secrétariat général de la défense et de la sécurité nationale'') is an interministerial organ under the

Prime Minister of France The prime minister of France (french: link=no, Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers. The prime minister ...

. The Secretary General for National Defence is Stéphane Bouillon, appointed in 2020. The organism was founded in 1906 as the ''Conseil supérieur de la défense nationale'' ("High Council of National Defence" or CSDN); it was later known as the ''Comité de défense nationale'' ("Committee for National Defence") then became the (''Secrétariat général de la défense nationale'' or ''SGDN'') "General secretary for national defence" in 1962. On 13 January 2010, the SGDN received its current name.

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Official website of SGDSN
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English presentation
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