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class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_War_(France)" title="Ministry of War (France)">Ministry of War</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Minist%C3%A8re_de_la_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministère de la Marine">Ministry of the Navy</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Air_(France)" title="Minister of Air (France)">Ministry of the Air</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_France" title="Government of France">Government of France</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_de_Brienne" title="Hôtel de Brienne">Hôtel de Brienne</a><br /><a href="/wiki/7th_arrondissement_of_Paris" title="7th arrondissement of Paris">Paris 7e</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="French Republic">French Republic</a><br />- <a href="/wiki/Hexagone_Balard" title="Hexagone Balard">Hexagone Balard</a><br /><a href="/wiki/15th_arrondissement_of_Paris" title="15th arrondissement of Paris">Paris 15e</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="French Republic">French Republic</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&params=48_51_35_N_2_19_10_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">48°51′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°19′10″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">48.85972°N 2.31944°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">48.85972; 2.31944</span></span></span></a></span></span><br /><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&params=48_50_8_N_2_16_34_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">48°50′8″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°16′34″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">48.83556°N 2.27611°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">48.83556; 2.27611</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data">€54.494 billion<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministers responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Lecornu" title="Sébastien Lecornu">Sébastien Lecornu</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_the_Armed_Forces_(France)" title="Minister of the Armed Forces (France)">Minister of the Armed Forces</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministry executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Burkhard" title="Thierry Burkhard">Thierry Burkhard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.defense.gouv.fr">www<wbr />.defense<wbr />.gouv<wbr />.fr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b> Ministry of Armed Forces</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Ministère des Armées</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[ministɛʁ<span class="wrap"> </span>dez‿aʁme]</a></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Ministry of the Armies</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is the ministry of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_France" title="Government of France">Government of France</a> in charge of managing the <a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">French Armed Forces</a> inside and outside French territory. Its head is the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_the_Armed_Forces_(France)" title="Minister of the Armed Forces (France)">Minister of the Armed Forces</a>. From 1947 until 2017, the Ministry was designated the <b>Ministry of Defence</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Ministère de la Défense</i>). It is France's <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_defence" title="Ministry of defence">ministry of defence</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_the_Armed_Forces">Minister of the Armed Forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Minister of the Armed Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The head of the department is the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_the_Armed_Forces_(France)" title="Minister of the Armed Forces (France)">Minister of the Armed Forces</a>. The current officeholder has been <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_Lecornu" title="Sébastien Lecornu">Sébastien Lecornu</a> since 2022. He reports directly to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President of the Republic</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief">Commander-in-Chief</a> of the <a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">French Armed Forces</a>. </p><p>His mission is to organize and manage the country's Defence Policy in liaison with other departments. He is also in charge of mobilizing troops and managing the military infrastructure. He is responsible for the French Armed forces' security to <a href="/wiki/French_Parliament" title="French Parliament">Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff">Chief of the Defence Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief of the Defence Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hexagone_Balard_@_Ballon_de_Paris_@_Parc_Andr%C3%A9_Citro%C3%ABn_@_Paris_(28745446201).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Hexagone_Balard_%40_Ballon_de_Paris_%40_Parc_Andr%C3%A9_Citro%C3%ABn_%40_Paris_%2828745446201%29.jpg/220px-Hexagone_Balard_%40_Ballon_de_Paris_%40_Parc_Andr%C3%A9_Citro%C3%ABn_%40_Paris_%2828745446201%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Hexagone_Balard_%40_Ballon_de_Paris_%40_Parc_Andr%C3%A9_Citro%C3%ABn_%40_Paris_%2828745446201%29.jpg/330px-Hexagone_Balard_%40_Ballon_de_Paris_%40_Parc_Andr%C3%A9_Citro%C3%ABn_%40_Paris_%2828745446201%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Hexagone_Balard_%40_Ballon_de_Paris_%40_Parc_Andr%C3%A9_Citro%C3%ABn_%40_Paris_%2828745446201%29.jpg/440px-Hexagone_Balard_%40_Ballon_de_Paris_%40_Parc_Andr%C3%A9_Citro%C3%ABn_%40_Paris_%2828745446201%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hexagone_Balard" title="Hexagone Balard">Hexagone Balard</a>, the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/French_Armed_Forces" title="French Armed Forces">French Armed Forces</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a> (CEMA) reports directly to the Minister. He is in charge of conducting operations, troops training, troops inspection, programming the force's future, and gathering and analyzing Intelligence. He is also in charge of maintaining relationships with other countries' armed forces. </p><p>The position of Chief of the Defence Staff was held by <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(France)" title="Army general (France)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Villiers" title="Pierre de Villiers">Pierre de Villiers</a> until 20 July 2017, when he resigned without an official reason. However, sources suggest that this was done as a protest against the defence budget cuts announced contrary to previous assurances to increase defence spending.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Army_general_(France)" title="Army general (France)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Lecointre" title="François Lecointre">François Lecointre</a> took over as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SGA">SGA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: SGA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Secretary-General for Administration is in charge of the general administration of the Department. He assists the Minister for: </p> <ul><li>Elaborating Budget</li> <li>Legal advice</li> <li>Human resources policy</li> <li>Housing resources</li> <li>Social Management</li></ul> <p>The position is held by Jean-Paul Bodin.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DGA">DGA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: DGA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Direction Générale de l'Armement</i> is the <a href="/wiki/Research_and_development" title="Research and development">research and development</a> service of the Department. It is in charge of furnishing equipment to all branches of the Armed Forces and creating future equipment for them. The service manages more than 80 projects and contributed more than 7.5  billion euros to the national industry in 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Headquarters">Headquarters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Headquarters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The headquarters of the Ministry of the Armies is at the Hotel de Brienne, in the 7th Arrondissement of Paris, but all services have since been moved to a new headquarters. </p><p>On 5 November 2015, French president <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hollande" title="François Hollande">François Hollande</a> inaugurated The new French Defence Ministry headquarters at Balard Site, nicknamed <a href="/wiki/Hexagone_Balard" title="Hexagone Balard">Hexagone Balard</a> or "Balardgon" to mimic its American counterpart <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hexagone Balard concentrates all components of the French Armed Forces, and houses the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the French Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Navy" title="Chief of Staff of the French Navy">Chief of Staff of the Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force">Chief of Staff of the Air and Space Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Direction_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_de_l%27armement" title="Direction générale de l'armement">Direction générale de l'armement</a>, the General Secretary for the Administration and the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a>, while the office of the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_the_Armed_Forces_(France)" title="Minister of the Armed Forces (France)">Minister of the Armed Forces</a> remained in the Hotel de Brienne. It is a 250,000 square metres (2,690,978 Sq Ft) building on grounds measuring 39.5 acres (16.5 hectares). </p><p><span class="citation-needed-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">Hexagone Balard is the most secured building in continental Europe.</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Its nickname "Hexagon" was given to the project because of the shape of the ministry building. The centre of the quadrilateral that forms the whole of the West plot consists of two buildings of hexagonal shape.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">Chief of the Defence Staff</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the French Army">Chief of Staff of the French Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force">Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Navy" title="Chief of Staff of the French Navy">Chief of Staff of the French Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Command_(France)" title="Special Operations Command (France)">Special Operations Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direction_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale_de_la_Gendarmerie_Nationale" title="Direction générale de la Gendarmerie Nationale">Direction générale de la Gendarmerie Nationale</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate-General_for_External_Security" title="Directorate-General for External Security">DGSE</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Armed_Forces_(France)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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