Pierre de Villiers

Pierre de Villiers
Pierre de Villiers
	General de Villiers in 2014
Chief of the Defence Staff
	In office; 15 February 2014 – 19 July 2017
Preceded by	Édouard Guillaud
Succeeded by	François Lecointre
Major General of the Defence Staff
	In office; 11 March 2010 – 15 February 2014
Preceded by	Pierrick Blairon
Succeeded by	Gratien Maire
Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet
	In office; 15 September 2008 – 11 March 2010
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Preceded by	Jean-Marc Denuel
Succeeded by	Bernard de Courrèges d'Ustou
Personal details
Born	Pierre François Marie Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon; 26 July 1956; Boulogne, France
Relations	Philippe de Villiers (brother)
Children	6
Alma mater	Prytanée National Militaire; École spéciale militaire
Military service
Allegiance	French Republic
Branch/service	French Army Armoured Cavalry Arm;
Years of service	1975 – 2017
Rank	Army general
Unit	2nd Dragoon Regiment; 7th Armoured Division; 501st–503rd Combat Tank Regiment;
Commands	2nd Armoured Brigade;
Battles/wars	Kosovo War; Afghanistan War; Mali Civil War Operation Barkhane; ; Third Central African Civil War Operation Sangaris; ; Second Iraqi Civil War; Syrian Civil War Operation Chammal; ;

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Pierre François Marie Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon (born 26 July 1956), known as Pierre de Villiers (French: [pjɛʁ də vilje]), is a retired French Army general who served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 2014 to 2017.

Following a disagreement on policy orientations with newly-elected President Emmanuel Macron, commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces, he tendered his resignation, a first under the Fifth Republic. Since his retirement from active service de Villiers has published a number of essays on geopolitics.

His brother, politician Philippe de Villiers, was twice a presidential candidate.