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The challenges of General Burkhard, at the head of the armies

2021-06-16T22:58:27.673Z


PORTRAIT - The new Chief of Defense Staff will have to prepare the forces for the risk of high intensity conflict.


The choice was not difficult.

General Burkhard is unanimous around him, from the base to the top.

The Army Chief of Staff has just taken the last step of a flawless career.

Sunday, barely two years after taking office, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Armies, replacing General Lecointre, by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron.

The current CEMA will leave office, at its request, after July 14.

“The choice had been made for several months,” one

explains within the Ministry of the Armed Forces, since about the spring.

The handover between the two men will be smooth.

To read also:

General Lecointre: "We are heading towards a reorganization of the order of the world"

An image emerges to describe the new Cema: that pose he likes when he speaks to his subordinates, hands on hips, feet apart, firmly anchored in the ground.

General Burkhard speaks frank language and at the height of men.

He appreciates the tour of the regiments.

"The army is a concentrate of France"

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Source: lefigaro

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