| Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet | |
|---|---|
| Chef du cabinet militaire du Premier ministre | |
| Incumbent Brigadier general Benoît Durieux since 22 July 2017 | |
| Military Cabinet | |
| Member of | Cabinet of France |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Seat | Hôtel Matignon, Paris |
The Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet (Chef du cabinet militaire du Premier ministre) is a role in the military and government of France, heading the prime minister's military cabinet.
List of officeholders
| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term | Government | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
| 1 |
 | Général de brigade André Petit | 14 February 1959 | 23 January 1960 | 343 days | Debré | – |
| 9 |
| Général de brigade Robert Gastaldi | 13 September 1984 | 25 August 1986 | 1 year, 346 days | Fabius | – |
| 10 |
| Général de brigade aérienne Bernard Norlain [fr] (born 1939) | 27 August 1986 | 16 December 1989 | 3 years, 111 days | Chirac II Rocard I–II | – |
| 11 |
| Général de brigade aérienne Jean-Marie Menu | 16 December 1989 | 31 August 1991 | 1 year, 258 days | Rocard II | – |
| 12 |
| Contre-amiral Patrick Lecointre | 31 August 1991 | 15 May 1994 | 2 years, 257 days | Cresson Bérégovoy Balladur | – |
| 13 |
| Général de division aérienne Alain Courthieu | 16 May 1994 | 17 September 1995 | 1 year, 124 days | Balladur | – |
| 14 |
| Général de division Jean-Pierre Kelche (born 1942) | 18 September 1995 | 27 August 1996 | 344 days | Juppé I–II | – |
| 15 |
| Général de brigade Louis Le Miere | 28 August 1996 | 31 July 1998 | 1 year, 337 days | Juppé II Jospin | – |
| 16 |
| Contre-amiral Alain Dumontet | 1 August 1998 | 30 September 2002 | 4 years, 61 days | Jospin Raffarin I | – |
| 17 |
 | Général de brigade aérienne Stéphane Abrial (born 1954) | 1 October 2002 | 31 August 2005 | 2 years, 335 days | Raffarin II–III | – |
| 18 |
| Général de brigade aérienne Jean-Marc Denuel (born 1954) | 1 September 2005 | 14 September 2008 | 2 years, 348 days | Villepin Fillon I–II | – |
| 19 |
 | Général de division Pierre de Villiers (born 1956) | 29 August 2008 | 11 March 2010 | 1 year, 194 days | Fillon II | – |
| 20 |
| Général de division Bernard de Courrèges [fr] (born 1960) | 11 March 2010 | 14 August 2014 | 4 years, 156 days | Fillon II–III Ayrault I–II Valls I | – |
| 21 |
| Général de brigade aérienne Olivier Taprest | 14 August 2014 | 1 September 2016 | 2 years, 18 days | Valls II | – |
| 22 |
_(cropped).jpg) | Général de corps d'armée François Lecointre (born 1962) | 1 September 2016 | 22 July 2017 | 324 days | Valls II Cazeneuve Philippe I–II | – |
| 23 |
| Général de brigade Benoît Durieux | 22 July 2017 | Incumbent | 4 years, 9 days | Philippe II | – |
| 24 |
| Général de division Franck Barrera | 31 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 155 days | Castex | |