Pierre de Villiers

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pierre de Villiers
Occupation	Military Officer
Date Of Birth	Jul 26, 1956(1956-07-26)
Age	68
Birthplace	Boulogne
Country	France
Birth City	Boulogne
Horoscope	Leo

Pierre de Villiers Biography

Pierre de Villiers is one of the most popular and richest Military Officer who was born on July 26, 1956 in Boulogne, Boulogne, France. Pierre François Marie Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon (born 26 July 1956) dit Pierre de Villiers is an Army General of the French Army and a former Chief of the Defence Staff. Following a disagreement with Emmanuel Macron, Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, he tendered his resignation on 19 July 2017.

He was then designated as the regimental commander of the 501st-503rd Combat Tank Regiment. In June 1999, he commanded during five months the mechanized infantry battalion of the Leclerc brigade, which entered first in Kosovo with operation KFOR. During twelve years, he was in post in Paris at the general staff headquarters of the French Army, then at the inspection of the French Army and member of the financial affairs direction of the Ministry of the Armed Forces.

He was nominated as at the Head of the Prime Minister’s military cabinet on 15 September 2008, a function which occupied until March 2010, date in which he was replaced by Bernard de Courrèges d’Ustou (French: Bernard de Courrèges d’Ustou).

By decree on 11 March 2010, he was nominated to the functions of Major General of the Armed Forces at the general staff headquarters of the armed forces.

From 1989 to 1990, he was a candidate at the Superior War School of the 103rd promotion of the ESG, then from 1990–1991, he was a candidate at the Superior Inter-arm Course (XLII session of the CSI).

Pierre de Villiers Net Worth

Pierre de Villiers is one of the richest Military Officer from France. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pierre de Villiers 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After two years of preparatory corniche (French: corniche) at Prytanée National Militaire, Pierre Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon was admitted to the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1975, promotion « Captain Henri Guilleminot » (French: Henri Guilleminot). He entered at the end of his scholarity the Armoured Cavalry Arm and joined the Cavalry School of Saumur within his specialty, promotion « lieutenant Charles de Foucauld ». He was a section platoon chief of AMX30 tanks at the 2nd Dragoon Regiment in 1978.

He entered between 1979 and 1987 to the 4th Dragoon Regiment, which also housed a platoon of AMX30 tanks. He commanded a divisionary reconnaissance squadron of the 7th Armoured Division.

From September to June 2004, he was an auditor at the Center of High Military Studies and at the Institute of High National Defense Studies. Deputy to the Chief of the Prime Minister’s military cabinet on 1 July 2004, he was promoted to Général de brigade on 1 September 2005. He was designated commandant of the 2nd Armoured Brigade and arms commandant of the court of Orleans (French: commandant d’armes de la place d’Orléans) on 1 August 2006, a function which he occupied until 31 August 2008. In parallel, from December 2006 to April 2007, he commanded the Regional Capital Command RCC in Afghanistan which regrouped 2500 military personnel from 15 nationalities.

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Pierre Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon is a member of the House of Le Jolis de Villiers (French: Famille Le Jolis de Villiers) established in the 16th century. His brother is the French politician Philippe de Villiers.

Facts & Trivia

Pierre Ranked on the list of most popular Military Officer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in France. Pierre de Villiers celebrates birthday on July 26 of every year.

Emmanuel Macron, during a speech to the armed forces on 13 July 2017, affirmed his plan to raise the defence budget to 2% of GDP by 2025. During the speech, Macron publicly called out de Villiers numerous times addressing the recent leak reported by Le Monde.