Military governor of Paris

The military governor of Paris is a post within the French Army. He commands the garrison of Paris and represents all the military based in Paris at high state occasions. He is also responsible (subordinate to the President of France) for organizing major national ceremonies such as the Bastille Day military parade down the Champs-Élysées.

French president François Mitterrand and military governor of Paris Hervé Navereau reviewing troops during the 1989 Bastille Day military parade

The foundation of the post is blurred, but it has subsequently evolved in two phases. Under the Ancien Régime, its role was limited in comparison to his colleagues in the provinces, who represented the King of France in his absence, whereas in Paris the King was present. The post was dispensed with at the time of the French Revolution before being re-established by Napoleon in 1804, when it was reinforced by becoming a military-command role.

List of governors

Governors of Paris under the Ancien Régime
Charles II d'Amboise, governor of Paris from 1493 to 1496
François de L'Hospital, governor of Paris from 1648 to 1657

General commanders of the Armed Forces in Paris
Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte, commander of the Armed Forces in Paris from 1795 to 1796

Military governors of Paris after the French Revolution
Marshal Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, military governor of Paris from 1816 to 1819
Marshal François Certain de Canrobert, military governor of Paris from 1865 to 1870

Military governors of Paris under the German occupation

Under the German occupation of France, Paris had at least three German military governors:

Military governors of Paris since 1944
General Henri Zeller, military governor of Paris from 1953 to 1957
General Christophe Abad, appointed military governor of Paris in 2020
  • General Philippe Leclerc: 1944
  • General Marie-Pierre Kœnig: 1944–1945
  • General Paul Legentilhomme: 1945–1947
  • Army general René Chouteau: 16 January 1947–March 1953
  • Army general Henri Zeller: 1953–1957
  • General Louis-Constant Morlière: 1957–1958
  • General Pierre Garbay: 1958–1959
  • General Raoul Salan: 1959–1960
  • Army general Maurice Gazin: 1960
  • Army general André Demetz: 1960–1962
  • General Louis Dodelier: 1962–1965
  • General Philippe de Camas: 1965–1968
  • General André Meltz: 1968–1971
  • Army general Bernard Usureau: 1971–1974
  • Army corps general Philippe Clave: 1974–1975
  • General Jean Favreau: 1975–1977
  • Army corps general Jacques de Barry: 1977–1980
  • Army general Jeannou Lacaze: 15 September 1980–1981
  • Army corps general Roger Périer: 1981–1982
  • Army general Alban Barthez: 1 September 1982
  • Army corps general Michel Fennebresque: 1984
  • Army general Hervé Navereau: 14 March 1987
  • Army general Daniel Valéry: 1 September 1991
  • Army general Michel Guignon: 1 August 1992
  • Army corps general Michel Billot: 28 October 1996
  • Army general Pierre Costedoat: 1 August 2000
  • Army general Marcel Valentin: 1 November 2002
  • Army corps general Xavier de Zuchowicz: 1 August 2005
  • Army general Bruno Dary: 1 August 2007
  • Army general Hervé Charpentier: 1 August 2012
  • Army corps general Bruno Le Ray: 31 July 2015
  • Army corps general Christophe Abad: 31 July 2020

See also

Citations
  1. Tulard, Jean. Murat: Du maréchal d'Empire au roi de Naples. Paris: Marabout, 1983, 68–69.

Bibliography
  • Colonel Gérard Bieuville, sous-lieutenant Pierre Perrier, Les Gouverneurs militaires de Paris, Connaissances et mémoires européennes, Gouvernement militaire de Paris, 1999.
  • Tulard, Jean. Murat: Du maréchal d'Empire au roi de Naples. Paris: Marabout, 1983.
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