French army post
French president François Mitterrand and military governor of Paris Hervé Navereau reviewing troops during the 1989 Bastille Day military parade 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 .
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 1496François de L'Hospital, governor of Paris from 1648 to 1657 Louis I d'Anjou : 1356–1357
Jean de Berry : 1411
Waléran III de Luxembourg : 1411–1413
Jean II de Luxembourg : 1418–1420
Marshal Jean de La Baume : 1422–142.
Jean de Villiers : 1429–14..
Philippe de Ternant: 14..–14..
Jacques de Villiers: 1461
Charles d'Artois , Count of Eu: 1465
Charles de Melun, Baron of the Landes and of Normanville: 1465–1467
Charles I d'Amboise , Count of Brienne: 1467–1470
Charles de Gaucourt, Viscount of Aix: 14..–1472
Antoine de Chabannes , Count of Dammartin: 1472–147.
Guillaume de Poitiers[which? ] : 1478–14..
Louis d'Orléans : 1483–1485
Antoine de Chabannes , Count of Dammartin: 1485–1488
Gilbert de Montpensier : 14..–1494
Charles II d'Amboise : 1493–1496
Antoine de La Rochefoucauld , Lord of Barbezieux: 15..–15..
Marshal Paul de Thermes : 1559–1562
Marshal Charles de Cossé : 1562–1563
Marshal François de Montmorency : 15..–1572
René de Villequier , Viscount of La Guerche: 1580
François d'O : 158.–1589
Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie : 1589–1590
Jean-Francois de Faudoas: 1590–1594
Charles II de Cossé , Marshal of the league: 1594
François d'O : 1594
Charles du Plessis: 1616
Hercule de Rohan , Duke of Montbazon: 1643–16..
Marshal François de L'Hospital: 1648–1657
Maréchal de Camp Ambroise-François de Bournonville: 1657–1662
Marshal Antoine d'Aumont , Marquis of Villequier: 1662–1669
Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart: 1669–1675
Charles III de Créquy , Duke of Poix: 1676–1687
Léon Potier, Duke of Gesvres: 1687–1704
Duc de Tresmes : 1704–1739
Bernard Potier, Duke of Gesvres: 1739–1757
Charles Louis d'Albert , Duke of Chevreuse and of Luynes: 1757–1771
Marshal Jean de Cossé-Brissac : 1771–1780
Maréchal de Camp Louis de Cossé-Brissac : 1780–1791
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
Military governors of Paris
Governors of Paris under the Ancien Régime General commanders of the Armed Forces in Paris Military governors of Paris after the French Revolution Military governors of Paris under the German occupation Military governors of Paris since 1944
Philippe Leclerc : 1944
Marie-Pierre Kœnig : 1944–1945
Paul Legentilhomme : 1945–1947
René Chouteau: 1947–1953
Henri Zeller : 1953–1957
Louis-Constant Morlière: 1957–1958
Pierre Garbay : 1958–1959
Raoul Salan : 1959–1960
Maurice Gazin: 1960
André Demetz : 1960–1962
Louis Dodelier: 1962–1965
Philippe de Camas: 1965–1968
André Meltz: 1968–1971
Bernard Usureau: 1971–1974
Philippe Clave: 1974–1975
Jean Favreau: 1975–1977
Jacques de Barry: 1977–1980
Jeannou Lacaze : 1980–1981
Roger Périer: 1981–1982
Alban Barthez: 1982–1984
Michel Fennebresque: 1984–1987
Hervé Navereau: 1987–1991
Daniel Valéry: 1991–1992
Michel Guignon: 1992–1996
Michel Billot: 1996–2000
Pierre Costedoat: 2000–2002
Marcel Valentin: 2002–2005
Xavier de Zuchowicz: 2005–2007
Bruno Dary : 2007–2012
Hervé Charpentier : 2012–2015
Bruno Le Ray: 2015–2020
Christophe Abad: 2020