Chief of the Military Staff of the President of the Republic

The Chief of the Military Staff of the President of the Republic (Chef d'état-major particulier du président de la République) is a role in the military and government of France, heading the president's military staff until the French Fifth Republic. Heads of the president's military household (1879–1940) The President's 'military household' (maison militaire) was formed by president Mac-Mahon but not institutionalised until 1880. This group of officers advised the president on army matters, especially (under the French Third Republic) matters of ceremony. Such an allocation was useful since it allowed its officers to nourish political contacts in Paris who could aid their army careers. 1879–1886 : général de division François Pittié 1886–1892 : général de brigade, then de division Henri Brugère 1892–1894 : général de brigade, then de division Léon Borius 1894–1895 : général de brigade Ulysse Berruyer 1895–1897 : général de brigade Charles Tournier 1897–1898 : général de brigade Alexis Hagron 1898–1900 : général de brigade Maurice Bailloud 1900–1906 : général de brigade, then de division Émile Dubois 1906–1907 : colonel Charles Ebener 1908–1911 : capitaine de vaisseau Alexandre Laugier 1911–1913 : capitaine de vaisseau Marcel Grandclément 1913–1914 : général de division Antoine Beaudemoulin 1919–1920 : général de division Jean-Baptiste Pénelon 1920–1924 : général de division Henri Lasson 1931–1940 : général de corps d'armée Joseph Braconnier President's chief of staff