page_title: Pierre de Villiers
section_title: 2014
hierarchical_section_title: Pierre de Villiers / Military career / 2014
caption_attribution_description: English: General Martin Dempsey, Chief of Staff of the United States Armed Forces, and General Pierre de Villiers, Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces, on 23 April 2014 in Arlington. Français&#160;: Le général Martin Dempsey, chef d'état-major des armées des États-Unis, et le général Pierre de Villiers, chef d'état-major des armées françaises, le 23 avril 2014 à Arlington.
context_page_description: Pierre François Marie Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon 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.
context_section_description: Général de Villiers was appointed on 15 February 2014 Chief of the Defence Staff succeeding Admiral Édouard Guillaud. Charged with attacks against the Islamic State after the November 2015 Paris attacks, he judged that the necessary military attacks against this entity can only but guarantee peace and security, by recalling the comfort means of the French Armed Forces.
  He coordinated the exterior operations of Operation Barkhane in Sahel, Operation Sangaris in Central African Republic and Opération Chammal in Syria and in Iraq. He was also equally in charge of the interior natured anti-terrorist operation, Opération Sentinelle.
caption: Pierre de Villiers, at the side of United States Army general Martin E. Dempsey, on 23 April 2014.
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