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chief of the defence staff naval jack '' chef d'État-major des armées '' marque cema.svg no fixed term chiefs of staff committee president of the republic 150px minister of defence paul ely 200px general pierre de villiers pierre_de_villiers _ -lrb- détail -rrb- . jpg ministry of defence 1953 the french republic require prime minister 's countersignature chief of the defence staff minister of defence paris , france ministry of defence logo -lsb- http://www.defense.gouv.fr http://www.defense.gouv.fr] 150px 15 february 2014 chief of the defence staff -lrb- france -rrb-

chief of the defence staff -lrb- france -rrb-

the chief of the defence staff -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- acronym : cema -rrb- is the chief of defence of the french military .
the position is currently held by general pierre de villiers
