Chief of Staff of the French Navy

Chief of Staff of the French Navy
Chef d'État-Major de la Marine (fr)
Marque of the Chief[1]
Incumbent Amiral Nicolas Vaujour [fr] since 1 September 2023
Ministry of the Armed Forces
Style	Monsieur le Chef d'État-Major de la Marine
Abbreviation	C.E.M.M.
Member of	Chiefs of Staff Committee
Reports to	Chief of the Defence Staff
Seat	Hexagone Balard, Paris
Appointer	President of the Republic Requires the Prime Minister's countersignature
Formation	1871
First holder	Jules Krantz
Deputy	Major General of the Navy
Website	www.defense.gouv.fr

The Chief of the Naval Staff (French: Chef d’état-major de la Marine, pronounced [ʃɛf deta maʒɔʁ də la maʁin], abbr. CEMM) is a French general officer, adviser to the Chief of the Defence Staff for the French Navy and responsible to the Minister of the Armed Forces for preparing the Navy for its engagement. Since 1 September 2023, the Chief of the Naval Staff has been Admiral Nicolas Vaujour [fr].