- Jacques Lanxade
Jacques Lanxade is a French
admiral and former navy chief, and co-author of a recent proposed reform ofNATO . [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/nato/story/0,,2244782,00.html "Guardian" Pre-emptive nuclear strike a key option, NATO told] ]He was a private chief of staff of
François Mitterrand , President of the French Republic, from 1989 to 1991, and became chief of defense of the French Armed Forces from 1991 to 1995. It was also during this period that theRwandan Genocide took place in 1994. France continued to supply arms to the Rwandan government after the bloodshed had started and sent more troops to Rwanda, providing a safe haven for theHutu killers. Eventually Hutu extremists, involved in the killings, were evacuated to France, along with European civilians, during the "Operation Amaryllis". French officers then managed the transition of theRwandan Patriotic Front , led byPaul Kagame , to rule. [ [http://www.wsws.org/news/1998/apr1998/rwan-a29.shtml Who is responsible for the genocide in Rwanda?] ]Lanxade is also a former
ambassador toTunisia . As of 2008, he is the chairman of theAcadémie de Marine , and President of theMediterranean Foundation for Strategic Research . [ [http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://canalacademie.com/spip.php%3Farticle2063&prev=/search%3Fq%3DJacques%2BLanxade%2Bbiography%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN History of the Marine Academy] ] He is also a member of the international committee of patronage of the French journal "Politique américaine", dedicated to the study of internal and international stratagems of the United States.References
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