French Armed Forces
The French Armed Forces (French: Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France. They consist of four military branches – the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the National Gendarmerie. The National Guard serves as the French Armed Forces' military reserve force. As stipulated by France's constitution, the president of France serves as commander-in-chief of the French military. France has the eighth largest defence budget in the world and the second largest in the European Union (EU). It also has the largest military by size in the EU. A 2015 Credit Suisse report ranked the French Armed Forces as the world's sixth most powerful military.
| French Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Forces armées françaises | |
Emblem of the French Defence Staff | |
| Service branches | |
| Headquarters | Hexagone Balard, Paris |
| Leadership | |
| Chief of the Armed Forces | President Emmanuel Macron |
| Minister of the Armed Forces | Sébastien Lecornu |
| Chief of the Defence Staff | Général d'armée Thierry Burkhard |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 17.5 |
| Conscription | None |
| Active personnel | 198,241 (ranked 9th) |
| Reserve personnel | 25,785 |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | US$ 53.6 billion (ranked 8th) |
| Percent of GDP | 1.9% (2022) |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | |
| Foreign suppliers | United States United Kingdom Brazil Switzerland Germany Netherlands Italy Norway Canada Belgium Austria Cote d'Ivoire |
| Annual imports | US$84 million (2014-2022) |
| Annual exports | US$2.60 billion (2014-2022) |
| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of France Warfare directory of France Wars involving France Battles involving France |
| Ranks | Army ranks Navy ranks Air and Space Force ranks |
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