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| French Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Forces armées françaises | |
.svg) 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[1] (excl. The National Gendarmerie) |
| Reserve personnel | 25,785[1] |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | US$ 60 billion (2024)[2] (ranked 8th) |
| Percent of GDP | 1.9% (2022)[3] |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | |
| Foreign suppliers |  United States United Kingdom Brazil Switzerland Germany Netherlands Italy Norway Canada Belgium Austria |
| Annual imports | US$84 million (2014–2022)[4] |
| Annual exports | US$2.60 billion (2014–2022)[4] |
| Related articles | |
| History | Military history of France Warfare directory of France Wars involving France Battles involving France |
| Ranks | Army ranks Navy ranks Air and Space Force ranks |
The French Armed Forces (French: Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France. They consist of four military branches – the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the National Gendarmerie. The National Guard serves as the French Armed Forces' military reserve force. As stipulated by France's constitution, the president of France serves as commander-in-chief of the French military. France has the eighth largest defence budget in the world and the second largest in the European Union (EU). It also has the largest military by size in the EU.[5] A 2015 Credit Suisse report ranked the French Armed Forces as the world's sixth most powerful military.[6]
- ^ a b International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2023). The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781032012278.
- ^ "International Comparisons of Defence Expenditure and Military Personnel". The Military Balance. 124 (1): 542–547. 2024-12-31. doi:10.1080/04597222.2024.2298600. ISSN 0459-7222.
- ^ "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2022" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ a b "TIV of arms imports/exports data for France, 2014–2022". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Military expenditure by country, in constant (2015) US$ m., 2007–2016 (table)" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ O’Sullivan, Michael; Subramanian, Krithika (2015-10-17). The End of Globalization or a more Multipolar World? (Report). Credit Suisse AG. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
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