{"id":479,"date":"2020-11-27T16:16:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T14:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihedn.concilium.click\/?page_id=479"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:56:45","slug":"gouvernance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ihedn.fr\/en\/gouvernance\/","title":{"rendered":"Our governance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By presidential decree of 19 June 2024, Lieutenant General Herv\u00e9 de Courr\u00e8ges was appointed Director of the IHEDN and Higher Military Education, with effect from 1 June 2024.er<\/sup> August.<\/p>

A Saint-Cyrien from the General Delestraint class (1988-1991), he chose to serve in the armoured cavalry. Posted as platoon leader to the 4e <\/sup>Regiment of chasseurs (4e<\/sup> RCh) in Gap (Hautes-Alpes), he trained as a high mountain unit leader at the \u00c9cole militaire de haute montagne in Chamonix.<\/p>

He was then deployed to Lebanon in 1993. After a spell at the Saumur Cavalry School as an instructor of reserve officer cadets in 1995, he returned to the 4e<\/sup>\u00a0RCh in 1997 to take command of a squadron with which he was deployed to Chad.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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In 1999, he became an inter-service instructor at the \u00c9cole sup\u00e9rieure et d'application des transmissions in Rennes. In 2002, he obtained a specialised master's degree from the \u00c9cole sup\u00e9rieure d'\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 (SUPELEC), as well as an advanced studies diploma from the \u00c9cole pratique des hautes \u00e9tudes (EPHE) in 2003. After graduating from the Coll\u00e8ge interarm\u00e9es de d\u00e9fense the same year, he returned to the 4e<\/sup> RCh as head of the training operations office. He was then deployed to Afghanistan as head of operations for his regiment.<\/p>

He then served in the planning and finance office of the French Army Staff, before joining the military cabinet of the Minister of Defence in 2008 as deputy to the \"Organisation, Human Resources\" and \"Land\" units. In 2011, appointed to command the 4e<\/sup> RCh, he left for C\u00f4te d'Ivoire as head of the French Licorne battalion.<\/p>

Auditor in 2013 of the 63e<\/sup> session of the Centre des hautes \u00e9tudes militaires (CHEM) and the 66e<\/sup> session of the IHEDN, he is also studying at the same time for the\u00a0Higher Command and Staff Course\u00a0<\/em>in Shrivenham\u00a0<\/em>(United Kingdom). The following year, he was seconded to the General Secretariat for National Defence and Security (SGDSN), where he was successively responsible for State security protection and then for the secretariat of the national defence and security councils.<\/p>

Promoted to General in 2018, he was appointed Deputy Commander of Land Forces Intelligence in Strasbourg. Then, in June 2020, he took command of the 27e<\/sup> mountain infantry brigade and the Grenoble-Annecy-Chamb\u00e9ry defence base. Promoted to Major General in 2021, he is appointed Commandant of the Saint-Cyr Co\u00ebtquidan Military Academy.<\/p>

A member of the Defence Ethics Committee, General de Courr\u00e8ges is Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit and holder of the Military Valour Cross. He is married with five children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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By decree of the President of the Republic dated 12 October 2023, Nicolas Basselier, Prefect, has been appointed Deputy Director of the Institute for Higher National Defense Studies (IHEDN). He was previously Prefect of Charente-Maritime.<\/p>

Born in Paris, Nicolas Basselier is a graduate of the Institut d'\u00e9tudes politiques de Paris, has a law degree and is a former student of ENA (\"L\u00e9onard de Vinci\" class). The IHEDN is his 16th posting in a career marked by both geographical mobility and the diversity of responsibilities exercised in the service of the State and local authorities, in the central administrations of the Ministries of the Interior and Defence in particular.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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After serving as deputy prefect and chief of staff to the prefect of Yonne, he held the same position with the prefect of the Haute-Normandie region, prefect of Seine-Maritime, before being appointed secretary general of the prefecture of Orne. Returning to Paris, he became head of the territorial administration's property affairs office at the Ministry of the Interior, then chief of staff to the Paris police prefect and finally deputy director of that office.<\/p>

Back in the regions, he was sub-prefect of Aix-en-Provence and then prefect of Corr\u00e8ze.<\/p>

Appointed pr\u00e9fet hors cadre, he was seconded to the Ministry of Defence as deputy secretary general for administration. Director General of the Association des maires de France for two years, he was appointed Prefect of Loir-et-Cher in 2010.<\/p>

Two years later, he was appointed member of the Conseil sup\u00e9rieur de l'administration territoriale (Ministry of the Interior), before becoming chairman of the board of the Agence nationale de traitement automatis\u00e9 des infractions (ANTAI) and the Agence nationale des titres s\u00e9curis\u00e9s (ANTS) in 2014. He has since served as Prefect of Aisne for three years, before moving to Charente-Maritime.<\/p>

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Decree of 14 January 2026 appointing the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institut des hautes \u00e9tudes de la d\u00e9fense nationale.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Pierre L\u00c9VY<\/b><\/span>, French Ambassador, Chairman of the IHEDN Board of Directors<\/span><\/p>

Nicolas ROCHE<\/strong><\/span>General Secretary for Defence and National Security (SGDSN), or his representative<\/span><\/p>

Fabien MANDON<\/strong><\/span>Air Force General, Chief of the Defence Staff, or his representative<\/span><\/p>

\u00c9ric PELTIER, <\/strong>Lieutenant General, Deputy Director General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS), or his representative<\/p>

Anne-Marie DESC\u00d4TES<\/b><\/span>French Ambassador, Secretary General of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, or her representative<\/p>

Jean-Luc MOULLET<\/b><\/span>Director General of Research and Innovation, or his representative<\/p>

Hugues MOUTOUH<\/strong><\/span>Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior and Overseas Territories, or his representative<\/span><\/p>

Thomas COURBE<\/b><\/span>Ing\u00e9nieur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l'armement, Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des entreprises, or his representative<\/span><\/p>

Boris MELMOUX-EUDE<\/strong><\/span>, D<\/span>irector General of Administration and the Civil Service or its representative<\/span><\/p>

Hanane MANSOURI,<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>Member for Is\u00e8re<\/p>

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Andr\u00e9 LANATA<\/strong>General of the French Air Force (2S), Qualified personality in the fields of national security, defence, foreign policy, economics or research.<\/p>

Yves BOYER<\/b><\/span>A person qualified in the fields of national security, defence, foreign policy, economics or research.<\/p>

Daphn\u00e9 BENOIT,<\/strong> Person qualified in the fields of national security, defence, foreign policy, economics or research<\/p>

Nathalie BIEBUYCK<\/strong>Civilian auditor who has fulfilled the obligations of the sessions, hospital practitioner, nominated by the SGDSN,<\/p>

R\u00e9mi DE FRITSCH,<\/strong> Civilian auditor who has met the requirements of the sessions, systems engineer, nominated by the SGDSN<\/p>

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Order of 19 December 2025 appointing members to the Scientific Council of the Institut des hautes \u00e9tudes de la d\u00e9fense nationale.
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Following the publication of the Prime Minister's decree of 19 December 2025, the IHEDN is pleased to welcome its new Scientific Council, headed by its Chairman, Jean-Marie GU\u00c9HENNO.<\/strong><\/p>

By order of the Prime Minister dated 19 December 2025, the following are appointed members of the Scientific Council of the Institut des hautes \u00e9tudes de la d\u00e9fense nationale :<\/p>

Re-appointed:<\/strong><\/p>

Mr Jean-Marie GU\u00c9HENNO, Chairman ;
Mrs St\u00e9phanie BALME ;
Mr St\u00e9phane BOUJNAH ;
Ms B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte CH\u00c9RON ;
Ms Nathalie DELAPALME ;
Mr Thomas GOMART ;
Mr Herv\u00e9 GUILLOU ;
Mr Philippe HAYEZ ;
Mr Jean-Vincent HOLEINDRE.<\/p>

As new members : <\/strong><\/p>

Mr Patrick AUFORT;
Mr Tristan AUREAU;
Mr Martial FOUCAULT;
Mr Ivan MARTIN;
Mr Xavier PASCO;
Mrs Marianne PERON-DOISE;
Mr Christophe SOULLEZ;
Mrs Anne de TINGUY;
Mr Augustin VICARD;
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notre gouvernance La direction Directeur : G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de corps d\u2019arm\u00e9e Herv\u00e9 de Courr\u00e8ges Photo par Alain JOCARD \/ AFP Par d\u00e9cret pr\u00e9sidentiel du 19 juin 2024, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de corps d\u2019arm\u00e9e Herv\u00e9 de Courr\u00e8ges a \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 directeur de l\u2019IHEDN et de l\u2019Enseignement militaire sup\u00e9rieur, \u00e0 compter du 1er ao\u00fbt. Saint-cyrien de la promotion G\u00e9n\u00e9ral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nNotre gouvernance - L'IHEDN : Institut des hautes \u00e9tudes de d\u00e9fense nationale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Notre gouvernance - Directeur : G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de corps d\u2019arm\u00e9e Beno\u00eet DURIEUX | Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Beno\u00eet Durieux a \u00e9t\u00e9 admis \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole militaire de Saint-Cyr en 1985, au sein de la promotion \u00ab Cadets de la France Libre \u00bb. D\u2019abord affect\u00e9 au 1er R\u00e9giment de chasseurs Parachutistes comme chef de section, il a ensuite eu plusieurs affectations au sein de la L\u00e9gion Etrang\u00e8re, \u00e0 la 13e DBLE de 1991 \u00e0 1993 comme chef de section tireurs d\u2019\u00e9lite, puis au 2e REI dont il a command\u00e9 la 3e compagnie de 1994 \u00e0 1996. Avec ces unit\u00e9s, il a pris part \u00e0 des op\u00e9rations \u00e0 Djibouti en 1992-1993, en Somalie en 1993, en Bosnie en 1995 et 1996. Il a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 chef du bureau Op\u00e9rations Instruction de la 13e DBLE \u00e0 Djibouti de 2002 \u00e0 2004.Il a servi comme r\u00e9dacteur de discours aupr\u00e8s du CEMAT, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Thorette, de 2005 \u00e0 2006 puis du chef d\u2019\u00e9tat-major des arm\u00e9es, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Georgelin, de 2006 \u00e0 2008. Il a parall\u00e8lement poursuivi une activit\u00e9 de r\u00e9flexion dans le domaine de la strat\u00e9gie. 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Initially posted to the 1er R\u00e9giment de Chasseurs Parachutistes as a platoon leader, he then had several postings within the Foreign Legion, to the 13e DBLE from 1991 to 1993 as a sniper platoon leader, then to the 2e REI, where he commanded the 3rd company from 1994 to 1996. With these units, he took part in operations in Djibouti in 1992-1993, Somalia in 1993 and Bosnia in 1995 and 1996. He was then head of the Operations and Training Office of the 13th DBLE in Djibouti from 2002 to 2004, and served as speechwriter to the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Thorette, from 2005 to 2006, and then to the Chief of the Defence Staff, General Georgelin, from 2006 to 2008. At the same time, he pursued a career in strategic thinking. A graduate of the Institut d'\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris and Georgetown University, with a doctorate in history, he has published numerous books and articles on these subjects, on which he taught at the Institut d'\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris. His operational career continued as commander of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment in N\u00eemes from 2008 to 2010. Between June 2009 and January 2010, he served with this unit in Afghanistan, in the Surobi sector east of Kabul. After a year at the 60th session of CHEM and the 63rd session of IHEDN, he was deputy head of the defence minister's military cabinet between 2011 and 2014. From 2014 to 2016, he was Director of the Centre des Hautes \u00c9tudes Militaires, which prepares the future top leaders of the armed forces for their responsibilities. It was in this capacity that he was promoted to brigadier general on 1 January 2015. On 1 August 2016, he took command of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade in N\u00eemes and the N\u00eemes Orange Laudun defence base, before becoming head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet on 22 July 2017. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on 1 January 2019.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ihedn.fr\/en\/gouvernance\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Notre gouvernance","og_description":"Directeur : G\u00e9n\u00e9ral de corps d\u2019arm\u00e9e Beno\u00eet DURIEUX | Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Beno\u00eet Durieux a \u00e9t\u00e9 admis \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole militaire de Saint-Cyr en 1985, au sein de la promotion \u00ab Cadets de la France Libre \u00bb. D\u2019abord affect\u00e9 au 1er R\u00e9giment de chasseurs Parachutistes comme chef de section, il a ensuite eu plusieurs affectations au sein de la L\u00e9gion Etrang\u00e8re, \u00e0 la 13e DBLE de 1991 \u00e0 1993 comme chef de section tireurs d\u2019\u00e9lite, puis au 2e REI dont il a command\u00e9 la 3e compagnie de 1994 \u00e0 1996. Avec ces unit\u00e9s, il a pris part \u00e0 des op\u00e9rations \u00e0 Djibouti en 1992-1993, en Somalie en 1993, en Bosnie en 1995 et 1996. Il a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 chef du bureau Op\u00e9rations Instruction de la 13e DBLE \u00e0 Djibouti de 2002 \u00e0 2004.Il a servi comme r\u00e9dacteur de discours aupr\u00e8s du CEMAT, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Thorette, de 2005 \u00e0 2006 puis du chef d\u2019\u00e9tat-major des arm\u00e9es, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Georgelin, de 2006 \u00e0 2008. Il a parall\u00e8lement poursuivi une activit\u00e9 de r\u00e9flexion dans le domaine de la strat\u00e9gie. Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l\u2019Institut d\u2019\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris et de l\u2019universit\u00e9 am\u00e9ricaine de Georgetown, docteur en histoire, il a publi\u00e9 de nombreux livres et articles en lien avec ces sujets sur lesquels il a enseign\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Institut d\u2019\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris.Sa carri\u00e8re op\u00e9rationnelle s\u2019est poursuivie comme commandant du 2e R\u00e9giment \u00c9tranger d\u2019Infanterie \u00e0 N\u00eemes de 2008 \u00e0 2010. C\u2019est avec cette unit\u00e9 qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 engag\u00e9 entre juin 2009 et janvier 2010 en Afghanistan, dans le secteur de Surobi, \u00e0 l\u2019est de Kaboul.Apr\u00e8s une ann\u00e9e au sein de la 60e session du CHEM et de la 63e session de l\u2019IHEDN, il a occup\u00e9 les fonctions d\u2019adjoint au chef du cabinet militaire du ministre de la d\u00e9fense entre 2011 et 2014. De 2014 \u00e0 2016, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 directeur du Centre des hautes \u00e9tudes militaires, qui pr\u00e9pare \u00e0 leurs responsabilit\u00e9s les futurs plus hauts dirigeants des arm\u00e9es. C\u2019est dans cette fonction qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 promu g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de brigade le 1er janvier 2015. Le 1er ao\u00fbt 2016, il prend le commandement de la 6e Brigade l\u00e9g\u00e8re blind\u00e9e \u00e0 N\u00eemes et de la base de d\u00e9fense de N\u00eemes Orange Laudun puis, le 22 juillet 2017 il devient chef du cabinet militaire du Premier ministre. 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D\u2019abord affect\u00e9 au 1er R\u00e9giment de chasseurs Parachutistes comme chef de section, il a ensuite eu plusieurs affectations au sein de la L\u00e9gion Etrang\u00e8re, \u00e0 la 13e DBLE de 1991 \u00e0 1993 comme chef de section tireurs d\u2019\u00e9lite, puis au 2e REI dont il a command\u00e9 la 3e compagnie de 1994 \u00e0 1996. Avec ces unit\u00e9s, il a pris part \u00e0 des op\u00e9rations \u00e0 Djibouti en 1992-1993, en Somalie en 1993, en Bosnie en 1995 et 1996. Il a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 chef du bureau Op\u00e9rations Instruction de la 13e DBLE \u00e0 Djibouti de 2002 \u00e0 2004.Il a servi comme r\u00e9dacteur de discours aupr\u00e8s du CEMAT, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Thorette, de 2005 \u00e0 2006 puis du chef d\u2019\u00e9tat-major des arm\u00e9es, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Georgelin, de 2006 \u00e0 2008. Il a parall\u00e8lement poursuivi une activit\u00e9 de r\u00e9flexion dans le domaine de la strat\u00e9gie. Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l\u2019Institut d\u2019\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris et de l\u2019universit\u00e9 am\u00e9ricaine de Georgetown, docteur en histoire, il a publi\u00e9 de nombreux livres et articles en lien avec ces sujets sur lesquels il a enseign\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Institut d\u2019\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris.Sa carri\u00e8re op\u00e9rationnelle s\u2019est poursuivie comme commandant du 2e R\u00e9giment \u00c9tranger d\u2019Infanterie \u00e0 N\u00eemes de 2008 \u00e0 2010. C\u2019est avec cette unit\u00e9 qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 engag\u00e9 entre juin 2009 et janvier 2010 en Afghanistan, dans le secteur de Surobi, \u00e0 l\u2019est de Kaboul.Apr\u00e8s une ann\u00e9e au sein de la 60e session du CHEM et de la 63e session de l\u2019IHEDN, il a occup\u00e9 les fonctions d\u2019adjoint au chef du cabinet militaire du ministre de la d\u00e9fense entre 2011 et 2014. 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