Background
LACAZE, Jeannou was born on February 11, 1924 in Hue, Viet-Nam. Son of Jean Joseph and Andree (nee Momert) Lacaze.
Member of the European Parliament
LACAZE, Jeannou was born on February 11, 1924 in Hue, Viet-Nam. Son of Jean Joseph and Andree (nee Momert) Lacaze.
Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr. Ecole Supérieure de Guerre. Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale.
Spoken languages: French.
Joined infantry; served Foreign Legion, Algeria, Tunisia and the Far East. Major 11th demi-brigade parachutiste de choc 1959-1963. Commdr 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (for a time in Chad) 1967.
Director of Intelligence, Service de documentation exterieure et de contre-espionage (SDECE) 1971-1976. First; Commander 11th Parachute Division 1976-1979. Inspecteur de l'infantrie August 1979.
Lieutenant-General February 1980. Commander 1st military region and 3rd army corps, Commanding Officer, Paris September 1980. Army Chief of Staff January 1981-1985.
Special Counsellor, military relations with African continent countries 1985-1989.
Secret service to be made General. European Pari. June since 1989.
Married Henriette Bulot in 1952, (separated).