Lieutenant General Laurent Michaud
Chief of Joint Operations Command

Lieutenant General Michaud heads the Joint Operations Command, which continuously anticipates potential developments and guarantees the armed forces’ readiness appropriate to the situation. He is responsible for planning and commanding all operations and missions of the armed forces, and for the basic and operational readiness of his subordinate staffs and units. As a member of Armed Forces Command, he is directly accountable to the Chief of the Armed Forces.
The Military Intelligence Service/Armed Forces Preventive Protection Service, one mechanised division (Land Forces), four territorial divisions, the Military Police Command, the Air Force, the Armed Forces International Command SWISSINT and the Special Forces Command are all assigned to Lieutenant General Michaud, the Chief of Joint Operations Command.
2021 | Chief of Joint Operations Command, Lieutenant General |
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2019 | Deputy Commander Kosovo Force KFOR |
2018 | Chief of Staff Joint Operations Command |
2014 | Chief of Staff / Deputy Chief Armed Forces Joint Staff, Brigadier General |
2012 | Commander Special Forces Command |
2011 | Commander Grenadier and Parascout Schools Command |
2006 | Commander Grenadier Schools Command, Colonel GS |
Reserve: Chief of armed forces staff SOF section | |
2004 | Staff officer assigned to the Commander Land Forces |
Reserve: Chief of armed forces staff SOF section | |
2003 | Officer school, Grenadier class teacher |
Reserve: Commander infantry battalion | |
2002 | Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, USA |
Reserve: Commander infantry battalion | |
2001 | Chief of staff in 'Chief of Training Land Forces' project |
Reserve: Commander infantry battalion | |
2000 | Member of coordination team for the Armed Forces XXI project |
Reserve: Commander infantry battalion, Lieutenant colonel GS | |
1998 | Member of coordination team for the Armed Forces XXI project |
Reserve: Chief of staff of Swiss Raid Commando | |
1996 | Career officer at grenadier schools |
Reserve: Chief operations in field division staff; assistant chief of staff operations, Major GS | |
1993 | Career officer at grenadier schools |
Reserve: Commander motorised grenadier company, Captain | |
1991 | Career officer at grenadier schools |
Reserve: Commander motorised rifle company, 1st Lieutenant |
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CV Laurent Michaud
11.01.2022 | PDF, 1 Pages, 166 KB