Bertrand Ract-Madoux

Bertrand Ract-Madoux was born on 9 February 1953 in Saumur.^[1] His father served in the French Army.^[2] He graduated from the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1972.^[1][2]

Ract-Madoux began his military career in the Armoured Cavalry Arm of the French Army.^[1] He was appointed as the head of the 1st Spahi Regiment in Valence in July 1995, and he was promoted to the rank of Colonel on 1 October 1995.^[1] He commanded a battalion of the NATO-led Implementation Force in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in February–June 1996.^[1] He served in the Opération Licorne in the Ivory Coast from October 2004 to February 2004.^[1]

Ract-Madoux was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on 1 September 2002, divisional general on 1 June 2005, army corps general on 1 September 2007, and army general on 22 June 2011.^[1] He was nominated as Governor of Les Invalides in 2014.

Ract-Madoux is a member of The Republicans.^[3] He was their candidate in the 2017 French legislative election to represent the first district of Drôme in the National Assembly.^[3]

Ract-Madoux is a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a commander in the National Order of Merit.^[1] He has been listed in Who's Who in France since 2007.^[4]