Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean (France)

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The French Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, also known as CECMED (French for Commandant en chef pour la Méditerranée) is a French Armed Forces regional commander. He commands the zone, the region and the Mediterranean maritime arrondissements. He is usually an admiral of the French Navy, and is under the direct authority of the French Chief of the Defence Staff.^[1] As of 2015^[update] the position was held by Admiral Yann Tainguy.

CECMED today is simultaneously:

• Commander of the région and the Mediterranean maritime arrondissement,
• Maritime Zone commander,
• Maritime Prefect for the Méditerranean.

Today the main French naval combat force in the Mediterranean is the Force d'action navale (FAN) headquartered at Toulon. The Admiral commanding the Naval Action Force (ALFAN) is responsible to the Chief of Staff of the French Navy at the rue Royale in Paris.