François Meyer

François Meyer (22 October 1933 – 10 June 2022) was a French military officer who achieved the rank of brigadier general.

Biography The son of an engineer and an officer of the French Air Force, Meyer grew up in Versailles. He studied at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr and chose to enter the cavalry.

Meyer took part in the Algerian War, where he was a member of the 23rd Spahis regiment in Oranie from 1958 to 1962. The harkis who settled here became farmers. On 20 September 2021, President Emmanuel Macron presented him with his insignia as a holder of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour at a reception at the Élysée Palace.

François Meyer died in Clamart on 10 June 2022, at the age of 88.

Decorations Grand-Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (2020) Grand-Officer of the National Order of Merit Cross for Military Valour Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques Combatant's Cross Medal of the Nation's Gratitude North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal

Publication Pour l'honneur... avec les harkis : De 1958 à nos jours (2005)