René Imbot

René Imbot (17 March 1925 – 19 February 2007) was a French general. In 1983, he was appointed as . Two years later he reached the normal French army retirement age, but after the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior caused Admiral Pierre Lacoste to lose the position, Imbot took over as head of Overseas Intelligence ("Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure" / DGSE).

Life René Imbot was born into a military family in Roussillon, Vaucluse. When he was just 16 he joined the resistance Maquillards Once the fighting was over he passed the entrance exam for the prestigious Saint Cyr special military academy, from which he later progressed to the Cherchell military academy in Algeria.

He first posting as an officer came in 1946 when he was given command of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion in Indochina. Returning in 1959, he was assigned to NATO (Atomic Planning Section) and sent to Heidelberg for the three years 1959-1962. In 1974, he took command of the First Mechanised Brigade at Saarburg in West Germany. The next year he was promoted to brigadier general and the next year he took commande of the Infantry Academy at Montpelier.