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Defence leadership

Senior officers and the joint command structure.

Chain of command

  1. Parliament and the Constitutional Court hold ultimate authority.
  2. HM King Sam I is ceremonial Commander-in-Chief.
  3. Monica Devalle MP, selected by the Elected President from the Commons and approved by Parliament, serves as Minister of Defence and holds operational command.
  4. General Eleanor Ward, Chief of Defence Staff, oversees daily military operations.

Service chiefs

  • Air Chief Marshal Rowan Mercer — Chief of the Air Staff
  • General Tobias Hale — Commander, Defence Corps
  • Major General Clara Voss — Commandant General, Marine Corps
  • Admiral Julian Rook — First Sea Lord and Commander, Maritime Command