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Directorate of Military Intelligence

Direction du renseignement militaire
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Agency overview
Formed	June 16, 1992; 33 years ago (1992-06-16)
Jurisdiction	French Armed Forces
Minister responsible	Sébastien Lecornu,Minister of the Armies
Agency executives	GeneralThierry Burkhard,Chief of Staff of the Armies General Jacques Langlade de Montgros, Director of Military Intelligence
Parent department	Ministry of the Armies
Key document	Decree 1992-523[1]
Website	defense.gouv.fr

TheDirectorate of Military Intelligence (French:Direction du renseignement militaire,pronounced[diʁɛksjɔ̃dyʁɑ̃sɛɲmɑ̃militɛʁ],DRM) is a Frenchintelligence agency that has the task of collecting and centralizingmilitary intelligence information for theFrench Armed Forces. Created in 1992, afterGulf War, its role is similar to that of theDIA (United States), theDI (United Kingdom) or theGRU (Russian Federation). It was formed by merging the Army IntelligenceBureau (Bureaux de Renseignement des armées) and the Military Intelligence Exploitation Centre (Centre d'exploitation du Renseignement Militaire).^[2] The DRM reports directly to theChief of Staff and to thePresident of France, supreme commander of theFrench military.

The DRM is part of theFrench Intelligence Community.

The mission of the DRM is to provide timely intelligence and meet the needs of the French defence ministry and defence agencies. The stated aims of the DRM:

• ensures an objective and independent as possible of situations and;
• ensure freedom of maneuver and security units engaged in theater operations while contributing to their optimum efficiency, through the Office Intelligence (J2) from central planning and conduct of operations (CPCO) of Staff of the armed forces.

The budget and staff of the DRM are classified, as they are considered part of "special funds", otherwise known as ablack budget.

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