| 11 | Général de brigade | Christophe de Saint Chamas | 2011 | 201x |  France
The 2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment existed from 1939 to 1940 and 1946 to 1962; during its existence the regiment was led by ten different officers.
The 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment is the youngest of all the regiments of the Foreign Legion having been established on July 1, 1999.
| No. | Rank | Name | Command began | Command ended | Country of origin | Campaign | | 6 | Colonel | Philippe Kirscher | 2009 | --- | - | - | | 5 | Colonel | Chavanat | 2007 | 2009 | | | | 4 | Colonel | Boucher | 2005 | 2007 | | | | 3 | Colonel | Fradin | 2003 | 2005 | | | | 2 | Colonel | Autran | 2001 | 2003 | | | | 1 | Colonel | Nebois | July 1, 1999 | 2001 | | |
Commander of the 2nd Foreign RegimentFollowing the Crimean War, the elements of the two regiments which had participated in the war returned to Algeria and were consolidated into a single regiment thereafter referred to as the 2nd Foreign Regiment.
| No. | Rank | Name | Command began | Command ended | Country of origin | Campaigns/Battles | | 4 | Colonel | Pierre Joseph Jeanningros | 1862 | 1862 | France
| No. | Rank | Name | Command began | Command ended | Country of origin | Campaign | | 30 | Colonel | Benoît Desmuelles | 2012 | 201x | France
Commanders of the 3rd REI from 1945 to Present| No. | Rank | Name | Command began | Command ended | Country of origin | Campaign | | Colonel | Bourdoncle de Saint-Salvy | 2009 | --- | | |
Commanders of the 3rd REI between 1920 and 1942| No. | Rank | Name | Command began | Command ended | Country of origin | Campaign | | 8 | Colonel | Levêque | 1941 | 1942 | | | | 7 | Colonel | Lales | 1939 | 1941 | | | | 6 | Colonel | Mantoz | 1936 | 1939 | | | | 5 | Colonel | Brillat-Savarin | 1932 | 1936 | | | | 4 | Colonel | Michet de la Baume | 1928 | 1932 | | | | 3 | Lieutenant-colonel | Blanc | 1926 | 1928 | | | | 2 | Lieutenant-colonel | François | 1925 | 1925 | | | | 1 | Lieutenant-colonel | Paul Frederick Rollet | 1920 | 1925 | France
Commanders of the Old LegionThe Old Foreign Legion was established on March 9, 1831 and for the next several years the Legion quickly cycled through a number of officers until it was deployed to Spain to fight in the First Carlist War, after that deployment the pace of the change of leadership slowed down as the Foreign Legion enjoyed the leadershiper of able and skilled officers. However following taking catastrophic losses in Spain the French government at the time thought it best to disband this organization.
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