Curriculum Vitae Major general Philippe BOUCKÉ, Aide-de-Camp to the King
Major general Philippe Boucké starts his military career as a cadet in the Royal Military Academy in 1981.
His first appointment in July 1986 is the Second Regiment Jagers te Paard (Horseback Hunters) in Germany, a Reconnaissance battalion which was transforming into an armoured battalion.
After the first big restructuring of the Belgian Armed Forces in 1992, he stays in Germany and becomes Commander of an Armoured Squadron in the Second Regiment Gidsen, an armoured battalion.
After a short period as assistant to the Operations Officer in the 17 Armoured Brigade in Germany, he participates to the UN-mission UNPROFOR in ex-Yugoslavia in 1994.
After the Major’s Course in 1995-1996, Captain Boucké returns to Belgium and joins the First Regiment Jagers te Paard (Horseback Hunters), the Reconnaissance battalion of NATO’s MND(C), the Multinational Division Centre. During his period as Operations Officer in this battalion, he leaves on very short notice in June 1999 to Kosovo to prepare the KFOR mission of the first Belgian Battle group.
Ending this NATO mission, he joins the Staff of the First Mechanized Brigade. In 2000 Major Boucké becomes the Operations Officer of this brigade.
In 2002 he joins the General Staff in Brussels, working in the Evaluation and Lessons Learned Branch, responsible for the management of all operational evaluations and for the BSc (Balanced Score Card) of the Operations & Training department.
After the General Staff College Course Lieutenant-colonel General Staff College Graduate Boucké becomes the Chief Of Staff of the First Mechanized Brigade and Commander of the Headquarter battalion of this brigade on 29 July 2005. After two years of command he stays in the brigade and is appointed Deputy Commander in October 2007.
In March 2009, he starts a new path in his career as a military advisor at the Permanent Delegation of Belgium to NATO. He represents the National Armaments Director and gives military advice to the Belgian Ambassador to NATO inter alia on Missile Defence, operations and exercises.
Colonel General Staff College Graduate Boucké takes over the command of the Medium Brigade on 25 April 2012. The Chief Of Defence appoints him as the Force Commander of the Belgian-led European Union Battle Group (EUBG) 2014-2, a multinational battle group of around 3700 military and civilians.
After the handover of his command of the Medium Brigade on 13 February 2015, he joins the Governance and Policy Support Cell of the Chief Of Defence and takes the lead of this cell in July 2016.
Promoted to Major general on 26 March 2017, he is appointed as Assistant Chief Of Staff Strategy. After more than 3 years heading this department, he is appointed as Assistant Chief Of Staff intelligence and security and Chief of the Service Général du Renseignement et de la Sécurité on 17 September 2020.
Major general Boucké is married and is the proud father of two adult children.