Jean Maurin (born 1959) is a Général de division of the French Army and former Commandant of the Foreign Legion.

He was assigned as section (platoon) chief (French: chef de section) of the foreign volunteers (French: engagés volontaires) at the 4th Foreign Regiment 4e RE in 1982, he then joined the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP in 1983 in quality of a section chief, then deputy officer (French: adjoint), and unit Commandant (Major).

A selected trainee candidate at the Superior Course of the general staff headquarters (French: Cours supérieur d’état-major) (107th Promotion) from 1993 to 1994, he integrated the Defense Inter-arm College (French: Collège Interarmées de Défense) (2nd Promotion) from 1994 to 1995 and returned to the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 2e REP as a chief instructor of the operations bureau (1995-1997).

He then, occupied the post of section chief of « Bilatéral Nord », division « International Organizations » (French: Division « Organisations Internationales »), at the general staff headquarters of the Armies (French: l’État Major des Armées).

He was present in ex-Yugoslavia (Rapid action force under mandate of the United Nations) at Sarajevo in 1995, then he took part to Operation Salamandre (1996) for the mise en place of the Dayton accords.