André Blattmann

KKdt André Blattmann (2016)

André Blattmann (born March 6, 1956 in Richterswil ) is a former Swiss professional officer ( corps commander ). He was Chief of the Army from March 1, 2009 to December 31, 2016 .

biography

André Blattmann (center) as guest of honor at the Landsgemeinde in Appenzell, April 25, 2010

Blattmann did an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk and trained as a business economist HWV. In 2003 he completed an Executive MBA from the University of Zurich . Blattmann was accepted into the instruction corps of the aviation and army troops in 1984 and was employed as a unit instructor in air defense recruit schools.

On January 1, 2001, he was appointed Chief of Staff Field Army Corps 4 with a simultaneous promotion to Brigadier . In 2002 he attended the Senior International Defense Management Course in Monterey, USA.

From 2004 to 2005 he was the commandant of the central school, which is part of the higher cadre training of the army . From January 1, 2006, Blattmann worked as an assigned senior staff officer (ZSO) to the Chief of the Army. On January 1, 2008, he was promoted to division general and took up his position as Deputy Chief of the Army.

In 2009 André Blattmann succeeded Roland Nef , who had resigned after great pressure. With the assumption of the function CdA (Chief of the Army) Blattmann was promoted to corps commander.

On January 1, 2017, he was replaced as Chief of the Army by Philippe Rebord .

On November 16, 2017, André Blattmann was appointed to the Swiss Board of Directors, where he will take up his post on January 1, 2018.

Controversy

In March 2010 it became known that André Blattmann in the National Council's Security Commission (SiK NR) had assessed the states of Spain, France, Italy and Portugal as being at risk of crisis. At a meeting of the SiK NR, Blattmann had presented a map on which potential social, societal and military hot spots in Europe and North Africa were marked. The presentation caused a sensation, especially in connection with Blattmann's statement that the economic situation in Greece could lead to migration flows that could make an army deployment necessary. The National Councilor Evi Allemann ( SP ) described Blattmann's card as unsuitable because it lists threats that are not a matter for the army. Jakob Büchler , who chairs the SiK, invited Blattmann to clarify.

At a seminar for general staff officers on April 29, 2016, Blattmann described the television presenter Sandro Brotz as “Sandro Kotz” and demanded that an unknown person who had leaked military files to the media be taken “to the slaughter”, and that he also wanted this “traitor” «To degrade by hand» (which, however, requires a court judgment). These statements were recorded with a smartphone and also leaked to the media.

Awards and decorations

Source:

Army staff	Professional military
			Service badge with 3 gold rosettes
	Assault rifle level 2	Military sport 2	Domestic operations

Web links

Commons : André Blattmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of André Blattmann ( Memento of April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Swiss radio and television : André Blattmann: The highest soldier in Switzerland resigns

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Philippe Rebord becomes the new army chief. NZZ from September 16, 2016
2. ↑ Ex-army chief goes to Swiss November 17, 2017 "20 minutes"
3. ↑ Army chief - explosive map of Europe. ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Sunday March 14, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
4. ↑ Swiss Army fears unrest in Europe. Retrieved March 14, 2010 . 
5. ^ Klaus Bonanomi: Danger from Italy, Spain, France. derstandard.at, March 17, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
6. ↑ Markus Häfliger: Traitors to the slaughter. Tages-Anzeiger, December 9, 2017.
7. ^ Photo Corps Commander Aldo C. Schellenberg .