Bernhard Bair
Bernhard Bair (* 1955 in Zams ) is an officer in the Austrian Armed Forces and was deputy chief of staff with the rank of lieutenant general .
Life
Bernhard Bair was born in Zams in Tyrol in 1955 and joined the armed forces in September 1973 after graduating. Following his officer training at the Theresian Military Academy from 1976 to 1979, he was deployed as a lieutenant in various posts in Supply Regiment 1 in Zwölfaxing , including as a company commander, field weapon officer, supply officer and training officer.
From October 1981 to May 1982 Bair acted as the company commander of the Austrian contingent of UNFICYP in Cyprus , completed general staff training at the National Defense Academy from 1985 to 1988 and was chief of staff of the 4th Panzer Grenadier Brigade in Linz from 1992 to 1993 . He was then employed as the head of department and deputy head of department in the quartermaster department in the Ministry of Defense .
In 1999, Bair completed the "European Training Course in Security Policy" at the Center for Security Policy in Geneva , served from September 1, 1999 to November 30, 2002 as a defense attaché at the Austrian embassy in Zagreb and then took over the command of operational support for the armed forces
On December 4, 2009, Bair took over command of the EU troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina , consisting of around 2000 soldiers from 25 nations, from Italian Major General Stefano Castagnotto , which he handed over to Austrian Major General Robert Brieger on December 6, 2011 .
On August 9, 2013, Bair (now with the rank of lieutenant general ) was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Federal Army and held this position until his retirement on March 31, 2018. During his time as Deputy Chief of Staff, Bair completed the “Senior Executives in National and International Security” (NIS) seminar at Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge in December 2013 and in 2015 took part in the 12th Strategic Leadership Course at the National Defense Academy of the Armed Forces.
Awards (excerpt)
- Order for Multinational Cooperation 1st Degree (2012)
- Mission medal of the Austrian Armed Forces
- Military service mark 1st class
- Military service medal in bronze
- Cross of Merit of the State of Tyrol (2010)
- Officer's Cross for Services to the Association of Austrian Peacekeepers (2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d https://www.bundesheer.at/download_archiv/pdfs/lebenslauf_bair.pdf CV of Lieutenant General Bair on the website of the Austrian Armed Forces ( PDF file)
- ↑ https://kurier.at/chronik/bair-wir-kommen-nicht-vom-fleck/400015258 Bair: "We're not moving from the spot"
- ↑ Badge of Honor . In: Association of Austrian Peacekeepers . December 27, 2014 ( peacekeeper.at [accessed March 5, 2018]).
Web links
- Article of the Federal Army on the appointment of the new commanding officer
- ORF article about the new commander
- Pictures of the executives of the armed forces on the website of the armed forces
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bair, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian military, lieutenant general of the Austrian Armed Forces |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zams , Austria |