Claude Meier

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Claude Meier (born May 18, 1964 ), entitled to live in Bülach , is a Swiss professional officer ( division officer ).

Tasks within the Swiss Army

As Chief of the Army Staff of the Swiss Armed Forces, Major Meier is in charge of the most important corporate matters in the Defense Department and reports directly to the Chief of the Armed Forces . He is responsible for the operational implementation of the political and military strategic specifications and instructions. At the interface between the political-strategic and operational-tactical levels, he is responsible for the development, planning, resource allocation and control of the army. He is a member of the army command.

Military functions

  • 1985 Joined the Air Force surveillance squadron as a professional military pilot . As a pilot and flight instructor, he worked in the BAE Hawk jet training aircraft launch project team in the nineties and was an aerial combat flight instructor on the F-5 Tiger
  • 1992 captain , pilot in the surveillance squadron
  • 1996 Group introduction F / A-18 , retraining with the US Navy in Cecil Field ( Florida )
  • 1998 leader of the PC-7 team
  • 2000–2002 Major in the General Staff , Commander of Fliegerstaffel 17
  • 2003 Long-term assignment at the Collège Interarmées de Défense in Paris (since 2011 “ École militaire ”)
  • 2004–2005 Lieutenant Colonel in the General Staff, Commander of an Air Wing and Chief Air Combat Service
  • 2006–2009 Chief Executive / Staff Training Air Force (A7)
  • 2009 Head of Doctrine Research and Development
  • 2010 Colonel in the General Staff, Chief of Operations Air Defense
  • 2012 Chief A3 / 5, Deputy Chief Operations and Planning Officer
  • 2013 he has the part-time Master of Advanced Studies in Security Policy and Crisis Management at the ETH Zurich successfully completed
  • 2016 Major , Chief of Army Staff, Chairman of the Expert Group for the Procurement of New Combat Aircraft

Awards and decorations

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Private

Meier is married to Anne Meier-Duttweiler. He lives in Carrouge VD .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Portrait of Claude Meier ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Swiss Air Force (PDF; 77 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch
  2. ↑ a b c Colonel i Gst Claude Meier becomes the new chief of the army staff. At the same time he is promoted to division general. ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2016 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. In: Swiss Air Force website, November 4, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vtg.admin.ch
  3. ↑ Henry Habegger: Parmelin tightens the screw. In: Switzerland on Sunday . July 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ Federal Council starts new fighter jet. In: Tages-Anzeiger . February 24, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Meier, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss professional officer (divisional officer)
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1964