Dieter Budde

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Dieter Budde (* 1944 ) is a major general a. D. of the army of the Bundeswehr and political scientist . He was most recently the first commander of the Airmobile Operations Division from 2002 to 2005 .

Military career

Budde joined the paratrooper troops of the German armed forces as an officer candidate in 1966 . In 1969 he switched to the Army Aviation Unit and went through various assignments. From 1977 to 1979 he completed general staff training at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg. He also attended the Higher Command and Staff Course in England.

From 1996 to 1999 he was in command of Air Mechanized Brigade 1 in Fritzlar. From 1999 to 2002 Brigadier General Budde, himself a pilot, was in command of the Army Aviation School in Bückeburg and was thus also General of the Army Aviation Force . When the Air Mobile Operations Division , consisting mainly of the helicopter forces of the Army Aviation , was set up in Veitshöchheim in 2002 , Budde, who was appointed Major General, was the first to take command. He led the division in its formation and training phase and gave command on August 25, 2005 to Brigadier General Carl-Hubertus von Butler . On September 1, 2005, Budde finally retired.

Budde studied political science , sociology , history and economics in Munich ( Diploma -Politologe and Master in Governance ) and was 2000 in political and social sciences at Armin A. Stone crest at the Bundeswehr University in Munich with a thesis on disarmament, disarmament and arms control, taking into account political and strategic aspects and their impact on Germany for Dr. rer. pole. PhD .

After retirement

From his retirement in 2005 to 2009, Budde was the managing partner of StratCons GmbH (Strategic Consulting), which places former temporary and professional soldiers in industry and business.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The master of the helicopters. General Dr. Dieter Budde, commander of the DLO, still flies himself . In: Main-Post , December 11, 2004.
  2. ↑ Retiring by helicopter: Major General Dr. Dieter Budde hands over the command in Veitshöchheim . In: Main-Post , August 31, 2005.
personal data
SURNAME Budde, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Major General of the Army of the Bundeswehr and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1944