Elmar Schmähling

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Elmar Schmähling (born February 17, 1937 in Bad Neustadt an der Saale ) is a former German flotilla admiral and author. From 1982 to 1983 he headed the Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD), from 1984 to 1990 the Office for Studies and Exercises of the Bundeswehr . After his retirement he dealt critically with the Bundeswehr in several books.

Life

Schmähling joined the German Navy on September 1, 1957 after graduating from high school . After completing training as a naval officer as an officer candidate , a. on the French school cruiser Jeanne d'Arc , he was promoted to lieutenant on March 8, 1960 and served as an anti -submarine officer and trainer a. a. on the school frigates Hipper and Graf Spee . In 1963 he went on a one-year training mission with the Madagascar Coast Police . He then served again in the submarine hunt for destroyer 3 . In 1967 he became lecture director at the underwater weapons school in Eckernförde . From 1969 to 1971 he completed the admiral staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg and was then first officer on destroyer 4 as corvette captain . In 1972 he became the head of the lecture hall at the Navy's staff officer and selection course in Hamburg. From 1974 to 1976 he performed central management tasks as an officer in the General Staff Service .

After various posts in the Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD), for example in 1980 as head of the "Situation Management and Documentation" department of the Bundeswehr Security Office, he was its chief from February 1982 to September 1983 . Schmähling was replaced due to a private affair. He then worked for the Science and Politics Foundation and was appointed head of the Office for Studies and Exercises in the Bundeswehr on October 1, 1984 . On January 16, 1990, he was put into temporary retirement according to Section 50 Soldiers Act (SG) without giving any reason . After retirement he appeared as the author of several books in which he critically dealt with the Bundeswehr, its mission and the limits of military conflict resolution and avoidance. At the same time he became the managing director of a small IT company, which got into economic difficulties. On March 13, 1998, the PDS presented him as a direct candidate for the Berlin-Mitte / Prenzlauer Berg constituency for the federal election . On March 23, 1998, Schmähling withdrew his candidacy after an investigation against him became known. On August 27, 1998, Schmähling was sentenced to two years' probation for bankruptcy , embezzlement and fraud , (1) after he had been in custody for two months in the course of the 1996 investigation . As a result of the conviction for a deliberate act of imprisonment of at least two years, Schmähling automatically lost rank and pension entitlements as a retired soldier according to § 53 SG . In February 2020 Schmähling was sentenced to a fine of 800 euros in absentia. He is said to have ordered gas for over 9,000 euros at the beginning of 2017 but not paid for it.

Schmähling was a member of the extended board of directors of the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity .

Schmähling is divorced and has three grown sons. He lives in Dresden. His former partner and current supervisor is the free voter politician Barbara Lässig.

Publications

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elmar Schmähling. In: munzinger.de. Retrieved June 6, 2018 .
  2. ↑ “Always on the enemy!” - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 162 .
  3. ↑ E. is coming . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1984, pp. 34 ( Online - Feb. 27, 1984 ).
  4. ↑ January 16, 1990. Tagesschau (ARD) , January 16, 1990, accessed on February 15, 2017 .
  5. ^ Controversy about Schmähling . In: Der Spiegel . No. 12 , 1998, pp. 16 ( Online - Mar. 16, 1998 ).
  6. ↑ Norbert Pütter: Chronology. In: CILIP - civil rights and police. Retrieved June 6, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Simone Breddermann, Katharina Kempfer: Chronology. In: CILIP - civil rights and police. Retrieved June 6, 2018 .
  8. ↑ The candidate and his creditors. In: Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved June 6, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Suspended sentence for Schmähling. In: world. August 28, 1998, accessed on January 30, 2020 (The final judgment of the Cologne District Court also led to legal consequences: Schmähling lost his rank of "Flotilla Admiral" and his pension entitlements acquired as a professional soldier).
  10. ^ A b Alexander Schneider: Waiting in vain for 83-year-olds . In: Saxon newspaper . April 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ Jan Thomsen: The GBM should no longer be non-profit. In: Berliner Zeitung. April 7, 2008, accessed June 6, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Schmähling, Elmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German flotilla admiral and President of the MAD
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Neustadt an der Saale