Götz Gliemeroth

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Götz Friedrich Eugen Gliemeroth (born October 21, 1943 in Göttingen ) is a former lieutenant general . D. the Bundeswehr .

Life

Gliemeroth was born in 1943 in the middle of World War II in Göttingen as the son of a professor of agriculture. He graduated from the Max-Planck-Gymnasium in Göttingen and joined the paratroopers of the German armed forces on April 1, 1963 during the Cold War .

The basic training took place in the training company 7/9 in Lebach. From 1963 to 1965 he completed his officer training and from October 1965 was a platoon leader at the Combat Troop School I in Hammelburg. He also served as a platoon leader from 1966 to 1968 in the PzGrenLehrBtl 283 in Munich.

From 1970 to 1974 he was company commander in PzGrenBtl 302 in Ellwangen. During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he and his soldiers were used to provide logistical support in the Olympic Village and witnessed the hostage and murder of Israeli athletes by a Palestinian terrorist squad. From 1974 he took part in the 17th general staff course (H) at the command academy of the German Armed Forces in Hamburg and also took part in the Canadian general staff training at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto for a year. From 1977 to 1979 he was at the NATO headquarters of the Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) in Rheindahlen . From 1979 to 1981 he was G3 in the staff of Panzer Brigade 15 in Koblenz.

From 1981 to August 12, 1983, Gliemeroth was in the rank of lieutenant colonel in command of the PzGrenBtl 352 in Mellrichstadt, and from 1988 to 1990 in the rank of colonel in command of the 5th Panzer Grenadier Brigade in Homberg / Efze.

In the meantime, Gliemeroth was also employed in the Federal Ministry of Defense . From 1983 to 1986 as a speaker in the office of Dr. Hiehle, Dr. Ermisch in Bonn and from 1986 to 1988 as Head of Fü S / Pers. In 1990 he was promoted to brigadier general and he became head of personnel in the army in the Ministry of Defense.

From April 1, 1993 to September 30, 1996 he was in the rank of major general commander of the 7th Panzer Division in Unna, from 1994 in Düsseldorf and commander in (then) Defense Area III and then from 1997 to 2001 as commanding general of the (German-American ) Second Corps with staff in Ulm, 70,000 soldiers at 114 locations were subordinate to him.

From March 21, 2001, he was in command of the NATO Joint Headquarters Center (JHC) and the Joint Command Center (JCC) of NATO in Heidelberg and was responsible for the management and training of multinational corps in Central Europe.

On June 25, 2003, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) appointed General James L. Jones Gliemeroth for the NATO mission in Afghanistan . From August 11, 2003 to February 9, 2004, he led the ISAF forces with around 5,000 soldiers from 29 nations with the rank of Lieutenant General .

On March 19, 2004 he was retired from active duty by Secretary of Defense Peter Struck with a big tattoo and handed over command of the Joint Command Center (JCC) to US General Burwell Bell. He was retired on April 1, 2004. He has lived in Mönchengladbach since 1977 . His first wife Gerdemie Rixen died early. In 1992 he married the widow Renate Klüttermann, nee Otten. He has three children.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley: The Generals and Admirals of the Bundeswehr, Volume 2.1 (Gaedcke - Hoff), Osnabrück 2000, ISBN 978-3-7648-2369-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/moenchengladbach/afghanistan-laesst-ihn-einfach-nicht-los-aid-1.5642295
  2. ↑ Dermot Bradley: The Generals and Admirals of the Bundeswehr, Volume 2.1 (Gaedcke - Hoff), Osnabrück 2000, p. 71f.
  3. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/erkelenz/gladbach-die-familie-golf-und-reisen-in-die-welt-aid-1.5659727
personal data
SURNAME Gliemeroth, Götz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gliemeroth, Götz Friedrich Eugen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen