Holger Kammerhoff
Holger Kammerhoff (born March 5, 1945 in Sankt Andreasberg ) is a retired German Lieutenant General . D. of the army of the Bundeswehr . From 2003 to 2004 he was the commander of KFOR and from 2004 to 2006 he was the commander of the Bundeswehr operations command . In 2006 he retired.
Military career
Kammerhoff enlisted in the German Armed Forces in 1965 and was transferred to the 291 paratrooper battalion in Stetten am Kalten Markt . After he had completed his officer training, he was deployed in Nienburg and Lüneburg as a platoon leader and later as a company commander. From 1976 to 1978 he completed general staff training at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg . He then worked as G4 (logistics) and G3 (chief of staff) of the 8th Tank Brigade in Lüneburg.
In the period that followed, Kammerhoff was the deputy head of the army command staff in the Federal Ministry of Defense . From October 1983 to March 1986 he commanded the 302 Panzer Grenadier Battalion in Ellwangen . After that, he was a staff officer (G3) at the headquarters of the Central Army Group ( CENTAG ), the NATO - High Command , which is responsible for the defense of Central and Southern Germany. The Campbell Barracks are based in Heidelberg . From October 1988 to December 1990 he was Chief of Staff of the 3rd Panzer Division in Buxtehude . After completing the Higher Command and Staff Course in the United Kingdom , he was transferred to the Department of Defense, where he assumed the post of Head of Strategy and Operations in the Army Command . From February 5, 1992 to September 30, 1995, Kammerhoff was then given command of the 23 Mountain Infantry Brigade in Bad Reichenhall . During this time, from November 1993 to March 1994, he was the national commander of the 2nd German contingent within the UN mission UNOSOM II in Somalia .
After this command he took over the department for training and education in the Army Office in 1995. In April 1996, Kammerhoff became deputy chief of staff of NATO's Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps . In this role he commanded the IFOR headquarters in Croatia during NATO operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina from March to November 1996 . In January 1998, he then served as the commander of the Defense Area Command IV and the 5th Panzer Division in Mainz . In July 1999 he was transferred to Brussels as Assistant Director of NATO's International Military Staff, where he took over command of the Operations Department at NATO Headquarters . From December 10, 2001 to September 3, 2003, Kammerhoff was the fifth commanding general of the Eurocorps in Strasbourg , France . He was then until August 31, 2004 commander of the KFOR in Pristina . He then took over the management of the Bundeswehr operations command in Schwielowsee near Potsdam , which he held until he retired in 2006.
Kammerhoff is married and has one daughter.
Web links
- Official biography of the Eurocorps (PDF; 175 kB)
- Biography on the sides of the KFOR (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Riechmann |
Commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command 2004–2006 |
Karlheinz Viereck |
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Heinrich Baron von Behr (1956–1959) | Günther Pape (1960–1962) | Albert Schnez (1962–1965) | Heinz Hükelheim (1965–1967) | Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1967–1969) | Hans-Joachim von Hopffgarten (1969–1970) | Heinz-Georg Lemm (1970–1974) | Kurt von der Osten (1974–1975) | Horst Wenner (1975–1979) | Werner Heyd (1979–1980) | Götz Mayer (1980–1982) | Franz Uhle-Wettler (1982–1984) | Wilhelm Jacoby (1984-1986) | Peter Rohde (1986–1991) | Dieter Stöckmann (1991–1993) | Klaus von Heimendahl (1993–1994) | Heribert Göttelmann (1994) | Klaus Frühhaber (1995–1998) | Holger Kammerhoff (1998–2000) | Axel Bürgener (2000-2001)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kammerhoff, Holger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military, lieutenant general in the Bundeswehr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sankt Andreasberg ( Harz ) |