Inspector of the Navy
The Inspector of the Navy ( InspM ) is the supreme military service superior of the Navy branch of the German Armed Forces . He reports to the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces . His office is the Naval Command in Rostock . The subordinate departments of the Navy are managed by the heads of the responsible specialist departments in the Navy Command and do not report directly to the Inspector.
task and function
The inspector holds the rank of vice admiral and has a deputy of the same rank. He is a member of the Military Command Council chaired by the Inspector General. He also represents the Navy externally, among other things within the Chiefs of European Navies .
story
Since 2012, the Inspector of the Navy has been based at the Naval Command in Rostock.
From 1956 to 2012, the inspector of the navy was also head of department in the Federal Ministry of Defence ; the department reporting to him was the Naval High Command . In his responsibility for the operational readiness of the Navy in terms of personnel and material, he reported directly to the Federal Minister of Defence .
In the navy, the inspector reported to the higher command authorities, whose numbers and designations changed over time.
From 1974 to 2001 there were three higher command authorities, the Fleet Command , the Naval Office and the Naval Support Command, but since the Naval Support Command was decommissioned in 2001 there have only been two. Both were disbanded as part of the realignment of the Navy.
inspectors
No. | Surname | beginning of the term | end of term |
---|---|---|---|
16 | Kay-Achim Schönbach | March 24, 2021 | January 22, 2022 |
15 | Andrew Krause | October 28, 2014 | March 24, 2021 |
14 | Alex Schimpf (1) | April 28, 2010 | October 28, 2014 |
13. | Wolfgang E. Nolting | April 2006 | April 28, 2010 |
12. | Lutz Feldt | March 2003 | April 2006 |
11. | Hans Lussow | October 1998 | February 2003 |
10 | Hans Rudolf Boehmer | April 1995 | Sep 1998 |
9. | Hein-Peter Weyher | October 1991 | April 1995 |
8th. | Hans Joachim Mann | October 1986 | Sep 1991 |
7. | Dieter Wellershoff (2) | April 1985 | Sep 1986 |
6. | Ansgar Bethge | April 1980 | March 1985 |
5. | Gunter Luther (3) | April 1975 | March 1980 |
4. | Heinz Kuehnle | October 1971 | March 1975 |
3. | Gert Jeschonnek | October 1967 | Sep 1971 |
2. | Karl Adolf Zenker | Aug 1961 | Sep 1967 |
1. | Friedrich Ruge (4) | June 1956 | Aug 1961 |
web links
itemizations
- ↑ Axel Schimpf. The Naval Command in Rostock - The Navy on course for the future . In: Marineforum 1/2-2013, p. 22ff.
- ↑ a b Information on the realignment of the Bundeswehr on the Bundeswehr homepage
- ↑ BMVg press and information staff: Press release: Change of leadership at the top of the German Navy. Bundeswehr, October 23, 2014, retrieved November 7, 2014 .