Jörn Söder

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Jörn Söder (born October 22, 1934 in Hamburg ) is a German officer ( retired Lieutenant General ).

Life

Military background

Among other things, Söder was a platoon leader in Neumünster and company commander in Flensburg and Bad Segeberg. From 1963 to 1965 he completed the general staff course (H) at the command academy of the Bundeswehr (FüAkBw) in Hamburg. He also attended Staff College Camberley and the United States Army War College (USAWC) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. From 1974 he was head of Army Main Liaison Staff 1 in Fort Monroe / Washington. He was u. a. Commander of the 173rd Panzer Grenadier Battalion and, as a colonel , became the commander of the 17th Panzer Grenadier Brigade in Hamburg on April 1, 1980 . This was followed by a position as head of staff department in the command staff of the armed forces (Fü S) in Bonn from April 1, 1982 to March 31, 1984, before he became commander of the 7th Panzer Division in Unna on April 1, 1984 . Exactly two years later, on April 1, 1986, he became commander of the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg. After he was Commanding General of the 1st Corps in Münster from April 1, 1988 to March 31, 1991 , he was Deputy Commander of Allied Command Baltic Approaches (BALTAP) in Karup (Denmark) in 1991/92 and, most recently, German military officer from 1992 to 1995 Representative in the NATO Military Committee in Brussels (Belgium). In 1995 he was passed with a big tattoo by Defense Minister Volker Rühe .

Others

After his retirement, he became a member of the Hamburg Airport Supervisory Board .

Söder is widowed and has one child.

Web links

  • Photo , leadership academy of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

  1. Politics et Militar , p. 155.
  2. ↑ From a human point of view . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , March 20, 1986.
  3. ^ Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 1956-1993 (BH 9-17). Federal Archives, accessed on August 8, 2020 .
  4. 7th Panzer Grenadier Division 1958-1993 (BH 8-7). Federal Archives, accessed on August 8, 2020 .
  5. Former commanders of the command academy , command academy of the Bundeswehr.
  6. ^ I. Corps 1965-1990 (BH 7-1). Federal Archives, accessed on August 8, 2020 .
  7. The loyalty of a Hanseatic . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , March 28, 1995.
  8. Supervisory Board , Hamburg Airport.