Klaus-Michael Nelte

Klaus-Michael Nelte (born September 26, 1958 in Aachen ) is a Vice Admiral of the German Navy and the German military representative in the NATO Military Committee and the Military Committee of the European Union in Brussels ( Belgium ).

Military career

Training and first uses

Nelte was trained as an officer candidate with Crew VII / 77 in the German Navy . After studying the economics and organization at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg , he was naval aviation and became the weapon system officer on the Tornado trained. Here he was also a task force officer in Naval Aviation Squadron 1 , before taking part in admiral staff training at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg from 1991 to 1993 .

Service as a staff officer

After completing the admiralty staff training , Nelte was deployed as a squadron captain of the 2nd squadron in the Naval Aviation Squadron 2 . This was followed by a position as a speaker in the M Air department - naval aviation in the fleet command in Glücksburg - Meierwik . This was followed by a position as deputy commodore in Naval Aviation Squadron 2. This was followed by a further assignment in the staff department Fü S VI (planning) in the command staff of the armed forces in Bonn .

In October 2003 Nelte as was Head of Plans Branch Air Division and Service elder German officer for Allied Naval Forces North (NAVNORTH) of NATO in Northwood ( UK added).

This was followed by a ministerial assignment from 2005 to 2007 as head of division in the planning staff of the Federal Minister of Defense . From 2007 to 2010 Nelte was employed as a liaison officer for Federal President Horst Köhler .

Service as an admiral

In 2010 Nelte was promoted to Flotilla Admiral as Deputy Military Representative and Chief of Staff at the German Military Representative in the NATO Military Committee and the EU in Brussels (Belgium), Lieutenant General Roland Kather and Hans-Lothar Domröse . From October 1, 2012, he was chairman of the working group of the EU Military Committee .

From May 1, 2013 to July 1, 2019, Nelte was Head of the Organization and Revision Department at the Federal Ministry of Defense, Berlin. This was also associated with the promotion to rear admiral . Among other things, he was process director and as such was responsible for the formalized processes in the Bundeswehr. He was directly subordinate to State Secretary Gerd Hoofe .

In July 2019, Nelte, under (temporary) promotion to Vice Admiral, succeeded Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Wiermann as German Military Representative in the Military Committee of NATO and EU in Brussels (Belgium).

Works

• Ernst-Christoph Meyer, Walter Huhn , Klaus-Michael Nelte: Dictionary on security policy - Germany in a changed international environment. 7th edition, Mittler, Hamburg Berlin Bonn 2008

Web links

• Military vita

• Interview with Rear Admiral Nelte on his duties as Head of Organization and Audit , accessed on August 25, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MFG 1 , accessed on August 25, 2018
2. ^ Report of the Federal Agency for Political Education , accessed on August 25, 2018
3. ↑ News from Brussels of the Hanns Seidel Foundation , accessed on August 25, 2018
4. ↑ Press release from the Federal Ministry of Defense ( memento of the original from August 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 25, 2018 
5. ↑ Press release of the Federal Ministry of Defense of December 14, 2017 (with picture) , accessed on August 25, 2018
6. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - July 2019. In: https://www.personal.bundeswehr.de . Press and Information Office in the BMVg, July 2, 2019, accessed on July 2, 2019 .