List of generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr on foreign deployments
This list shows soldiers of the Bundeswehr in the rank of general or admiral who are doing or were doing service on foreign missions of the Bundeswehr in the operational areas. Officers in staff responsible for these missions outside the operational areas are not listed.
Generals and admirals currently on duty
EUTM Mali
( Mali )
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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currently. not occupied by DEU |
Operation Atalanta
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | Comments / home service posts |
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Wilhelm Tobias Abry | Deputy Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | January 16, 2020 | Commander of the Mürwik Naval School |
Resolute support
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | Comments / home service posts |
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Thorsten Poschwatta | Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General | air force | April 2020 | previously Deputy Commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command |
Ansgar Meyer | Commander TAAC-Nord | Brigadier General | army | 20th August 2020 | previously commander of the tank brigade 21 |
Frank Schlösser | Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) J7 | Brigadier General | army | February 2020 | previously Commander of the Information Technology School of the Bundeswehr |
KFOR
(Kosovo Force)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | Comments / home service posts |
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Frank Best | Director NALT | Brigadier General | air force | April 1, 2020 | previously Head of Division Armed Forces I 5 in the Federal Ministry of Defense |
Mission ended
(Missions in reverse chronological order of their start)
UNSMIL (2018-2019)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Josef Blotz | Senior Military Advisor | Major general | army | January 2018 | April 2019 | Head of Department Operations in the Armed Forces Command / then Deputy Commanding General EUROKORPS , Strasbourg |
Bundeswehr mission in Syria (Operation Inherent Resolve since 2015)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Andreas Schick | German contingent leader | Brigadier General | air force | December 10, 2015 | May 2, 2016 | Service post contingent leader now occupied by Colonel. |
UNMIL (since 2015)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Dirk Faust | Deputy Force Commander | Brigadier General | army | May 27, 2015 | May 25, 2016 | then Commander of Airborne Brigade 1 |
Resolute Support (since 2015)
( Afghanistan )
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Jürgen Brötz | Commander TAAC-N | Brigadier General | army | August 21, 2019 | 20th August 2020 | previously Head of Department Strategy and Operations I in the Federal Ministry of Defense |
Andreas Marlow | Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General | army | April 2019 | April 2020 | previously commander of the rapid forces division / then commanding general of the 1st German-Dutch corps |
Markus Kurczyk | Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) J7 | Brigadier General | air force | February 2019 | February 2020 | previously Head of the Armed Forces Training Department (General Armed Forces Training) in the Armed Forces Base Command / then Commander of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Command |
Gerhard Ernst-Peter Klaffus | Commander TAAC-N | Brigadier General | army | August 21, 2018 | August 21, 2019 | previously liaison officer with the Federal President |
Alfons Mais | Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General | army | June 16, 2018 | April 1, 2019 | previously Chief of Staff in the Army Command / then Commanding General of the 1st German-Dutch Corps |
Gunter Schneider | Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) J7 | Brigadier General | army | 1st February 2018 | 1st February 2019 | previously Head of Department IV in the Federal Office for Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr / afterwards military Vice President in the Federal Office for Personnel Management of the Bundeswehr |
Wolf-Jürgen Stahl | Commander TAAC-N | Brigadier General | army | 3rd October 2017 | August 21, 2018 | previously Head of Department Military Policy and Operations in the Federal Ministry of Defense / then Chief of Staff at the Multinational Corps North-East |
Johann Langenegger | Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General | army | June 11, 2017 | June 16, 2018 | previously Commander 1st Panzer Division / then Deputy Inspector of the Army and Commander in the Army Command |
René Leitgen | Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) J7 | Brigadier General | army | 1st February 2017 | 1st February 2018 | previously Head of Department for Central Tasks and Strategic Objectives in the Army Command / then Head of Department J3 / 5 in the Bundeswehr Operations Command |
André Bodemann | Commander TAAC-N | Brigadier General | army | November 10, 2016 | 3rd October 2017 | previously Commander of Panzer Brigade 12 / then Head of Division Strategy and Operations II in the Federal Ministry of Defense |
Jürgen Weigt | Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General | army | July 12, 2016 | June 11, 2017 | previously Commander of the Center for Inner Leadership / then Commanding General of the Eurocorps |
Dieter Meyerhoff | Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) J7 | Brigadier General | army | July 2016 | January 2017 | Chief of Staff at the 1st German-Dutch Corps |
Hartmut Renk | Commander TAAC-N | Brigadier General | army | 19th December 2015 | November 10, 2016 | Commander of Central Training Institutions and Deputy Commander of Training Command |
Michael Podzus | Deputy Director Ministry of Defense | Brigadier General | army | July 1, 2015 | October 1, 2016 | previously liaison officer with the Federal President / afterwards deputy commander of the 10th Panzer Division |
Frank Leidenberger | Chief of Staff | Lieutenant General | army | 20th June 2015 | June 30, 2016 | previously head of the planning office of the Bundeswehr / afterwards commander of German units in multinational corps / basic military organization in the army command |
Andreas Hannemann | Commander TAAC-N | Brigadier General | army | 19th February 2015 | 19th December 2015 | Deputy Commander 10th Armored Division |
Michael Bartscher | Deputy Director Ministry of Defense | Brigadier General | air force | 2014 | 2015 | |
Carsten Jacobson | Deputy Commander | Lieutenant General | army | June 25, 2014 | June 2015 | previously Commander 1st Panzer Division / Afterwards Deputy Inspector of the Army and Commander in the Army Command |
EUTM Mali (since 2015)
( Mali )
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Peter Mirow | EU Training Mission Commander | Brigadier General | army | November 12, 2018 | June 12, 2019 | previously Head of the Planning Department in the Army Command |
Werner Albl | EU Training Mission Commander | Brigadier General | army | December 18, 2015 | 3rd July, 2016 | Commander Franco-German Brigade |
Franz Xaver Pfrengle | EU Training Mission Commander | Brigadier General | army | July 2015 | December 18, 2015 | Chief of Staff (COS) Eurocorps |
UNAMA
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Kay Brinkmann | Senior Military Advisor | Brigadier General | army | July 2014 | October 2015 | previously Head of Military Policy and Operations Europe / Eurasia in the BMVg / then Deputy Head of the Armed Forces Office |
Operation Atalanta (since 2008)
( Horn of Africa )
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Jan Christian Kaack | Force Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | March 23, 2016 | August 6, 2016 | Commander of the operational flotilla 1 |
Christoph Müller-Meinhard | Deputy Operation Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | July 22, 2015 | January 21, 2016 | Commander Flotilla 2 |
Jürgen zur Mühlen | Force Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | April 6, 2014 | August 6, 2014 | Commander of the operational flotilla 1 |
Jean Martens | Deputy Operation Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | 19th July 2013 | 17th January 2014 | Commander of the operational flotilla 1 |
Rainer Endres | Deputy Operation Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | January 12, 2012 | July 13, 2012 | Admiral advancement navy and naval training in the naval office |
Thomas Jugel | Force Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | August 14, 2011 | December 6, 2011 | Commander of the operational flotilla 1 |
Thomas Ernst | Deputy Operation Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | June 1, 2010 | January 13, 2011 | Commander of the Mürwik Naval School |
Thorsten Kähler | Deputy Operation Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | June 2009 | December 11, 2009 | Commander Flotilla 2 |
UNIFIL (since 2006)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Jürgen Mannhardt | Commander of Maritime Task Force 448 | Flotilla admiral | marine | September 1, 2009 | December 1, 2009 | Commander of the Mürwik Naval School |
Hans-Christian Luther | Commander of Maritime Task Force 448 | Flotilla admiral | marine | September 25, 2007 | February 29, 2008 | Chief of Staff Fleet Command |
Karl-Wilhelm Bollow | Commander of Maritime Task Force 448 | Flotilla admiral | marine | March 18, 2007 | September 25, 2007 | Commander Flotilla 2 |
Andreas Krause | Commander of Maritime Task Force 448 | Flotilla admiral | marine | October 16, 2006 | March 18, 2007 | Commander of the operational flotilla 1 |
EUFOR RD Congo (2006)
( Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina )
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Henning Bess | German contingent leader | Flotilla admiral | marine | June 2006 | November 2006 | Director Operations Command, Operational Leadership, Response Forces |
EUFOR Bosnia-Herzegovina (since 2004)
( Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina )
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Günter Giesa | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | air force | September 2010 | March 2011 | General advancement of the Air Force in the Air Force Office |
Gerd Bishop | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | air force | March 17, 2010 | September 2010 | Commander Air Force Training Command |
Gerhard Kemmler | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | air force | September 2009 | March 17, 2010 | Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff in the Air Force Operations Command |
Robert Lowenstein | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | air force | March 30, 2009 | September 2009 | Deputy Commander 4th Air Force Division |
Joachim Wundrak | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | air force | August 8, 2008 | March 31, 2009 | Deputy Commander Air Force Command |
Robert Lowenstein | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | air force | March 2008 | August 2008 | Deputy Commander 4th Air Force Division |
Hans-Jochen Witthauer | EU Force Commander (COM EUFOR ) | Rear admiral | marine | September 5, 2006 | 2007 | |
Klaus Hollmann | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | army | August 9, 2006 | 2006 | |
Josef Niebecker | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | army | March 2006 | August 9, 2006 | Commander Panzergrenadierbrigade 41 |
Harald Fugger | Commander Multinational Task Force South East | Brigadier General | 2005 | 2006 | ||
Manfred Hofmann | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | army | July 2005 | March 2006 | Commander Tank Brigade 21 |
Peter Goebel | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | army | 2005 | 2005 | |
Hans-Werner Fritz | Chief of Staff HQ EUFOR | Brigadier General | army | March 2005 | July 2005 | Commander Airborne Brigade 26 |
Operation Active Endeavor (since 2002)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Hans-Jochen Witthauer | Task Group Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | September 2003 | August 5, 2004 | as Commander Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED / SNFM) temporarily leader of a task group in Operation Active Endeavor |
Wolfgang Kalähne | Task Group Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | April 2005 | January 2006 | as Commander Standing NATO Maritime Group 1
( SNMG 1 ) |
Thorsten Kähler | Task Group Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | June 2012 | November 2012 | as Commander Standing NATO Maritime Group 2
( SNMG 2) |
Georg von Maltzan | Task Group Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | January 2013 | May 2013 | as Commander Standing NATO Maritime Group 1
( SNMG 1 ) |
Jörg Klein | Task Group Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | June 2015 | June 2016 | as Commander Standing NATO Maritime Group 1
( SNMG 1 ) |
Operation Enduring Freedom - Naval Unit (2002-2010)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Rainer Brinkmann | CTF 150 | Flotilla admiral | marine | January 13, 2009 | April 2009 | Commander of the operational flotilla 1 |
Heinrich Lange | CTF 150 | Flotilla admiral | marine | August 22, 2006 | December 2006 | Commander of the Mürwik Naval School |
Henning Hoops | CTF 150 | Flotilla admiral | marine | December 2004 | April 2005 | Admiral Naval Armaments and Naval Logistics (AMRL) in the Naval Office |
Manfred Nielson | CTF 150, CTG 500.01 | Flotilla admiral | marine | May 2003 | September 2003 | Commander of the Mürwik Naval School |
Rolf Schmitz | CTG 500.01 | Flotilla admiral | marine | January 2003 | May 2003 | Commander Destroyer Flotilla |
Wolfgang Kalähne | CTF 150 until October 31, 2002, CTG 500.01 | Flotilla admiral | marine | June 16, 2002 | December 2002 | Commander Flotilla of Naval Aviation |
Gottfried Hoch | German contingent leader, Task Group 500.01 CTG 500.01; from May 5, 2002 also Commander Multinational Task Force 150 (CTF 150) |
Flotilla admiral | marine | January 2, 2002 | June 15, 2002 | Commander Destroyer Flotilla |
ISAF (2002-2014)
- Commanders Regional Command North (RC NORTH)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Bernd Schuett | commander | Major general | army | February 13, 2014 | August 1, 2014 | Head of Department I Army Command |
Jörg Vollmer | commander | Major general | army | February 21, 2013 | February 13, 2014 | Commander Rapid Forces Division |
Erich Pfeffer | commander | Major general | army | February 26, 2012 | February 21, 2013 | Commander 13th Panzer Grenadier Division |
Markus Kneip | commander | Major general | army | February 24, 2011 | February 26, 2012 | Commander 1st Armored Division |
Hans-Werner Fritz | commander | Major general | army | June 20, 2010 | February 24, 2011 | Commander Special Operations Division |
Frank Leidenberger | commander | Brigadier General | army | November 30, 2009 | June 20, 2010 | Commander Airborne Brigade 31 |
Jürgen Setzer | commander | Brigadier General | army | October 3, 2009 | November 29, 2009 | Commander Air Mobility Brigade 1 Relief for health reasons |
Jörg Vollmer | commander | Brigadier General | army | January 10, 2009 | October 3, 2009 | Commander Panzer Grenadier Brigade 37 |
Jürgen Weigt | commander | Brigadier General | army | July 9, 2008 | January 10, 2009 | Commander Tank Brigade 21 |
Dieter Dammjacob | commander | Brigadier General | air force | January 9, 2008 | July 9, 2008 | Deputy Commander 4th Air Force Division |
Dieter Warnecke | commander | Brigadier General | army | August 2007 | January 2008 | Commander Airborne Brigade 31 |
Josef Blotz | commander | Brigadier General | army | February 2007 | August 2007 | Commander Panzer Grenadier Brigade 30 |
Volker Barth | commander | Brigadier General | army | October 2006 | February 2007 | Deputy Commander 1st Armored Division |
Markus Kneip | commander | Brigadier General | army | April 2006 | October 2006 | Commander Jägerbrigade 37 |
Bernd Kiesheyer | Commander at that time still Regional Area Coordinator based in Kunduz |
Brigadier General | army | August 2005 | April 2006 | Deputy Commander 7th Armored Division |
- Other activities in the regional command north (RC NORTH)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Walter Jakob Ohm | Chief of Staff | Brigadier General | army | November 2013 | 2014 | Head of the Controlling and Accounting Department in the BMVg |
Harald Gante | Chief of Staff | Brigadier General | army | February 2014 | August 2014 | Commander Tank Brigade 21 |
Markus Laubenthal | Chief of Staff | Brigadier General | army | August 2013 | February 2014 | Commander Tank Brigade 12 |
Thorsten Poschwatta | Base Commander Camp Marmal | Brigadier General | air force | August 21st, 2013 | February 21, 2014 | |
Olaf von Roeder | Base Commander Camp Marmal | Brigadier General | air force | February 21, 2014 | August 13, 2014 | |
Michael Vetter | Deputy chief of staff for support tasks at RC NORTH | Brigadier General | air force | July 2013 | January 2014 | Commander logistics center of the Bundeswehr , Wilhelmshaven |
Michael Matz | Deputy Chief of Staff for Security at RC NORTH | Brigadier General | army | February 2013 | August 2013 | |
Peter Klement | Base Commander Camp Marmal | Brigadier General | air force | February 2013 | August 21st, 2013 | Chief of Staff in the Air Force Training Command |
Carsten Stawitzki | Deputy chief of staff for support tasks at RC NORTH | Flotilla admiral | marine | February 2013 | June 2013 | Adjutantur BMVg |
Burkhard Pototzky | Base Commander Camp Marmal | Brigadier General | air force | August 2012 | February 2013 | Chief of Staff Command Operational Command Air Force |
Wolfgang Gäbelein | Deputy chief of staff for support tasks at RC NORTH | Brigadier General | air force | August 2012 | February 2013 | |
Alfons Mais | Deputy Chief of Staff for Security at RC North | Brigadier General | army | August 2012 | February 2013 | Commander Air Mobile Brigade 1 |
Erich Siegmann | Base Commander Camp Marmal | Brigadier General | air force | February 2012 | August 2012 | Deputy Division Commander 2nd Air Force Division |
Franz Weidhüner | Deputy chief of staff for support tasks at RC NORTH | Brigadier General | air force | February 2012 | August 2012 | Head of the logistics office of the Bundeswehr |
Andreas Marlow | Deputy Chief of Staff for Security at RC North | Brigadier General | army | February 2012 | August 2012 | Commander Panzergrenadierbrigade 41 |
Hans-Dieter Poth | Base Commander Camp Marmal | Brigadier General | air force | September 2011 | February 2012 | |
Bernd Schuett | Deputy Chief of Staff for Security at RC North | Brigadier General | army | August 2011 | February 2012 | Commander Panzer Training Brigade 9 |
Axel Binder | Deputy Chief of Staff for Support Tasks at RC North | Brigadier General | army | August 2011 | February 2012 | Commander Center for Transformation of the Bundeswehr |
Peter-Georg Stütz | Base Commander Camp Marmal | Brigadier General | air force | February 13, 2011 | August 2011 | Command Operational Command Air Force |
Dirk Backen | Deputy Chief of Staff for Security at RC NORTH | Brigadier General | army | February 13, 2011 | August 2011 | Armored Brigade 21 |
Volker Thomas | Deputy chief of staff for support tasks at RC NORTH | Brigadier General | army | January 11, 2011 | August 2011 | Commander Logistics Brigade 1 |
Jürgen Knappe | Deputy chief of staff for support tasks at RC NORTH | Brigadier General | air force | June 2010 | February 2011 | Deputy Commander, Military District Command II |
Johann Langenegger | Deputy Chief of Staff for Security at RC NORTH | Brigadier General | army | 2010 | 2011 | Commander Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 |
Hans-Georg Schmidt | Base Commander Camp Marmal | Brigadier General | air force | June 2010 | February 2011 | Deputy Commander 1st Air Force Division |
- Commanders, Deputy Commanders and Chief of Staff ISAF
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Bruno Kasdorf | Chief of Staff at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Lieutenant General | army | February 2010 | September 2010 | Deputy Commander of the Army Command |
Volker Wieker | Chief of Staff at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Lieutenant General | army | October 9, 2009 | February 2010 | Deputy Commanding General of the 1st German-Dutch Corps |
Hans-Lothar Domröse | Chief of Staff at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Major general | army | January 2008 | January 2009 | Commander Special Operations Division |
Bruno Kasdorf | Chief of Staff at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Major general | army | January 1, 2007 | December 1, 2007 | Commander 14th Panzer Grenadier Division |
Herrmann Wachter | Deputy COM ISAF | Major general | air force | 2005 | 2005 | Deputy Commander Air Force Command |
Wolfgang Korte | Deputy COM ISAF | Major general | army | February 2004 | August 2004 | Deputy Commander of the Army Command |
Götz Gliemeroth | Commander ISAF | Lieutenant General | army | August 11, 2003 | February 9, 2004 | |
Norbert van Heyst | Commander ISAF | Lieutenant General | army | February 10, 2003 | August 11, 2003 | Commanding general of the 1st German-Dutch Corps |
- Further activities at ISAF
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Harald Gante | Commander TAAC-Nord | Brigadier General | army | August 1, 2014 | 19th February 2015 | previously chief of staff in the regional command north, from summer 2015 commander of the army officers' school |
Carsten Breuer | Director Current Operations, ISAF Joint Command | Brigadier General | army | 1st of January 2014 | July 1, 2014 | Commander of the Panzer Grenadier Brigade 37 |
Franz Reinhard Golks | deputy Commander ISAF Joint Command | Major general | army | 26th September 2013 | October 2014 | Special Representative for International Cooperation in the Armed Forces Command |
Reinhard Wolski | Deputy Chief of Staff Resources at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Major general | army | April 2013 | June 8, 2014 | previously Commander of the Army Aviation School |
Bernd Mattiesen | Chief Combined Joint Medical / Medical Adviser | General doctor | ZSanDstBw | 4th November 2013 | June 23, 2014 | Deputy Commander Command Medical service support |
Heinz Feldmann | ISAF spokesman | Brigadier General | army | June 21th 2013 | June 2014 | Commander Special Forces Command |
Dieter Warnecke | deputy commander ISAF Joint Command | Major general | army | February 2013 | 26th September 2013 | Head of Department Operations in the Armed Forces Command |
Jürgen Brandenstein | Chief Combined Joint Medical / Medical Adviser | General doctor | Central medical service of the Bundeswehr | October 2012 | 4th November 2013 | Chief of Staff in the Medical Command III |
Günter Katz | ISAF spokesman | Brigadier General | air force | June 22, 2012 | June 21th 2013 | |
Bernhard Prince | Deputy Chief of Staff Resources at ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Major general | air force | May 2012 | May 2013 | Commander 2nd Air Force Division |
Klaus Habersetzer | Director Civil Military Synchronization in the Stability Division at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Brigadier General | air force | September 2011 | October 1, 2012 | until April 4, 2012 Commander of the Air Force Officers School |
Carsten Jacobson | ISAF spokesman | Brigadier General | army | July 1, 2011 | June 22, 2012 | previously Chief of Staff, Army Command |
Wolfgang Koepke | Deputy Chief of Staff Resources at ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Major general | army | May 2011 | May 2012 | until November 30, 2011: Deputy Chief of Staff Strategic Partnering - Headquarters in Kabul |
Josef Blotz | ISAF spokesman at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Brigadier General | army | April 20, 2011 | July 1, 2011 | previously commander of the infantry school |
Joachim Wundrak | Deputy Chief of Staff "Air" of ISAF at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Major general | air force | February 22, 2011 | December 2011 | Deputy Commander in the Air Force Command |
Richard Rossmanith | Deputy Chief of Staff for Stability at ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Major general | army | October 11, 2010 | January 2012 | Chief of Staff of the Deployable Joint Staff Element Allied Force Command Heidelberg |
Jürgen Weigt | Director Civil Military Synchronization at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Brigadier General | army | September 2010 | September 2011 | previously Deputy Chief of Staff Operations in the Operational Leadership Command |
Josef Heinrichs | Deputy Chief of Staff Support HQ ISAF, Kabul | Brigadier General | army | February 2010 | August 2010 | Chief of Staff Multinational Corps North-East |
Franz Reinhard Golks | Chief CJ3 in the HQ ISAF staff in KABUL | Brigadier General | army | January 2009 | August 2009 | Deputy Commander in Military District Command III |
Jochen Both | Deputy Chief of Staff "Air" in the ISAF Joint Command | Brigadier General | air force | November 2008 | July 2010 | Chief of Staff in the Air Force Command |
Hans-Erich Antoni | Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Major general | army | October 1, 2008 | December 2009 | previously Head of Department II in the Army Command Staff |
Josef Heinrichs | Head of the operations center at ISAF HQ in Kabul | Brigadier General | army | January 2007 | August 2007 | Chief of Staff Multinational Corps North-East |
Hans-Christoph Ammon | Director Combined Joint Operation Center at ISAF headquarters in Kabul | Brigadier General | army | May 2006 | February 2007 | Commander Rear Support Command in the Allied Europe Rapid Reaction Corps |
Christof Munzlinger | Commander of the 10th German ISAF contingent and deputy commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade | Brigadier General | army | March 2006 | July 2006 | Commander Tank Brigade 18 |
Hans-Werner Ahrens | DepComISAF Air | Major general | army | February 2006 | August 2006 | Commander Air Transport Command |
Achim Lidsba | Commander of the 9th German ISAF contingent | Brigadier General | army | November 2005 | April 2006 | Commander tank brigade 14 |
Hans-Christoph Ammon | Commander of the 8th German contingent ISAF and deputy commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) | Brigadier General | army | July 27, 2005 | November 2005 | Commander Panzer Grenadier Brigade 30 |
Ernst-Otto Berk | Commander of the 7th German contingent ISAF and deputy commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) | Brigadier General | army | January 15, 2005 | July 27, 2005 | Commander Panzer Grenadier Brigade 1 |
Wolf-Dieter Löser | Deputy Commander Ops | Major general | army | August 2004 | February 2005 | Deputy Commanding General Eurocorps |
Walter Spindler | Commander of the 6th German contingent ISAF and deputy commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) | Brigadier General | army | July 2004 | January 2005 | Commander Franco-German Brigade |
Gero Schachthöfer | Deputy COM ISAF Air | Brigadier General | air force | February 2004 | August 2004 | |
Peter Schelzig | Deputy Commander "Air" at ISAF HQ in Kabul | Brigadier General | air force | February 2003 | August 2003 | Deputy Division Commander 4th Air Force Division |
Werner Freers | Commander of the 3rd German contingent and commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) | Brigadier General | army | December 17, 2002 | July 17, 2003 | Commander Air Mechanized Brigade 1 |
Manfred Schlenker | Commander of the 2nd German contingent and commander of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) | Brigadier General | army | June 2002 | December 2002 | Commander Airborne Brigade 26 |
Carl-Hubertus von Butler | Commander advance command and from March 17, 2002 Commander Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) | Brigadier General | army | January 2002 | June 17, 2002 | Commander Airborne Brigade 31 |
KFOR (since 1999)
- Commander KFOR
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Volker Halbauer | Commander KFOR | Major general | army | September 7, 2012 | September 6, 2013 | |
Erhard Drews | Commander KFOR | Major general | army | September 9, 2011 | September 7, 2012 | |
Erhard Bühler | Commander KFOR | Major general | army | September 1, 2010 | September 9, 2011 | |
Markus Bentler | Commander KFOR | Lieutenant General | army | September 8, 2009 | September 1, 2010 | |
Roland Kather | Commander KFOR | Lieutenant General | army | September 1, 2006 | August 31, 2007 | |
Holger Kammerhoff | Commander KFOR | Lieutenant General | army | September 3, 2003 | August 31, 2004 | |
Klaus Reinhardt | Commander KFOR | general | army | October 8, 1999 | April 18, 2000 | Commander Joint Headquarters Center |
- Commander Multinational Task Force South or Commander Multinational Task Force South-West
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stephan Thomas | Commander Multinational Task Force South and Commander 26th Dt. Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | June 24, 2010 | January 20, 2011 | Commander Tank Brigade 12 |
Manfred Hofmeyer | Commander Multinational Task Force South and Commander 24th Dt. Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | December 16, 2009 | June 24, 2010 | Deputy Commander 10th Armored Division |
Benedict room | Commander Multinational Task Force South and Commander 22nd Dt. Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | May 28, 2009 | December 16, 2009 | Commander Panzergrenadierbrigade 41 |
Erich Pfeffer | Commander Multinational Task Force South and Commander 16. Dt. Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | March 2007 | November 2008 | Commander Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 |
Hans-Joachim Fröhlich | Commander Multinational Task Force South and Commander 15th Dt. Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | November 15, 2006 | March 2007 | Commander Artillery Brigade 100 |
Lutz Niemann | Commander Multinational Task Force South and Commander 14th Dt. Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | May 15, 2006 | November 15, 2006 | Commander Tank Brigade 12 |
Norbert Bull | Commander Multinational Task Force Southwest | Brigadier General | army | May 2005 | November 2005 | Commander Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 |
Richard Rossmanith | Commander Multinational Task Force Southwest | Brigadier General | army | November 2004 | May 2005 | Commander Panzer Training Brigade 9 |
Robert Bergmann | Commander Multinational Task Force Southwest | Brigadier General | army | June 2003 | November 2003 | Commander Tank Brigade 21 |
Markus Bentler | Commander Multinational Task Force Southwest | Brigadier General | army | November 12, 2002 | June 2003 | Commander Mountain Infantry Brigade 23 |
Wolf-Dieter Skodowski | Commander Multinational Task Force Southwest | Brigadier General | army | November 12, 2002 | December 12, 2002 | Commander Panzer Grenadier Brigade 1 |
Wolf-Dieter Langheld | Commander German contingent KFOR and Commander Multinational Brigade South, Prizren | Brigadier General | army | December 2000 | June 2001 | Commander Tank Brigade 21 |
Fritz von Korff | Commander Multinational Brigade South, Serbia (Kosovo Province) | Brigadier General | army | March 1999 | August 1999 |
- other functions at KFOR
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Oberneyer | Director NALT | Brigadier General | army | June 28, 2019 | April 1, 2020 | Previously National Military Representative at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe of NATO in Mons ( Belgium ) |
Uwe Alexander Becker | Director NALT | Brigadier General | army | August 28, 2018 | June 28, 2019 | previously Commander Combat Training Center army , then Deputy Chief of Staff Operations at Allied Command country of NATO in Izmir ( Turkey ) |
Ralf Hoffmann | Director NALT | Brigadier General | Cyber and information space | October 1, 2017 | August 28, 2018 | previously Deputy Commander Information Technology Command of the Bundeswehr |
Dietmar Mosmann | Director NALT | Brigadier General | Force Base | August 2016 | October 2017 | Reclassification from NLAT to NALT / Commander Command Support School of the German Armed Forces , then Deputy Commander, Information Technology Command of the German Armed Forces |
Ernst-Peter Horn | Director NLAT | Brigadier General | army | February 2016 | 29th August 2016 | Deputy Commander 1st Armored Division |
Stefan Linus Fix | Director NLAT | Brigadier General | army | August 2015 | February 2016 | |
Werner Haumann | Director NLAT | Brigadier General | air force | January 14, 2015 | August 2015 | |
Peter Braunstein | Director NLAT | Brigadier General | army | August 25, 2014 | January 14, 2015 | |
Udo Schnittker | Director NLAT | Brigadier General | army | January 2014 | August 25, 2014 | Commander in command of the Bundeswehr military police |
Norbert Wagner | Director NLAT | Brigadier General | army | November 2013 | May 2014 | Commander Panzer Training Brigade 9 |
Hans-Joachim Fischer | Commander Joint Logistic Support Group | Brigadier General | army | June 2010 | January 2011 | |
Andreas Berg | Chief of Staff COM KFOR | Brigadier General | army | August 2009 | March 2010 | |
Harald Fugger | Commander 21st Dt. Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | October 29, 2008 | May 28, 2009 | Commander Panzer Training Brigade 9 |
Wilhelm Green | Commander 19th German Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | April 7, 2008 | October 29, 2008 | Commander Panzer Training Brigade 9 |
Robert Bund | Commander 18th German Operation contingent KFOR | Brigadier General | army | May 28, 2007 | April 7, 2008 | |
Kurt-Helmut Schiebold | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations | Brigadier General | army | February 2009 | August 2009 | Commander Technical School Land Systems and Technical College of the Army for Technology |
Bernhard Liechtenauer | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations | Brigadier General | army | August 2008 | February 2009 | Commander of the Army Brigade |
Gerhard Stelz | Deputy Commander KFOR | Major general | army | August 2007 | August 2008 | deputy commander division airmobile operations |
Manfred Hofmeyer | Chief of Staff HQ KFOR | Brigadier General | army | January 2007 | August 2007 | Deputy Commander 10th Armored Division |
Reinhard Wolski | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations | Brigadier General | army | July 2005 | January 2006 | Commander Air Mechanized Brigade 1 |
Wolfgang Kopp | Deputy Commander KFOR | Brigadier General | army | September 2004 | August 2005 | Commander KFOR Yves de Kermabon , Home Service Post Kopp: Deputy Commander 10th Armored Division |
SFOR (1996-2004)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Gerhard Stelz | Commander Multinational Brigade South-East | Brigadier General | army | 2004 | 2004 | |
Wolfgang Koepke | Chief of Staff SFOR and Commander of the 9th German SFOR contingent in Sarajevo and Butmir | Brigadier General | army | May 2004 | November 2004 | Commander of the Air Defense Brigade 100 in Fuldatal |
Horst-Heinrich Brauss | Chief of Staff HQ SFOR in Sarajevo | Brigadier General | army | June 2002 | December 2002 | Commander of the Panzer Brigade 42 "Brandenburg" in Potsdam |
Hans-Herbert Schulz | Chief of Staff HQ SFOR | Brigadier General | army | December 2001 | June 2002 | Head of Department III (Army Armament) Army Office in Cologne |
Hans-Jürgen Rennack | Chief of Staff HQ SFOR | Brigadier General | army | June 2001 | December 2001 | Deputy Commander of the 14th Panzer Grenadier Division "Hanse" in Neubrandenburg |
Werner Kullack | Chief of Staff HQ SFOR | Brigadier General | army | December 2000 | June 2001 | Commander of the 36th Panzer Brigade in Veitshöchheim |
Georg Nachtsheim | Chief of Staff HQ SFOR | Brigadier General | army | June | 2000December | 2000Commander of the Franco-German Brigade |
Georg Nachtsheim | Chief of Staff Multinational Division South-East | Brigadier General | army | 1999 | 1999 | Commander of the Franco-German Brigade |
Jan Oerding | National commander of the 5th German SFOR contingent | Brigadier General | army | March 1998 | September 1998 | Commander Panzer Grenadier Brigade 30 |
Gert Gudera | Chief of Staff HQ SFOR | Major general | army | December 1997 | June 1998 | Commander 7th Armored Division |
Hans Holger Sammet | National commander of the 4th German SFOR contingent | Brigadier General | army | September | 1997March | 1998|
Heinrich Boehr | National commander of the 3rd German SFOR contingent | Brigadier General | army | April | 1997September | 1997|
Hans-Otto Budde | National commander of the 2nd German SFOR contingent | Brigadier General | army | January 1997 | April 1997 | Commander of the Franco-German Brigade |
Werner Widder | Chief of Staff HQ SFOR | Brigadier General | army | April 1, 1997 | December | 1997Chief of Staff IV Corps |
Klaus Frühhaber | National commander of the 1st German SFOR contingent | Major general | army | December | 1996January 1997 | Commander 5th Armored Division |
IFOR (1995-1996)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Friedrich Riechmann | Commander 3rd German contingent IFOR | Brigadier General | army | August 1996 | January 1997J | |
Henning Brümmer | Commander 2nd German contingent IFOR | Brigadier General | army | April 1996 | August 1996 | |
Friedrich Riechmann | Commander 1st German contingent IFOR | Brigadier General | army | January 1996 | April 1996 |
Operation Sharp Guard (1992-1996)
Surname | Service position | Rank | Armed forces | Entry into service | End of service | Comments / home service posts |
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Frank Ropers | Task Group Commander | Flotilla admiral | marine | September 1995 | September 1996 | as Commander Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED / SNFM) leader of a task group of Operation Sharp Guard |
See also
- List of generals and admirals in the Bundeswehr
- List of German admirals
- List of generals in the army of the Bundeswehr
- List of generals in the German Air Force
- Top military division of the Bundeswehr
Individual evidence
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- ↑ a b Transfer of command in the Horn of Africa . In: Marineforum 11-2003 p. 40
- ↑ Bremen ended the anti-terror mission off East Africa . In: Marineforum 1 / 2-2003 p. 30
- ↑ Change of command of Task Force 150 . In: Marineforum 12-2002 p. 29
- ↑ a b Operation “Enduring Freedom”, interim report and outlook . In: Marineforum 7 / 8-2002, p. 32 f.
- ↑ Axel Schimpf . Operation "Enduring Freedom", contribution by the German Navy . In: Marineforum 3-2002, p. 8 ff.
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- ↑ Patrick Bockwinkel: General Dirk Backen reports on the Bundeswehr's Afghanistan mission. March 3, 2012, archived from the original on February 6, 2013 ; accessed on December 16, 2016 .
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