Michael Färber (General)

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Michael Heinz Färber (born February 19, 1960 in Soltau ) is a German major general in the army of the Bundeswehr and since March 27, 2019 commander of the information technology command of the Bundeswehr in Bonn .

Military career

Training and first uses

Färber began his career in 1978 as an officer candidate in the armored force . This was followed by a degree in electrical engineering from 1979 to 1983. After deploying the troops, Färber returned to the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg, where he worked as a research assistant in 1992 as a Dr.-Ing. to do a PhD.

General staff training and service as a staff officer

After participating in the general staff course at the command academy of the Bundeswehr from 1992 to 1994 in Hamburg , Färber also completed the French general staff course. From 1998 to 2001 he worked at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in the Joint Operations Center and with the Chief of Staff, General Dieter Stöckmann . From 2001 to 2003 he was commander of the tank training battalion 93 in Munster . From 2003, he was employed as a ministerial advisor in the IT staff (IT 5 / applications for management support) in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg). After further assignments in the armed forces support command , Färber returned to the Federal Ministry of Defense and took over the integrated capability analysis department in the command staff of the armed forces . With the reorganization of the BMVg in 2012, he switched to the Planning Department as Head of Division II 2.

General uses

From January 1, 2013 to October 6, 2016, Färber was deputy commander of the Bundeswehr Command Support Command (FüUstgKdoBw) , which was renamed the Bundeswehr Information Technology Command (KdoITBw) on July 1, 2017 . On October 6, 2016, he took over the post of Sub-Department Head I in the newly established Cyber ​​and Information Technology (CIT) department in the Federal Ministry of Defense. As of January 1, 2018, Färber was deputy head of this department. On March 27, 2019, Färber became commander of the information technology command of the Bundeswehr in Bonn.

Private

Färber is married and has two children.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Change of commander in the information technology command of the Bundeswehr. www.cir.bundeswehr.de, March 28, 2018, accessed on March 31, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Michael Färber's dissertation in the catalog of the German National Library
  3. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - November 2016. Bundeswehr - Personnel, November 3, 2016, accessed on November 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - December 2017. Accessed January 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Färber, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Färber, Michael Heinz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Soltau