Top military division of the Bundeswehr
The top military division of the Bundeswehr is made up of the generals rank group .
Top service posts in the Federal Ministry of Defense and the Bundeswehr
As the top positions in the Bundeswehr, this list contains the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and the inspectors and their deputies, the military department heads in the Federal Ministry of Defense and all commanders in grade B 9 .
Posts | owner | |||||
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designation | BGr 1 | Military force / organizational area | Rank | Surname | birthday | Entry into service |
General Inspector of the Bundeswehr | B 10 | BMVg | general | Eberhard Zorn | Feb. 19, 1960 | April 19, 2018 |
Deputy General Inspector of the Bundeswehr | B 9 | BMVg | Lieutenant General | Markus Laubenthal | Dec. 4, 1962 | Apr 1, 2020 |
Head of the Personnel Department in the Federal Ministry of Defense | B 9 | BMVg | Lieutenant General | Klaus von Heimendahl | 26th Mar 1960 | 23 Mar 2018 |
Head of the Armed Forces Department in the Federal Ministry of Defense | B 9 | BMVg | Lieutenant General | Bernd Schuett | Dec. 4, 1962 | 1st May 2018 |
Head of Department Strategy and Operations in the Federal Ministry of Defense | B 9 | BMVg | Lieutenant General | Kai Rohrschneider | 4th Mar 1964 | Apr 1, 2020 |
Head of the Planning Department in the Federal Ministry of Defense | B 9 | BMVg | Lieutenant General | Christian Badia | 28 Sep 1963 | Oct. 1, 2018 |
Head of the Equipment Department in the Federal Ministry of Defense | B 9 | BMVg | Vice admiral | Carsten Stawitzki | 29 Mar 1966 | May 9, 2018 |
Head of Department Cyber and Information Technology (CIT) in the Federal Ministry of Defense | B 9 | BMVg | Lieutenant General | Michael Vetter | December 3, 1962 | 8 Apr 2019 |
Commander of the Bundeswehr Operations Command | B 9 | EinsFüKdoBw | Lieutenant General | Erich Pfeffer | Oct. 1, 1958 | Nov 4, 2015 |
Army inspector | B 9 | army | Lieutenant General | Alfons Mais | Apr 24, 1962 | Feb 13, 2020 |
Deputy of the inspector of the army and commander in the command of the army | B 9 | army | Lieutenant General | Johann Langenegger | 17th May 1958 | 30 Aug 2018 |
Commander German units of multinational corps / basic military organization in command of the army | B 9 | army | Lieutenant General | Stephan Thomas | Oct 22, 1957 | 31 Aug 2018 |
Air Force Inspector | B 9 | air force | Lieutenant General | Ingo Gerhartz | Dec 9, 1965 | 29 May 2018 |
Deputy Inspector of the Air Force | B 9 | air force | Lieutenant General | Ansgar Rieks | May 29, 1959 | 28 Sep 2017 |
Commander Center Air Operations and Executive Director Joint Air Power Competence Center in Kalkar |
B 9 | air force | Lieutenant General | Klaus Habersetzer | July 11, 1957 | Sep 24 2018 |
Commanding General Air Force Command | B 9 | air force | Lieutenant General | Helmut Schütz | Dec 25, 1956 | Sep 24 2015 |
Navy inspector | B 9 | marine | Vice admiral | Andreas Krause | Oct 11, 1956 | Nov 1, 2014 |
Deputy to the Inspector of the Navy and Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces | B 9 | marine | Vice admiral | Rainer Brinkmann | 3rd Mar 1958 | Nov 1, 2014 |
Force Base Inspector | B 9 | Force Base | Lieutenant General | Martin Schelleis | Oct 15, 1959 | Oct 6, 2015 |
Deputy Inspector of the Armed Forces Base | B 9 | Force Base | Lieutenant General | Jürgen Weigt | Nov 14, 1957 | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Commander Multinational Command Operational Command | B 9 | Force Base | Lieutenant General | Jürgen Knappe | Feb 13, 1957 | Feb. 1, 2018 |
Cyber and information space inspector | B 9 | Cyber and information space | Lieutenant General | Ludwig Leinhos | June 8, 1956 | April 1, 2017 |
Deputy of the inspector cyber and information space | B 7 | Cyber and information space | Major general | Jürgen Setzer | Oct 5, 1960 | April 1, 2018 |
Inspector of the medical service | B 9 | Central medical service | Chief Medical Officer | Ulrich Baumgärtner | 4th July 1960 | 25 Sep 2018 |
Deputy of the inspector of the medical service of the Bundeswehr and commander of health facilities | B 7 | Central medical service | General Staff Doctor | Stephan Schoeps | Apr 18, 1958 | Jan. 1, 2016 |
German generals and admirals within NATO
According to the "Peacetime Establishment" (for example "Peace Establishment Plan") of NATO, the following top service posts will be filled by Germany:
- Chief of Staff SHAPE
- A B 10 position alternately for the Commander in Chief Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum or the Deputy Commander in Chief Allied Command Transformation .
In addition, Germany sends its
- Military representative (DMV) in the NATO military committee and in the EU military committee .
According to section 14 of the budget of the Federal Republic of Germany 2014, the following positions within the NATO command structure can also be filled by a German officer :
- One position alternately for the commanding general of the EUROKORPS or the deputy commanding general or the chief of staff of this command authority.
- One position alternately for the commanding general of the "Multinational Corps Northeast" or the deputy commanding general or the chief of staff of this command authority.
- One position alternately for the commanding general of the German / Dutch corps or the deputy commanding general of this command authority.
- One position alternately for the Chief of Staff (COS) of the Allied Air Force or the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (DCOS OPS) of this command authority.
- One post alternately for the commander of the NATO early warning fleet at SHAPE or the commander of the NATO AEW association (E-3A).
A post holder B 9 is on leave for the civilian international staff (IS) of NATO.
The list also includes posts in NATO that are currently [out of date] with German generals / admirals.
Posts | BGr 1 | Rank | owner | birthday | NATO / EU / multinational corps | Entry into service |
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Chief of Staff SHAPE , Mons , Belgium | B 10 | general | Markus Kneip | May 23, 1956 | NATO | July 12, 2017 |
Commander Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum , The Netherlands | B 10 | general | Jörg Vollmer | Sep 7 1957 | NATO | Apr 22, 2020 |
Director General of the International Military Staff of NATO, Brussels, Belgium | B 9 | Lieutenant General | Hans-Werner Wiermann | Feb 20, 1958 | NATO | 1st July 2019 |
German Military Representative (DMV) in the NATO Military Committee and the EU Military Committee , Brussels , Belgium | B 9 | Vice admiral | Klaus-Michael Nelte | 26 Sep 1958 | NATO / EU | 1st July 2019 |
Chief of Staff (COS) Resolute Support in Kabul | B 9 | Lieutenant General | Thorsten Poschwatta | 1961 | NATO | Apr 1, 2020 |
Deputy Chief of Staff CIS and Cyber Defense SHAPE , Mons , Belgium | B 7 | Major general | Wolfgang Renner | Feb 3, 1958 | NATO | April 1, 2018 |
Deputy Commander (DCOM) Eurocorps , Strasbourg , France | B 7 | Major general | Josef Blotz | Nov 22, 1956 | Army / multinational corps | Oct. 1, 2019 |
Commanding General, 1st German-Dutch Corps , Münster | B 9 | Lieutenant General | Andreas Marlow | May 29, 1963 | Army / multinational corps | Feb 6, 2020 |
Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) Operation & Training 1st German-Dutch Corps , Münster | B 6 | Brigadier General | Michael Schoy | Army / multinational corps | 1st July 2018 | |
Chief of Staff Multinational Corps North-East, Szczecin, Poland | B 6 | Brigadier General | Wolf-Jürgen Stahl | Feb. 29, 1964 | Army / multinational corps | 17th Aug 2018 |
Deputy Chief of Staff (DCoS) Plans Multinational Corps North-East, Szczecin, Poland | B 6 | Brigadier General | Kay Brinkmann | 1961 | Army / multinational corps | 1st July 2018 |
Deputy Commander at Headquarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps in Lille, France | B 7 | Major general | Gert-Johannes Hagemann | Jan. 27, 1958 | Army / multinational corps | Oct 1, 2016 |
Chief of Staff Headquarters Allied Air Command , Ramstein , Germany | B 7 | Major general | Karsten Stoye | May 23, 1962 | NATO | 1st Mar 2019 |
Commander of the NATO Joint Warfare Center , Stavanger , Norway | B 7 | Rear admiral | Jan Christian Kaack | Dec 24, 1962 | NATO | July 10, 2019 |
NATO Maritime Air Commander in Allied Maritime Command, Northwood, GBR | B 6 | Flotilla admiral | Hans-Jörg Detlefsen | NATO | June 27, 2019 | |
Vice Chairman of the NATO Air and Missile Defense Committee, Brussels, Belgium | B 7 | Major general | Lutz Kohlhaus | May 14, 1961 | NATO | Sep 1 2019 |
Chief of Staff, NATO Joint Force Command, Norfolk , USA | B 6 | Flotilla admiral | Stefan Pauly | NATO | Oct. 1, 2019 | |
Assistant Chief of Staff J9 Allied Joint Force Command Naples , Italy | B 6 | Brigadier General | Peter Klement | 1959 | NATO | July 1, 2020 |
Innovation Champion at Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Headquarters , Norfolk , USA | B 6 | Brigadier General | Klaus Dieter Kohl | NATO | Jan. 2020 | |
Deputy Assistant Secretary General Defense Policy and Planning Division in the NATO International Military Staff in Brussels, Belgium | B 7 | Major general | Jörg See | Apr 13, 1967 | NATO | 1st May 2019 |
Director of Academic Plans & Policy at NATO Defense College , Rome , Italy | B 6 | Brigadier General | Rolf Wagner | June 23, 1959 | NATO | Sep 1 2018 |
Commander NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force Command , Geilenkirchen | B 7 | Major general | Jörg Lebert | 1960 | NATO | 1st July 2018 |
General Manager NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Program Management Agency (NAPMA) , Brunssum, The Netherlands | B 6 | Brigadier General | Michael Gschossmann | May 23, 1962 | NATO | Jan. 1, 2019 |
General Manager NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA), Brussels, Belgium | B 6 | Brigadier General | Volker Sammans | NATO | ||
Director of Logistics Operations, NATO Support and Procurement Agency | B 6 | Brigadier General | Rudolf Maus | Apr 18, 1958 | NATO | Jan. 5, 2015 |
Head of Department 2 (Military Policy) German Representation NATO, Brussels, Belgium | B 6 | Brigadier General | Marcus Ellermann | NATO | Oct. 1, 2017 | |
Director of the NATO Center of Excellence for Military Medicine (MILMED COE), Budapest , Hungary | B 6 | General doctor | Dirk-Friedrich Klagges | Oct 11, 1960 | NATO | 1st July 2019 |
Assistant Chief of Staff J 1 SHAPE, Mons, Belgium | B 6 | Brigadier General | Friedhelm Tränapp | 1963 | NATO | 1st July 2019 |
National Military Representive SHAPE , Mons, Belgium | B 6 | Brigadier General | Udo Schnittker | 1959 | NATO | 1st July 2019 |
Deputy MilRep and Chief of Staff at the German Military Representative in the NATO Military Committee and the EU | B 6 | Brigadier General | Wolfgang Vienna | NATO | Jan. 1, 2017 | |
Deputy Chief of Staff Operations at NATO's Allied Land Command , Izmir , Turkey | B 6 | Brigadier General | Uwe Alexander Becker | May 6, 1963 | NATO | June 2019 |
German generals and admirals in other alliance and partner organizations
Posts | owner | |||||
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designation | BGr 1 | organization | Rank | Surname | birthday | Entry into service |
Vice President for Military Affairs | B 7 | Federal Intelligence Service , Berlin , Germany | Major general | Werner Sczesny | 1960 | Apr 4, 2016 |
Vice-President for Central Tasks and Modernization and representative of the President | B 6 | Federal Intelligence Service , Berlin , Germany | Brigadier General | Michael Baumann | 1956 | 2019 |
Chief of Staff | B 6 | European Air Transport Command , Eindhoven , Netherlands | Brigadier General | Andreas Schick | June 3, 1961 | June 28, 2017 |
Deputy Director | B 6 | European Air Group , High Wycombe , UK | Brigadier General | Stefan Scheibl | 1st July 2018 | |
Director Concepts and Capabilities | B 6 | European Union Military Staff , Brussels , Belgium | Brigadier General | Heinz Krieb | Dec 13, 1956 | Sep 1 2014 |
Head of the German Liaison Command | B 6 | United States Central Command , Tampa ( Florida ), USA | Brigadier General | Andreas Delp | 17th May 1964 | 1st July 2018 |
Chief of Staff | B 6 | US Army Europe , Wiesbaden , Germany | Brigadier General | Jared Sembritzki | Apr 5, 1969 | May 8, 2020 |
Director | B 6 | Multinational Medical Coordination Center , Koblenz , Germany | General doctor | Stefan Kowitz | May 11, 1959 | 1st July 2019 |
Military Advisor to the EU Delegation to the USA and Canada , Washington DC | B 6 | EU | Brigadier General | Fritz Jürgen Urbach | Jan. 2020 |
German generals and admirals in military attaché service
There are currently five posts for military attachés to be filled with brigadier generals or flotilla admirals.
Posts | owner | ||||
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place | BGr 1 | Rank | Surname | birthday | Entry into service |
German Embassy Beijing , Beijing , People's Republic of China | B 6 | Brigadier General | Jürgen Karl Uchtmann | 1959 | Aug 1, 2017 |
German Embassy Paris , Paris , France | B 6 | Brigadier General | Werner Albl | Sep 11 1965 | Aug 1, 2017 |
German Embassy London , London , Great Britain | B 6 | Brigadier General | Ralf Raddatz | Oct 6, 1958 | Aug 1, 2017 |
German Embassy Moscow , Moscow , Russia | B 6 | Brigadier General | Ernst-Peter Horn | 1958 | Sep 1 2018 |
German Embassy Washington, DC , Washington, DC , USA | B 6 | Brigadier General | Frank Graefe | Sep 1 2019 |
See also
- List of generals and admirals in the Bundeswehr
- List of generals in the army of the Bundeswehr
- List of generals in the German Air Force
- List of German admirals
- List of active major general in the Bundeswehr
- List of generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr on foreign deployments
- Structure of the Bundeswehr
Web links
- Personnel changes in military and civilian top positions - with the latest news on personnel management. In: Bundeswehr.
- Organizational plan. In: BMVg. April 1, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2017 Federal Budget - Section 14. (PDF) Federal Ministry of Defense , pp. 132–140 , accessed on August 16, 2017 (budget note on title 423 01).