Norbert van Heyst

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Norbert van Heyst in 2003

Norbert van Heyst (born June 24, 1944 in Rengsdorf / Neuwied) is a former lieutenant general . D. of the army of the Bundeswehr . Van Heyst became known after the end of his service as the main author of the so-called Heyst report, an inventory of the problems with foreign missions of the Bundeswehr.

Military career

In April 1963, van Heyst joined the telecommunications force as an officer candidate , where he worked in various positions as platoon leader , S1 and S2 officer and company commander in telecommunications battalions 110 in Borken and 130 in Coesfeld . Van Heyst participated from October 1974 to September 1976 in the 17th national general staff / admiral staff course of the army at the command academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg . He then worked as a G3 (training) in the Army Office and as a consultant in the planning department in the command staff of the Army of the Federal Ministry of Defense .

After his use as commander of the Telecommunications Battalion 12 in Veitshöchheim from April 1982 to March 1984, he was used as a G1 of the 5th Panzer Division , G1 of the III. Corps and Head of Unit for Central Personnel Matters for Army Officers in the Federal Ministry of Defense.

From March 1991 to March 1993 van Heyst was the first commander in command of Panzer Brigade 39 “Thuringia” in Erfurt .

During his employment as Head of the Organization Department in the Army Command, he was promoted to Brigadier General in April 1993 . From August 1994 he was head of the planning department in the command staff of the armed forces and from August 1997 chief of staff in the command staff of the army, now as major general .

From March 2000 van Heyst served with the I. German-Dutch Corps in Münster , first as Deputy Commanding General, from July 2002 then as Commanding General with the rank of Lieutenant General. On June 30, 2005, Van Heyst handed over command of the corps to the Dutch Lieutenant General Tony van Diepenbrugge and was retired on July 1, 2005 with a major tattoo in front of Nordkirchen Castle by the then Defense Minister Peter Struck .

commitment

Van Heyst was Commander ISAF III in Afghanistan from February 10 to August 11, 2003 .

"Heyst Report"

In a decree by State Secretary Peter Wichert on February 9, 2007, Van Heyst was asked to lead an independent working group to analyze the planning and management of the Bundeswehr's foreign missions and to identify potential for improvement. Together with GenLt a. D. Hans-Werner Jarosch (most recently deputy to the air force inspector ), GenLt a. D. Ulf von Krause (most recently Commander of the Armed Forces Support Command ), retired GenStArzt. D. Peter Fraps (most recently Chief Medical Officer of the Bundeswehr ), GenMaj a. D. Reinhart Hoppe (last commander of the air transport command ), FltlAdm a. D. Viktor Toyka (most recently Deputy Commander of the Command Academy of the Bundeswehr and Director of Courses) and Brigadier General a. D. Bernd Kiesheyer (most recently deputy commander 7th Panzer Division ) carried out the required investigation from February 2007. The working group visited eleven agencies and interviewed 22 senior military superiors.

A 55-page report was presented to Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung in July 2007 under the official title “Foreign missions of the Bundeswehr” .

The working group came to the conclusion that the Bundeswehr generally handles its missions well, enjoys a high international reputation and that the command structures are fundamentally set up correctly. The paper, often cited as the “Heyst Report”, criticizes considerable bureaucratic obstacles and a lack of coordination within the Bundeswehr. Process and organizational problems can be observed both horizontally between the armed forces / military organizational areas and between the command authorities involved , and vertically between the management levels.

One of the demands that has now been implemented was the creation of the operational command staff .

Awards

family

Van Heyst is married and has a son and a daughter.

swell

  • Sources Vita:
  • curriculum vitae. Lieutenant General Norbert van Heyst. I. German-Dutch Corps, archived from the original on October 12, 2003 ; accessed on October 13, 2015 .
  • Sources report "Foreign missions of the Bundeswehr"

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Change of Command and Grand Tattoo for the Commander of the 1 (German / Netherlands) Corps. Lieutenant General Norbert van Heyst. I. (DE / NL) Corps, June 30, 2005, archived from the original on October 29, 2007 ; accessed on October 13, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Chronology of the mission in Afghanistan (ISAF). In: Current missions. Bundeswehr, August 28, 2006, archived from the original on October 6, 2006 ; accessed on October 13, 2015 .
predecessor Office successor
Hilmi Akın Zorlu Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
February 10, 2003 - August 10, 2003 		Götz Gliemeroth
personal data
SURNAME Heyst, Norbert van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Rengsdorf , Neuwied