Planning staff of the Federal Minister of Defense
The planning staff of the Federal Minister of Defense ( PlStab ) was responsible for supporting the management in long-term military strategic and defense policy basic planning by developing thought models and analyzes. It was formed on September 19, 1968 and began work on May 16, 1969. As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr , the planning team was dissolved on April 1, 2012. The staff had around 30 employees and reported directly to the minister. It was led by a lieutenant general , vice admiral , ministerial director or an employed civil servant of the same salary.
History and tasks
The planning staff was one of the management staff of the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) and directly supported the Federal Minister in the performance of his duties. He advised on all decision proposals of the military and civil departments of the BMVg, accompanied the implementation of the decisions of the minister and implemented his political guidelines in concepts, speeches and articles.
The planning staff prepared speeches, articles and policy documents such as the White Paper or the Defense Policy Guidelines according to the minister’s specifications . In addition, he had an advisory role in fundamental security-political and military-strategic issues and worked out analyzes, model considerations and concepts on selected issues and checked templates from the company for the management of the ministry.
As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr, the planning team was dissolved on April 1, 2012 and was merged into the new Politics department of the BMVg, which was headed by the previous head of the planning team, Ulrich Schlie .
construction
In order to fulfill these tasks, the planning staff was divided into nine work areas, which - apart from the processing of individual personnel and troop service matters - reflected all the areas of responsibility represented in the departments and staffs of the Federal Ministry of Defense:
- Work area 1: Central tasks, speeches and articles by ministers, public relations
- Work area 2: Transatlantic Security Policy and NATO
- Work area 3: European security policy, Bundeswehr deployments in Europe and Africa
- Work area 4: Bundeswehr missions outside Europe and Africa, international situation, crises and conflicts, United Nations,
- Work area 5: Personnel, internal leadership and training
- Work area 6: armaments, logistics
- Work area 7: Household, Social Affairs, Law and Defense Administration
- Work area 8: Conception, Bundeswehr planning, organization, controlling and profitability
- Work area 9: OSCE, arms control and non-proliferation policy, international terrorism, security policy, studies and cooperation with institutes
ladder
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment | under minister |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo summer | December 1969 | June 1970 | Helmut Schmidt (SPD) |
| 2 | Ministerial Director Hans-Georg Wieck | July 1970 | February 1974 | Georg Leber (SPD) Helmut Schmidt (SPD) |
| 3 | Vice Admiral Rolf Steinhaus | February 1974 | June 1976 | Georg Leber (SPD) |
| 4th | Ministerial Director Walther Stützle | November 1976 | October 1982 |
Hans Apel (SPD) Georg Leber (SPD) |
| 5 | Ministerial Director Hans Rühle | October 1982 | December 1988 | Manfred Wörner (CDU) |
| 6th | Lieutenant General Jörg Schönbohm | January 1989 | October 1990 | Gerhard Stoltenberg (CDU) |
| 7th | Ministerial Director Peter Wichert | October 1990 | April 1991 | Gerhard Stoltenberg (CDU) |
| 8th | Major General Wolfgang Schade | May 1991 | March 1992 | Gerhard Stoltenberg (CDU) |
| 9 | Lieutenant General Rolf Hüttel | April 1992 | August 1992 | Volker Rühe (CDU) |
| 10 | Vice Admiral Ulrich Weisser | September 1992 | December 1998 | Volker Rühe (CDU) |
| 11 | Lieutenant General Harald Kujat | January 1999 | September 2000 | Rudolf Scharping (SPD) |
| 12 | Lieutenant General Wolfgang Schneiderhan | October 2000 | June 2002 | Rudolf Scharping (SPD) |
| 13 | Franz HU Borkenhagen | July 2002 | November 2005 | Peter Struck ( SPD ) |
| 14th | Ministerial Director Ulrich Schlie | November 2005 | March 31, 2012 |
Franz Josef Jung ( CDU ) Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg ( CSU ) Thomas de Maizière (CDU) |