Rudiger Drews

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Rüdiger Drews (born February 12, 1942 in Rastenburg , East Prussia ) is a former lieutenant general in the Bundeswehr .

Life

Rüdiger Drews, son of Major General Werner Drews , joined the Bundeswehr in 1962. From 1988 to 1990 he was a liaison officer with Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker . From 1990 to 1991 he commanded the 8th Panzer Brigade , from 1994 to 1998 the 10th Panzer Division and from 1998 to his retirement in 2002 the Army Command . From 2002 to 2010 he was then President of the Kuratorium Ehrenmal des German Army .

Drews studied Medieval and Modern History, Philosophy and Literary Studies.

Publications

  • Ludwig Windthorst. A Catholic tribune against Bismarck. A biography. Pustet, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7917-2408-9 .

literature

  • Dermot Bradley , Heinz-Peter Würzenthal, Hansgeorg Model : The Generals and Admirals of the Bundeswehr 1955-1999. The military careers. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1998, Vol. 1, pp. 407-408.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ President of the Board of Trustees, Memorial of the German Army