Roland Ertl (officer)
Roland Hans Ertl (born July 23, 1945 in Bad Hall , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian soldier. He was Chief of the General Staff and thus the highest ranking officer in the Austrian Armed Forces .
Life
After training as an officer, Ertl began his military career as a platoon and company commander in a training regiment in Salzburg . After deployments abroad on the Golan and in Damascus , he completed the general staff course from 1979 to 1982. In the 1980s he received his military training in the USA , from 1982 to 1992 he worked in the replenishment department of the Federal Ministry of Defense . From 1993 Ertl was a military advisor at the UN in New York , and in 2000 he became the commandant of the Salzburg military command. He was followed in December 2002 by Paul Kritsch . From December 1, 2002 until his retirement on November 30, 2007, Roland Ertl was Chief of the General Staff. On October 21, 2005, he was appointed Commander of the French Legion of Honor in Paris by the French Chief of Staff, General Henri Bentégeat . He is an honorary member of the Austrian Army Sports Association (ÖHSV).
Awards (excerpt)
- Large Silver Medal of Honor with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (2008)
- Great badge of honor for services to the Republic of Austria
- Military service mark 1st class
- Military service mark 2nd class
- Military service badge 3rd class
- Military service medal in bronze
- Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna (2005)
- Commandeur of the French Legion of Honor (2005)
- Order of King Petar Krešimir IV (2009)
Others
Ertl lives in Salzburg , is married and has three children.
Web links
- Literature by and about Roland Ertl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Federal Ministry for National Defense
- Ceremony for the handover
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honorary members of the OEHSV. Retrieved December 2, 2015 .
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
Chiefs of the General Staff (since 2002):
Roland Ertl (2002–07) |
Edmund Entacher (2007–11) |
Othmar Commenda (2011 interim.) |
Edmund Entacher (2011–13) |
Othmar Commenda (2013–2018) |
Robert Brieger (2018–)
General troop inspectors (until 2002):
Erwin Fussenegger (1956–70) |
Otto Seitz (1970–71) |
Anton Leeb (1971-77) |
Hubert Wingelbauer (1977–81) |
Heinz Scharff (1981–86) |
Othmar Tauschitz (1986–90) |
Karl Majcen (1990-99) |
Horst Pleiner (1999-2002)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ertl, Roland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ertl, Roland Hans (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian military, chief of the general staff and senior officer in the Austrian Armed Forces |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Hall , Upper Austria |