Rolf Hüttel

Rolf Hüttel (* 1934 ) is a German officer ( Lieutenant General retired).

Life

After graduating from high school and studying for a job, Hüttel joined the armed forces in 1957 . After that he was used as an officer in the tank grenadiers . From 1975 to 1977 he continued his education at the Science and Politics Foundation (SWP). In 1977 he joined the NATO military committee in Washington, DC. From 1979 to 1982 he worked on the command staff of the armed forces (Fü S) in Bonn. From 1982 to 1984 he was in command of the 13th Panzer Grenadier Brigade . From 1984 he worked again in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg). From 1989 to 1992 he was the German military representative at the NATO military committee. In 1992 he became head of the planning staff of the Federal Minister of Defense (PlStab) Volker Rühe in Bonn.

Awards

• 1986: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• 2009: Ordre national du Mérite (Commandeur)
• 2010: Melvin Jones Fellow of the Lions Club

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Ehlert : Army without a future. The end of the NVA and German unity. Contemporary witness reports and documents (= military history of the GDR . Volume 3). Links, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-86153-265-4 , p. 562.
2. ↑ National Order of Merit to Lieutenant General a. D. Rolf Hüttel ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , French Embassy, ​​May 2, 2012. 

predecessor	Office	successor
Major General Wolfgang Schade	Head of the Planning Staff of the Federal Minister of Defense 1992	Vice Admiral Ulrich Weisser