Thorsten Puschmann
Thorsten Puschmann (born June 14, 1962 ) is a German soldier, Brigadier General of the Army of the Bundeswehr and, since October 1, 2019, project leader of the working group for the implementation of the results of the investigation of the procurement and usage organization in the Federal Ministry of Defense.
Military career
Training and first uses
Puschmann joined the German Armed Forces in 1982 as a recruit at Repair Battalion 11 in Delmenhorst . From 1982 to 1984 he completed his training as an officer in the repair troop . After studying at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg , he worked from 1988 to 1992 as a platoon leader , maintenance officer and company commander in the 11 repair battalion in Delmenhorst and Varel. He was then transferred to the Technical School of the Army in Aachen , where he was employed from 1992 to 1996 as a lecture hall director in the officer candidate course and as a staff officer S3 . Following Pusch man graduated from 1996 to 1998 the 39th General Staff slehrgang of the army at the Staff College in Hamburg.
Service as a staff officer
After completing the general staff course, Puschmann was employed from 1998 to 2001 as staff officer G3 / Secretary of the consilium and as head of controlling at the command and control academy of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg. Subsequently, from 2001 to 2003, he was the first ministerial consultant in the IT staff of the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) in Bonn . From 2003 to 2008 he was employed as a speaker in the office of State Secretary Peter Eickenboom at the BMVg in Berlin. From 2008 to 2009 Puschmann was employed as an account manager at BWI Informationstechnik GmbH . Subsequently, from 2009 to 2012, he was employed as Head of Unit M II / IT 1 in the Modernization Department of the BMVg in Bonn. During this time, Puschmann headed the “Ad-hoc Working Group on Improving Equipment in Afghanistan”. From 2012 to 2014 Puschmann headed the ministerial department SE III 2 “Equipment in action” at the BMVg in Berlin. From 2014 to 2017, he was employed as Head of Division in Division 221 “Armaments, Defense Administration” in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin.
Service as a general
On February 1, 2017, Puschmann became the successor of Brigadier General Erich Könen , head of combat at the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr in Koblenz . In this post, Puschmann was promoted to Brigadier General in April 2017. On October 1, 2019, Puschmann was assigned the task of the project manager of the working group to implement the results of the investigation into the procurement and usage organization of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Ministry of Defense.
Private
Puschmann is married and has two daughters.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Get up to date! Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Ulrike Demmer: The knights in the dragon castle . In: Der Spiegel . No. 12 , 2011, p. 34 ( online ).
- ↑ Personnel changes in top military and civilian positions - February 2017. Accessed on January 13, 2019 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puschmann, Thorsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soldier, Brigadier General of the Army of the Bundeswehr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1962 |