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Chief
of Staff
2004-2007
General Rainer Schuwirth
Born 12 July 1945 in Regensburg, Bavaria. Grew up in Regensburg
and Bonn. Graduated from academic secondary school in Bonn in
1964.
Married to the former Barbara Hackbarth. One son, one daughter.
| 01 April 1964 |
Enlisted in the Federal Armed Forces. |
| Until 1966 |
Artillery Officer training |
| 1966 – 1976 |
Assignments as Artillery Officer and Honest John Battery
Commander. |
| 1976 – 1978 |
Federal Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Hamburg. |
| 1978 – 1981 |
G 2 Staff Officer (Intelligence Estimates) at HQ CENTAG,
Heidelberg. |
| 1981 – 1983 |
G3 Staff Officer (Operations) at III Corps in Koblenz. |
| 1983 – 1985 |
Commander, Missile Artillery Bn 150 (LANCE) in Wesel. |
| 1985 – 1988 |
Assistant Branch Chief (Military Leadership and Civic
Education) in the Armed Forces Staff, Federal Ministry of
Defence, Bonn. |
| 1988 – 1990 |
Military Assistant to the Federal Minister of Defence. |
| 1990 – 1991 |
Branch Chief (Military Policy) in the Armed Forces Staff,
Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn. |
| 1991 – 1993 |
Commander, Armoured Brigade 8 in Lüneburg. |
| 1994 – 1996 |
Head of the Military Policy Division, German Permanent
Mission to NATO in Brussels. |
| 1996 – 1999 |
Assistant Chief of Staff Armed Forces Staff Politico-Military
Affairs and Operations, Federal Ministry of Defence Bonn. |
| 1999 – 2001 |
Commanding General IV Corps, Potsdam. |
| 2001 – 2004 |
Director General European Union Military Staff |
| 22. September 2004 |
Appointed Chief of Staff SHAPE |
Honours and awards
- Silver Cross of Honour of the Federal Armed Forces
- Gold Cross of Honour of the Federal Armed Forces
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of
Germany
- Commander de l’Ordre National de Mérite
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of
Germany (First Class)
- Gold medal of the Polish Armed Forces
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