General Wolfgang Schneiderhan

General Wolfgang Schneiderhan was born in Riedlingen/Donau on 26 July 1946.

Military Career

04 April 1966	Entry into the Bundeswehr at Dornstadt near Ulm Armour officer training
1972 - 1974	Youth information officer 10th Armoured Division in Sigmaringen
1974 - 1977	Company commander with Armoured Battalion 293 in Stetten am Kalten Markt
1977 - 1979	20th Command and General Staff Officer Course (Army) at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg
1979 - 1981	Assistant Branch Chief (GS) in the Armed Forces Staff (military intelligence)
1981 - 1983	Assistant Chief of Staff, G 3, Operations, Home Defence Brigade 55 in Böblingen
1983 - 1986	Senior officer, G 3, Operations, at NATO Headquarters Central Europe in Brunssum, Netherlands
1986 - 1988	Commanding Officer Armoured Battalion 553 in Stetten am Kalten Markt.
1988 - 1990	Chief of Staff, 4th Mechanized Infantry Division in Regensburg
1990 - 1992	Senior officer responsible for arms control at NATO Headquarters in Brussels
1992 - 1994	Director Army Doctrine at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg
1994 - 1997	Commanding Officer Armoured Brigade 39 “Thüringen” in Erfurt
1997 - 1999	ACOS “Force-Planning” Armed Forces Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn/Berlin
1999 - 2000	ACOS “Politico-Military Affairs”, Armed Forces Staff, Ministry of Defence, Bonn/Berlin
2000 - 2002	Chief Policy Planning and advisory staff, Ministry of Defence, Berlin
2002 -	Chief of the Defence Staff

Promotions:

1 October 1968	Second Lieutenant
1 April 1971	First Lieutenant
1 April 1974	Captain
1 October 1979	Major
27 October 1982	Lieutenant Colonel
1 October 1989	Colonel
1 October 1996	Brigadier General
1 April 1999	Major General
1 July 2000	Lieutenant General
1 July 2002	General

 

Medals and Decorations

Gold Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr

Family

General Schneiderhan is married to Elke Schneiderhan, née Speckhardt; he has three sons and two daughters.

Private interests

• Contemporary history
• Music