Chief of Staff ISAF

Generalmajor Hans-Lothar Domröse

Generalmajor Hans-Lothar Domröse was born in HANNOVER in 1952.

After passing the Abitur certificate (university entrance qualification) in BRAUNSCHWEIG in 1973, he joined the Bundeswehr the same year, signing up as a temporary career-volunteer with Panzergrenadier­bataillon 23 (Mechanized Infantry Battalion).

After his studies in economic science in HAMBURG and several officer assignments with Panzergrenadier­bataillon 82, LÜNEBURG, he participated in the Command and General Staff Officer Course at the Federal Armed Forces Command and Staff College in HAMBURG lasting from 1984 to 1986.

This was followed by several staff and operational service assignments:

1986 - 1988 Assistant Chief of Staff G2 with HQ Panzergrenadierbrigade 31 (Mechanized Infantry Brigade), OLDENBURG
1988 - 1989 Assistant Chief of Staff G3 with HQ Panzergrenadierbrigade 31, OLDENBURG
1989 - 1991 Executive Assistant of Director II at the Federal Chancellery, BONN
1991 - 1993 Commander of Fallschirmjägerbataillon 313 (Parachute Battalion), VAREL
1993 - 1995 Assistant Chief of Branch at the Policy Planning Staff, Federal Ministry of Defense, BONN
1995 - 1998 Chief of section at NATO HQ SHAPE, MONS/BELGIUM
1998 - 2000

Chief of Staff WBK VII / 13. Panzergrenadierdivision (Military District Command / Mechanized Infantry Division), LEIPZIG

  • This period included his assignment as Chief of Staff of Multinational Brigade South during the deployment of 3rd KFOR Contingent in PRIZREN/KOSOVO
2000 - 2004

Commander of Panzergrenadierbrigade 41 (Mechanized Infantry Brigade), VORPOMMERN, TORGELOW
This period included:

  • Disaster management within the framework of the urgent assistance provided during the ELBE flood disaster in August 2002;
  • His assignment as Chief of the German Liaison Detachment to the US HQ Central Command in TAMPA / FLORIDA from January to April 2003
2004 - 2006 Deputy of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Staff, Federal Ministry of Defense, BONN
Since 09 March 2006 Commander of „Division Spezielle Operationen“, REGENSBURG.

 

Generalmajor Domröse has been married since 1980. His wife Christina is a teacher. Their children Jesko and Nils are 24 and 19 years old, and they are students. The Domröse family lives in OLDENBURG.