General Volker Wieker
Chief of Defence – Germany
2010
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General Volker Wieker was born in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, on 1 March 1954.
Military Career
| 1 July 1974 | Joined the Bundeswehr, assigned to Armoured Artillery Battalion 315, Wildeshausen |
| 1976 – 1980 | Armoured artillery officer in Wildeshausen; studied surveying in Munich |
| 1980 – 1987 | Battery officer and battery commander with Armoured Artillery Battalion 315, Wildeshausen |
| 1987 – 1989 | Command and general staff officer training at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg |
| 1989 – 1991 | Assistant branch chief at the Federal Ministry of Defence, Personnel Directorate, Bonn |
| 1991 – 1992 | Student on the Command and General Staff Officer Course of the U.S. Army in Fort Leavenworth |
| 1992 – 1993 | Operations and training staff officer (G 3) with Armoured Brigade 21, Augustdorf |
| 1993 – 1996 | Commander, Armoured Artillery Battalion 215, Augustdorf |
| 1996 – 1997 | Assistant branch chief (Executive Group) in the Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn; in 1996, operations and training staff officer and Chief of the Operations Centre of the German Army Contingent IFOR, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1997 – 1999 | Senior military assistant to the Federal Minister of Defence, Bonn |
| 1999 – 2002 | Head of the "Army Development" working group at Army Staff, Bonn; Commander, Armoured Brigade 40 "Mecklenburg", Schwerin; in 2001, deployment with KFOR as Commander, Multinational Brigade South, and German National Commander in Chief, Prizren / Kosovo |
| 2002 – 2004 | Chief of Staff, Army Office, Cologne |
| 2004 – 2007 | Chief of Staff of the Army, Bonn |
| 2007 – 2008 | Deputy Commander, 1 German/Netherlands Corps, Münster |
| 2008 – 2010 | Commander, 1 German/Netherlands Corps, Münster; deployment as Chief of Staff, ISAF, Kabul |
| Since 21 January 2010 | 15th Chief of Staff, Bundeswehr |
Promotions
| 1977 | Second Lieutenant |
| 1979 | First Lieutenant |
| 1984 | Captain |
| 1990 | Major |
| 1993 | Lieutenant Colonel |
| 1997 | Colonel |
| 2002 | Brigadier General |
| 2004 | Major General |
| 2008 | Lieutenant General |
| 2010 | General |
Awards and Decorations
| 1996 | Bundeswehr Foreign Duty Medal (IFOR) |
| 1996 | NATO Service Medal |
| 1999 | Gold Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr |
| 2001 | Bundeswehr Foreign Duty Medal (KFOR) |
| 2001 | Order of Merit of Bulgaria |
| 2010 | Bundeswehr Foreign Duty Medal (ISAF) |
Marital Status
General Wieker is married to Sabine Wieker and has two children.
Private Interests
Sports, contemporary history