Colonel  Pascal Pütz

Pascal Pütz was born in Luxembourg in 1971.

In 1996, he graduated from the French Military Academy “École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr” (promotion Maréchal Lannes) with a master’s degree in international relations.

In 1997, following his training as an Infantry and Reconnaissance officer at the French Infantry School in Montpellier, he joined the “Centre d’instruction militaire” in Luxembourg where he followed his early career as a Reconnaissance Platoon commander and Instructor (1997-2003), with operational deployments to Bosnia (SFOR, 1998/99) and Kosovo (KFOR 2000/01).

After accomplishment of the French Army Staff Officer course in Compiègne in 2003, he was appointed Reconnaissance Company Commander from 2003 to 2005 before being nominated as the Head of the Luxembourg Arms Control Agency (GIVO). As such, he led several multinational CFE inspection teams to Ukraine and the Russian Federation, amongst others.

Following his tour as a Battalion operations officer (S3) from 2007 to 2008, he deployed to Lebanon in February 2008 as the Chief Tactical Operations Commander of the UNIFIL – BELUBAT II contingent.

Upon return, then LtCol Pascal Pütz joined the European Union Military Staff as a Senior National Expert in the Chairman of the Military Committee Support Branch from 2008 to 2012.

He graduated from the Belgian Royal Military Academy General Staff Officers course in 2013 with a “Master ès arts en sciences politiques et militaires” (Master 2).

Assistant Planner within the Luxembourg General Staff from 2013 to 2014, LtCol (GS) Pascal Pütz was appointed as the Head of Plans & Policy branch as of January 2015. As such, he substantially contributed to the Luxembourg Defence & Armed Forces reorganization efforts and to Luxembourg’s contribution to NATO’s Defence Investment Pledge, subsequently to the 2014 Wales Summit.

He was nominated Aide-de-Camp to Her Royal Highness, Grande-Duchesse Maria-Theresa, in April 2016.

From September 2017 to August 2019, LtCol (GS) Pascal Pütz has been the Military Assistant to the CHOD.

He was appointed Deputy Military Representative to the EUMC from September 2019 to August 2020.

On 1 Sep 2020, he took responsibility as the National Military Representative to SHAPE and the Deputy Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee.

LtCol (GS) Pascal Pütz has been appointed to become the Military Representative of Luxembourg to NATO and the EU as of 1 September 2024. He will be promoted to Colonel on that same day.

Pascal Pütz has 4 children and lives with his partner Cerasela.

He enjoys football, mountaineering, skiing and, occasionally, Georgian wine.