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General Harald Kujat
Chair of the Military Committee
03 July 2002 - 17 June 2005
03 July 2002 - 17 June 2005
Born on 1 March 1942 in Mielke (Western Prussia).
Raised near Hannover (Lower Saxony).
Graduated from academic secondary school in Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein).
Military Career
| 1959 - 1972 | Basic flight training, Instructor in non commissioned officer training, Platoon leader, Company executive officer, Personnel officer |
| 1972 - 1975 | Aide-de-camp to the Federal Minister of Defence, Bonn |
| 1975 - 1977 | 20th General Staff Course (Air Force), Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg |
| 1977 | Section Chief (A3a), Air Force Support Command North, Münster |
| 1977 - 1978 | Military Assistant to the Federal Minister of Defence, Bonn |
| 1978 - 1980 | Assistant Branch Chief (Operational Doctrines, Air Forces), Armed Forces Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn |
| 1980 - 1984 | Assistant Branch Chief (Security Policy, Strategy), Office of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn |
| 1985 - 1988 | Commander, 2nd Battalion, Air Force Training Regiment 1, Appen |
| 1988 | NATO Defense College (Course 72), Rome |
| 1988 - 1990 | Section Chief (NATO Force Planning, Air Forces), Staff of the German Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee, Brussels |
| 1990 - 1992 | Branch Chief (Nuclear and Global Arms Control), Armed Forces Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn |
| 1992 - 1995 | Chief of Staff and Deputy German Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee and Western European Union, Brussels |
| 1995 | Deputy Chief of Staff (Military Policy and Strategy), Armed Forces Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn |
| 1996 | Director, IFOR Co-ordination Centre (ICC) SHAPE, Belgium |
| 1996 - 1998 | Assistant Director, International Military Staff (Plans & Policy) and Deputy Director IMS, NATO Headquarters, Brussels |
| 1998 - 2000 | Director Policy and Advisory Staff to the German Minister of Defence, Berlin |
| 2000 - 2002 | Chief of Staff, Federal Armed Forces, Berlin |
| From July 2002 | Chairman of the NATO Military Committee |
Promotions
| 29 Oct 1965 | Lieutenant |
| 01 Apr 1968 | First Lieutenant |
| 21 Jan 1971 | Captain |
| 29 Oct 1974 | Major |
| 01 Apr 1979 | Lieutenant Colonel |
| 01 Oct 1988 | Colonel |
| 30 Sep 1992 | Brigadier General |
| 01 Apr 1995 | Major General |
| 10 Nov 1998 | Lieutenant General |
| 01 July 2000 | General |
Honorars and Awards
- Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit of the federal Republic of Germany
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Gold Cross of Honour of the German Armed Forces
- Service Medal on behalf of the flood of 1962, donated by the Senate of Hamburg
- XIRKA GIEHR – REPUBBLIKA of the Republic of Malta
- Commander’s Cross of the “Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur” of the French Republic
- Commander’s Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Order of the Cross of the Eagle, 1 Class of the Republic of Estonia
- NATO Meritorious Service Medal for exceptional service with NATO.
- Russian Federation Ministry of Defence medal “For strengthening of brotherhood of arms”.
- Legion of Merit of the United States of America
- Gold Medal of the Polish Armed Forces
- Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit, Military Division of Hungary
- Le Grand Cordon de l’Ordre de Léopold of Belgium
Family
Married to Sabine Kujat (née Becker); three children.
Personal Interests
Photography and horseback riding.
