Jörg Schönbohm

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Jörg Schönbohm at a CDU campaign rally in Berlin-Tegel

Jörg Schönbohm (born September 2, 1937 in Neu Golm) is a German politician (CDU) and a retired Lieutenant General. He was the first commander of the Bundeswehr Eastern Command in 1990, which supervised the absorption of the East German National People's Army into the Federal German armed forces. In 1991 he became the Inspector of the Army, the highest-ranking officer in the German Army; upon his retirement in 1992 he became Under Secretary for Security policy in the Federal Ministry of Defence. From 1996 to 1998 Schönbohm was Senator of the Interior for the city of Berlin, and from 1999 to 2009 he held the same office as Interior Minister for the state of Brandenburg.

Personal life

Schönbohm is Protestant, married with three children and resides in Kleinmachnow in Potsdam-Mittelmark. His brother Wulf is a CDU politician as well.

Award

2009 – Manfred Wörner Medal

Works

Jörg Schönbohm, Two Armies and One Fatherland: The End of the Nationale Volksarmee, Berghahn Books, 1996, ISBN 1-57181-069-2, ISBN 978-1-57181-069-4

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Official Bio: German Army

v t e Inspectors of the German Army

Hans Röttiger Alfred Zerbel Ulrich de Maizière Josef Moll Albert Schnez Ernst Ferber Horst Hildebrandt Johannes Poeppel Meinhard Glanz Hans-Henning von Sandrart Henning von Ondarza Jörg Schönbohm Helge Hansen Hartmut Bagger Helmut Willmann Gert Gudera Hans-Otto Budde Werner Freers Bruno Kasdorf

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Name	Schonbohm, Jorg
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Date of birth	September 2, 1937
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