Klaus Naumann

Klaus Naumann
Naumann in 1993
Born	(1939-05-25) 25 May 1939 Munich
Allegiance	Germany
Years of service	1958 - 1999
Rank	General

Klaus Naumann (born May 25, 1939 in Munich) is a retired German General, who served as Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, from 1991 to 1996, and as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1996 to 1999, succeeding the British general Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill. He testified against Slobodan Milošević in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He attended as a course member the Royal College of Defence Studies in London.^[1]

Awards and decorations

Naumann is considered the most decorated German soldier since World War II. His medals and decorations include:

Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr in Gold
Manfred Wörner Medal
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
Grand Cross of Military Merit in white (Spain)
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Commander's Cross with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
Defense Medal First Class (Hungary)
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
Commander with Star of the Order of the Lion of Finland

References

↑ Official Biography

External links

Media related to Klaus Naumann at Wikimedia Commons

Klaus Naumann in the German National Library catalogue
Biography on BMVg website

Military offices
Preceded by Field Marshal Sir Richard Vincent	Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 14 February 1996 – 6 May 1999	Succeeded by Admiral Guido Venturoni
Preceded by Admiral Dieter Wellershoff	Chief of Staff of the Federal Armed Forces 1 October 1991 – 8 February 1996	Succeeded by General Hartmut Bagger

Inspectors General of the Bundeswehr

Adolf Heusinger Friedrich Foertsch Heinrich Trettner Ulrich de Maizière Armin Zimmermann Harald Wust Jürgen Brandt Wolfgang Altenburg Dieter Wellershoff Klaus Naumann Hartmut Bagger Hans-Peter von Kirchbach Harald Kujat Wolfgang Schneiderhan Volker Wieker

Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee

1949–1951 Omar Bradley
1951–1952 Etienne Baele
1952–1953 Charles Foulkes
1953–1954 E. J. C. Quistgaard
1954–1955 Augustin Guillaume
1955–1956 Stylianos Pallis
1956–1957 Giuseppe Mancinelli
1957–1958 B. R. P. F. Hasselman

1958–1959 Bjarne Øen
1959–1960 J. A. Beleza Ferras
1960–1960 Rustu Erdelhun
1960–1961 Louis Mountbatten
1961–1962 Lyman Lemnitzer
1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont
1963–1964 Adolf Heusinger
1964–1968 C. P. de Cumont

1968–1971 Nigel Henderson
1971–1974 Johannes Steinhoff
1974–1977 Peter Hill-Norton
1977–1980 H. F. Zeiner-Gundersen
1980–1983 Robert Hilborn Falls
1983–1986 Cornelis De Jager
1986–1989 Wolfgang Altenburg
1989–1993 Vigleik Eide

1993–1996 Richard Vincent
1996–1999 Klaus Naumann
1999–2002 Guido Venturoni
2002–2005 Harald Kujat
2005–2008 Ray Henault
2008–2011 Giampaolo Di Paola
2011–2015 Knud Bartels
2015–2016 Petr Pavel

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 111189629 LCCN: n94019831 GND: 13268053X NDL: 01127428

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