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Bjørn Bisserup
Bjørn Ingemann Bisserup (born 13 April 1960 in Copenhagen) is a Denmark, Danish General, who served as acting Chief of Defence (Denmark), Chief of Defence in 2009 and 2012, before becoming Chief of Defence in 2017. He left the role in December of 2020. Background He entered the Royal Danish Military Academy in 1982 and graduated in 1994, and also attended various courses at the Command and Staff Course I in 1991, and the Command and Staff Course II in 1994-1995 at the Royal Danish Defence College. He served as a Platoon Commander in 1995-1986, served as an Administration Officer in 1986, and served as commander of the 2IC Company in 1988-1989 in the Danish Life Regiment. He also served as an Operations and Intelligence Officer of Dancon, DANCON units at the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. In 1990, he served as a Squadron Commander of the 2IC in the Danish Life Regiment and served as a Battalion Operations Officer at the same regiment in 1990-1991. In 1991-1994, he ...
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Chief Of Defence (Denmark)
The Chief of Defence of Denmark (), acting under the statutory responsibility of the Minister of Defence, is the chief of defence and commander of the Royal Danish Army, the Royal Danish Navy and the Royal Danish Air Force. The Chief of Defence is the principal military adviser to the Minister of Defence and the head of the Defence Command. The Chief of Defence is the highest-ranking military officer on active duty in the Danish Armed Forces and has the rank of four-star General (or Admiral if from the Navy) (OF-9), and supervises roughly 93% of all military spending in Denmark. The Danish Home Guard and Defence intelligence is directly under the Ministry of Defence, only in times of war will the Home Guard Command be transferred to the Defence Command, and thus come under the authority of the Chief of Defence. The job was traditionally rotated evenly between the army, navy and air force. This tradition was abandoned in 2012. There is no fixed length of time associated with ...
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