Walter Kolbow
Walter Kolbow (born 27 April 1944, in Spittal an der Drau) is a former Germans, German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD. He was Parliamentary State Secretary (1998-2005) in the Federal Ministry of Defense (Germany), Federal Ministry of Defense, as well as deputy chairman of SPD Parliamentary Group in German Bundestag (2005-2009). Early life and career After primary school in Ingolstadt and Ochsenfurt (Bavaria), Kolbow graduated from Röntgen-Gymnasium Würzburg in 1964 and subsequently served his compulsory military duty until 1966 at the German Air Force. Today he is Captain of the reserve. Afterwards, Kolbow studied law at the University of Würzburg and the German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer, German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer. In 1970 he obtained the ''Staatsexamen, Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen'' and in 1974 the ''Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen''. The year after, Kolbow started working for the local admi ...
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Federal Ministry Of Defense (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of Defence (german: Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, ), abbreviated BMVg, is a top-level federal agency, headed by the Federal Minister of Defence as a member of the Cabinet of Germany. The ministry is headquartered at the Hardthöhe district in Bonn and has a second office in the ''Bendlerblock'' building in Berlin. According to Article 65a of the German Constitution (''Grundgesetz)'', the Federal Minister of Defence is Commander-in-chief of the ''Bundeswehr'', the German armed forces, with around 265,019 active soldiers and civilians. Article 115b decrees that in the state of defence, declared by the Bundestag with consent of the Bundesrat, the command in chief passes to the Chancellor. The ministry currently has approximately 3,730 employees. Of these, 3,230 work in Bonn while around 500 work in the ''Bendlerblock'' building in Berlin. Organization On April 1, 2012, the Federal Ministry of Defence (DEU MOD) changes its organization to the followin ...
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