Andreas Krause (born 11 October 1956) is a '' Vizeadmiral'' (vice admiral) of the German Navy of the

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, and he served as

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. He previously served as a

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officer, as a staff officer in the Bundeswehr and

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, as commander of the German Navy's

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and the Maritime Task Force for the

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, and as Deputy Inspector of the Navy.

Military career

Training and early service

Krause joined as the German Navy as an enlisted member, and after training to be a

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was promoted to '' Leutnant zur See'' in July 1979. In 1976, he attended the University of the Bundeswehr Hamburg, where he graduated with a

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degree in 1981. Subsequently, he trained to be a

officer. Between 1981 and 1986, Krause served as a watch officer aboard U-boats as well as a cadet platoon commander on the training ship '' Deutschland''. In January 1982, Krause received a promotion to ''

Oberleutnant zur See ''Oberleutnant zur See'' (''OLt zS'' or ''OLZS'' in the German Navy, ''Oblt.z.S.'' in the ''Kriegsmarine'') is traditionally the highest rank of Lieutenant in the German Navy. It is grouped as OF-1 in NATO. The rank was introduced in the Imper ...

'', and in 1985 he was promoted to ''

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''. A year later, in 1986, he took over as commander of the Type 206 U-boat , serving until 1988. Between 1989 and 1990, he went through tactical officer training for naval operations, the "B" course on

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Service as a staff officer

Krause took the 32nd Naval Staff Course at the Bundeswehr's Staff College in Hamburg, graduating in 1992 and subsequently was promoted to ''

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'' (lieutenant commander). Thereafter, he served until 1993 as staff officer for operational planning in the Navy's U-boat flotilla. From 1993 to 1996 he held various posts in the Naval Staff and the Staff of the Armed Forces at the Federal Ministry of Defence in

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. During this time he was promoted to ''

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'' (commander) in April 1995. From 1996 to 1999 he commanded the U-boat training center in

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. After leaving the training center command, he was a unit head at NATO Joint Headquarters North East from 1999 to 2001, in Karup, Denmark. During this time, he was promoted to

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('' Kapitän zur See'') in April 2000. In 2001, he returned to Bonn to serve as a unit head for the Naval Staff. Krause remained in the Defence Ministry, serving as deputy head of the staff department for task forces in the Staff of the Armed Forces from 2003 to 2004.

Service as an admiral

In November 2004, Krause was promoted to '' Flottillenadmiral'' (flotilla admiral), and took over the post of leader of the staff department for concepts, planning, and management in the Naval Staff. On 1 July 2006, he became the first commander of the Navy's

, in

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. From October 2006 to March 2007, he was additionally commander of the Maritime Task Force for the

, in charge of a multinational force of 19 vessels and about 1,500 personnel. In April 2007 Krause became the Director of the German Navy's newly formed

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(COE CSW). With the establishment of this office, the German Navy intended to respond to the shift in focus of naval operations from the high seas to coastal areas. On 1 October 2008, Krause took the post of Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the

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in Glücksburg, and was promoted to '' Konteradmiral'' (rear admiral). On 27 August 2009, Krause took over the command of the Joint Operations Staff of the Ministry of Defense, providing support to the

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on operational matters. On 1 January 2012, he was promoted to '' Vizeadmiral'' (vice admiral), and appointed deputy commander of Allied Maritime Command Naples, serving until April 2013. On 1 August 2013, he was appointed Deputy

at the Navy Command in

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, the second-in-command of the German Navy. He took over from

Axel Schimpf Axel Schimpf (born 1 October 1952) is a retired ''Vizeadmiral'' (vice admiral) of the German Navy. Biography Schimpf served as Inspector of the Navy The Inspector of the Navy (german: Inspekteur der Marine) is the commander of the Navy of the m ...

as Inspector of the Navy on 28 October 2014 until he relinquished the role in 2021 to his successor,

Kay-Achim Schönbach Kay-Achim Schönbach (born 9 July 1965) was a German vice admiral who served as the Inspector of the Navy of the German Navy from 24 March 2021 to 22 January 2022. Schönbach resigned his position after his political remarks regarding the 2021–2 ...

, and retired.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krause, Andreas 1956 births Living people Vice admirals of the German Navy NATO military personnel U-boat commanders Military personnel from Lübeck Officers of the Legion of Honour Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr Chiefs of Navy (Germany) Helmut Schmidt University alumni