Divisional general Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division. The rank originates from the French (Revolutionary) System, and is used by a number of countries. The rank is above a brigade general, and normally below an army corps ...

Claude Meier is a Swiss professional officer (Divisional general) of the

Swiss Armed Forces The Swiss Armed Forces (german: Schweizer Armee, french: Armée suisse, it, Esercito svizzero, rm, Armada svizra; ) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, re ...

Current tasks

As Head of the Army Division of the Swiss Army, Divisional general Meier is responsible for the most important business concerns in the Defense Department, and is directly responsible to the Chief of the Armed Forces. He is responsible for the operational implementation of the political and military strategic guidelines and instructions for action. He is responsible for the development, planning, resource allocation and control of the army at the close of the political-strategic and operational-tactical level. He is a member of the army leadership.Porträt von Claude Meier
auf der Website der Schweizer Luftwaffe (PDF; 77 kB)

Milestones

* 1985 Entry as a professional military pilot in the ("Surveillance Squadron": the professional military pilot unit) of the

Swiss Air Force The Swiss Air Force (german: Schweizer Luftwaffe; french: Forces aériennes suisses; it, Forze aeree svizzere; rm, Aviatica militara svizra) is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914 as a part of the army and ...

. As a pilot and flight instructor he was active during the nineties, among other things, in the project introduction of the

BAE Hawk The BAE Systems Hawk is a British single-engine, jet-powered advanced trainer aircraft. It was first flown at Dunsfold, Surrey, in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and B ...

jet training aircraft and was an air combat instructor on the

F-5 Tiger The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. There are two main models, the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants and the ...

''Oberst i Gst Claude Meier wird neuer Chef Armeestab. Gleichzeitig wird er zum Divisionär befördert.''
In: Website Schweizer Luftwaffe, 4. November 2015. *1992

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

(OF-2), pilot in the *1996 Group introduction

F/A-18 The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather, twin-engine, supersonic, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part ...

, retraining at the

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Naval Air Station Cecil Field Naval Air Station Cecil Field or NAS Cecil Field was a United States Navy air base, located in Duval County, Florida. Prior to October 1999, NAS Cecil Field was the largest military base in terms of acreage in the Jacksonville, Florida area. NA ...

*1998 Leader of the

PC-7 Team The PC-7 Team is an aerobatics team of the Swiss Air Force. It derives its name from the Pilatus PC-7 trainer, the team's primary aircraft. History Soon after the PC-7 was introduced in 1982, the Swiss Air Force started to present the new a ...

*2000-2002

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

(OF-3) in the General Staff, commander of the

Fliegerstaffel 17 Fliegerstaffel 17 (No. 17 Squadron) "Falcons" of the Swiss Air Force is a Berufsfliegerkorps squadron of professional pilots flying McDonnell Douglas F/A-18. Together with Fliegerstaffel 6 it forms ''Fliegergeschwader 11''. The home base of the sq ...

(squadron 17) *2003 Long-term assignment at the Collège Interarmées de Défense in Paris (since 2011 «

École Militaire École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

») *2004-2005

Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

(OF-4) in the General Staff, Commander of an Airborne Squadron and Chief Specialist Air Combat *2006-2009 Chief Executive / Staff Formation Luftwaffe (A7) *2009 Head of Doctrine Research and Development *2010

Colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

(OF-5) on the General Staff, Chief Air Defense *2012 Chief A3 / 5, Unterstabschef Operations and Planning *2013, he successfully completed the

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

of Advanced Studies in Security Policy and Crisis Management at

ETH Zurich (colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , ac ...

*2016 Divisional general, Chief Army Staff, Chairman of the expert group for the procurement of new combat aircraft''Bundesrat nimmt neuen Kampfjet-Anlauf.''
In: ''

Tages-Anzeiger ''Tages-Anzeiger'' (), also abbreviated ''Tagi'' or ''TA'', is a Swiss German-language national daily newspaper published in Zurich, Switzerland. History and profile The paper was first published under the name ''Tages-Anzeiger für Stadt und K ...

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Decorations and awards

Personal life

Claude Meier is married to Anne Meier-Duttweiler. He lives in

Carrouge Carrouge () is a former municipality in the district of Broye-Vully in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 July 2016 the former municipalities of Carrouge, Ferlens and Mézières merged into the new municipality of Jorat-Mézières. Hist ...

References

External links

Page about Claude Meier
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meier, Claude 1964 births Living people People from Bülach Swiss generals Swiss military officers Swiss Air Force personnel