Othmar Commenda (born 29 May 1954) is a retired General of the

Austrian Armed Forces The Austrian Armed Forces (german: Bundesheer, lit=Federal Army) are the combined military forces of the Republic of Austria. The military consists of 22,050 active-duty personnel and 125,600 reservists. The military budget is 0.74% of natio ...

and former Chief of its General Staff.

Career

After his basic military service in 1975, he graduated at the

Theresian Military Academy The Theresian Military Academy (german: Theresianische Militärakademie, TherMilAk) is a military academy in Austria, where the Austrian Armed Forces train their officers. Founded in 1751, the academy is located in the castle of Wiener Neustadt ...

. He was from 1979

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and then as

company commander A company commander is the commanding officer of a company, a military unit which typically consists of 100 to 250 soldiers, often organized into three or four smaller units called platoons. The exact organization of a company varies by country, ...

at Panzerbataillon 14 in

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the H ...

in service. Later Commenda graduated at the National Defense Academy in Vienna a general staff training, which he completed in 1988 with honors. from 1988 to 1991, Commenda was the chief instructor of tactics at the National Defense Academy. From 1993 to 1995 he was chief of staff and deputy brigade commander of the 3rd Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade in Mautern. As of 2001, Commenda was head of the staff department in the Cabinet of Defense, and since 2003 has been in charge of the Cabinet of the Federal Minister of Defense. From May 2013 to the end of June 2018 he was chief of the general staff. Following this, he was promoted to the rank as general.Othmar Commenda is retired
/ref> As chief of the general staff,

Robert Brieger Robert Brieger (born 21 November 1956) is a General of the Austrian Armed Forces and the current Chairman of the European Union Military Committee The Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC) is the four-star rank officer re ...

followed in July 2018.

External links

Othmar Commenda is chief of the general staff

References

Living people 1954 births Austrian generals Military personnel from Vienna People from Wels Theresian Military Academy alumni Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria {{Austria-mil-bio-stub