Jörg Schönbohm (2 September 1937 – 7 February 2019) was a German politician ( CDU) and a retired

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. He was the first commander of the so called Bundeswehr Kommando Ost (short: BwKdo Ost) Federal Armed Forces Command East (command level XXX, 1990-1991), which supervised the absorption of the East German

National People's Army The National People's Army (, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (DDR) from 1956 until 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) and the (Bord ...

into the Federal German armed forces ( :de:Bundeswehr) as part of the Army of Unity (Armee der Einheit). In 1991 he became the Inspector of the Army, the highest-ranking officer in the

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; he was retired in 1992 to become Undersecretary for Security Policy in the Federal Ministry of Defence. From 1996 to 1998 Schönbohm was Senator of the Interior for the city of Berlin, and from 1999 to 2009 he held the same office as

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for the state of

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Personal life

Schönbohm was Protestant, and married with three children. He resided in

Kleinmachnow Kleinmachnow is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated south-west of the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf and east of Potsdam. First mentioned in the Landbuch of Karl IV in 1375, the Kleinmachno ...

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. His son Arne Schönbohm became president of the German

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in 2016. Jörg Schönbohm died on 7 February 2019 at the age of 81.

Awards

*2009 –

Manfred Wörner Manfred Hermann Wörner (24 September 1934 – 13 August 1994) was a German politician and diplomat. He served as the defense minister of West Germany between 1982 and 1988. He then served as the seventh Secretary General of NATO from 1988 to ...

Medal

Works

*Jörg Schönbohm, ''Two Armies and One Fatherland: The End of the Nationale Volksarmee'', Berghahn Books, 1996, ,

References

External links

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Official Bio: German Army
1937 births 2019 deaths People from Oder-Spree Military personnel from the Province of Brandenburg Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians Ministers of the Brandenburg State Government Members of the Landtag of Brandenburg Senators of Berlin Bundeswehr generals Lieutenant generals of the German Army 20th-century German politicians 21st-century German politicians Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Military personnel from Brandenburg {{Germany-CDU-politician-stub