Egon Ramms

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Egon Ramms
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General Egon Ramms in Afghanistan
Born (1948-09-21) 21 September 1948 (age 75)
Datteln, Germany
Allegiance Flag of Germany.svg Federal Republic of Germany
Service/branch Army
Years of service19682010
Rank General
UnitJFC-B
Commands held
Battles/wars War in Afghanistan
Awards GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 3 BVK 1Kl.svg GER Bundeswehr Honour Cross Gold ribbon.svg GER Bundeswehr Honour Cross Silver ribbon.svg POL Order Zaslugi RP kl3 BAR.png
AFG National Medal of Ghazi Mir Bacha Khan.png

Egon Ramms (born September 21, 1948 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German general who held numerous international commands. Ramms is a father of two.

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His last assignment was commander of NATO's Joint Force Command in Brunssum, Netherlands. As such, he oversaw all allied operations in Central/ Northern Europe and Afghanistan.

Ramms joined the German Army in 1968, eventually becoming an officer candidate. From 1971 to 1975, he studied engineering at the Fachschule des Heeres Darmstadt and specialized in tank engineering. Afterwards he held numerous commands in maintenance units and became the G4 officer (logistics) of the German Army's 3rd Armoured Division. Subsequently he attended the German general staff officer course in Hamburg. In 1982, he was made G3 officer (operations) of the 6th Mechanized Infantry Division. Later on, he served as the G3 officer and chief of staff of the Home Defense Brigade 51. An assignment to the German military's office for arms control and disarmament followed. Ramms was made battalion commander of Maintenance Battalion 120 in 1988 and returned to the Ministry of Defence in 1990. For the next six years, he was assigned to numerous posts responsible for procurement and logistics. Promoted to brigadier general, he took command over Logistics Brigade 1 until 1998 when he was made Assistant Chief of Staff, Armed Forces Staff V (Logistics, Infrastructure and Environmental Protection). From 2000 to 2004, Ramms was the head of the German Armed Forces Staff at the headquarters in Bonn.[ citation needed ]

He assumed command over the Szczecin-based Multinational Corps Northeast in 2004, a post he held for the next two years. In 2007, Ramms was made commanding general, Joint Force Command Brunssum. He was one of only three German four-star-generals. In September 2010, on the day of his retirement, he was awarded the Ghazi Mir Bacha Khan medal from President Karzai of Afghanistan. [1]

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References

  1. "FY08 budget plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  2. Monitor Polski 2007 nr 36 poz. 416 (point 4.)
Military offices
Preceded by
Lieutenant General Zygmunt Sadowski
Commanding General, Multinational Corps Northeast
18 February 2004 – 15 December 2006
Succeeded by
Lieutenant General Zdzisław Goral