Christian Freuding

Christian Freuding
Freuding in 2025
Birth name	Christian Freuding
Born	(1971-08-20) August 20, 1971 (age 53) Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany
Allegiance	Germany
Branch	German Army
Years of service	1990–present
Rank	Major general
Commands	9th Panzerlehr Brig Co of PlaFüStab in the Federal Ministry of Defence
Battles / wars	SFOR War in Afghanistan (ISAF)
Awards	Armed Forces Deployment Medal (SFOR & ISAF) NATO Medal (SFOR) NATO Medal (ISAF)
Alma mater	Helmut Schmidt University (BS)
Children	2

FAC Defence 20May2025 Christian Freuding

Christian Freuding (born 20 August 1971) is a German Army Generalmajor and Commanding officer of the planning and leadership staff of the Federal Ministry of Defence. Prior to that, Freuding served as commander of the 9th Panzerlehr Brig.

Military career

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Christian Freuding lead the "Lagezentrum Ukraine" (Special Staff for Ukraine) within the Federal Ministry of Defence, responsible for collecting information and coordinating the support of Ukraine. In that context he got some public attention by regularly appearing between 2022 and 2025 in episodes of the Bundeswehr media format "Nachgefragt" (Ask here), explaining various aspects of the conflict to the public. ^{[1] [2]}

In April 2023 Freuding was appointed by Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius to command the newly installed "Planungs- und Führungsstab" (planning- and leadership staff) within the Federal Ministry of Defence. ^[3]

In early July 2025 the Federal Ministry of Defence announced that Generalleutnant Alfons Mais, Inspector of the Army, will leave office in October 2025 and that Christian Freuding is his designated replacement. ^[4]

Dates of promotion

Insignia	Rank	Date
	Brigadier General	June 2020
	Major General

References

1. "Das Jahr 2022: Bilder aus der Bundeswehr". www.bundeswehr.de (in German).
2. "Vom Youtube-General zum wichtigsten Mann von Pistorius: Wer ist Christian Freuding?". www.businessinsider.de (in German).
3. "Schneller zur Zeitenwende: Pistorius schafft neuen Planungs- und Führungsstab". www.bmvg.de (in German). 20 April 2023.
4. "Pistorius befördert diese Frau auf Topjob der Bundeswehr – und entlässt zwei Generäle". www.welt.de (in German).