Inspector of the German Navy | |
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Inspekteur der Marine | |
Federal Minister of Defence | |
Abbreviation | InspM |
Reports to | General Inspector of the Bundeswehr |
Precursor | Oberkommando der Marine |
The Inspector of the Navy (German : Inspekteur der Marine) is the commander of the Navy of the modern-day German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. Since the various bodies responsible for the high command of the German Navy were merged in 2012, the Inspector has been based at the Navy Command at Rostock. [1] Before then, the Inspector was head of the Naval Staff of the Ministry of Defence, based in Bonn. Both the Inspector and his deputy hold the rank of vice admiral (German : Vizeadmiral). [2]
The Inspector is responsible for the readiness of personnel and materiel in the German Navy, in that regard he reports directly to the Federal Minister of Defence. The Inspector commands the Navy Command; however, the subordinate departments of the Navy are led by their heads at Navy Command and do not report directly to the Inspector. The Inspector sits under the General Inspector of the Bundeswehr and is a member of the Defence Council for Bundeswehr-wide matters. [1]
No. | Portrait | Inspector of the Navy | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Friedrich Ruge (1894–1985) | VizeadmiralJune 1956 | August 1961 | 5 years, 2 months | - | |
2 | Karl-Adolf Zenker (1907–1998) | VizeadmiralAugust 1961 | 30 September 1967 | 6 years, 1 month | - | |
3 | Gert Jeschonnek (1912–1999) | Vizeadmiral1 October 1967 | 30 September 1971 | 3 years, 11 months | - | |
4 | Heinz Kühnle (1915–2001) | Vizeadmiral1 October 1971 | 31 March 1975 | 3 years, 5 months | - | |
5 | Günter Luther (1922–1997) | Vizeadmiral1 April 1975 | 31 March 1980 | 4 years, 11 months | - | |
6 | Ansgar Bethge (1924–2008) | Vizeadmiral1 April 1980 | 31 March 1985 | 4 years, 11 months | - | |
7 | Dieter Wellershoff (1933–2005) | Vizeadmiral1 April 1985 | September 1986 | 1 year, 5 months | - | |
8 | Hans-Joachim Mann (born 1935) | Vizeadmiral1 October 1986 | 30 September 1991 | 4 years, 11 months | - | |
9 | Hein-Peter Weyher (born 1935) | Vizeadmiral1 October 1991 | April 1995 | 3 years, 6 months | - | |
10 | Hans-Rudolf Boehmer (born 1938) | VizeadmiralApril 1995 | September 1998 | 3 years, 5 months | - | |
11 | Hans Lüssow (born 1942) | Vizeadmiral1 October 1998 | February 2003 | 4 years, 4 months | - | |
12 | Lutz Feldt (born 1942) | Vizeadmiral1 March 2003 | April 2006 | 3 years, 1 month | - | |
13 | Wolfgang E. Nolting (born 1948) | VizeadmiralApril 2006 | 28 April 2010 | 4 years | - | |
14 | Axel Schimpf (born 1952) | Vizeadmiral28 April 2010 | 28 October 2014 | 4 years, 6 months | - | |
15 | Andreas Krause (born 1956) | Vizeadmiral28 October 2014 | 24 March 2021 | 6 years, 4 months | - | |
16 | Kay-Achim Schönbach (born 1965) | Vizeadmiral24 March 2021 | 22 January 2022 | 9 months | - | |
17 | Jan Christian Kaack (born 1962) | Vizeadmiral22 January 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 9 months | - |
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