German general (1937–2019)

Jörg Schönbohm (2 September 1937 – 7 February 2019) was a German politician (CDU) and a retired lieutenant general. He was the first commander of the Bundeswehr Eastern Command (BwKdo Ost) in 1990, which supervised the absorption of the East German National People's Army into the Federal German armed forces 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 German Army; 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 interior minister for the state of Brandenburg.

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Award
• 3 Works
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Personal life

Schönbohm was Protestant, and married with three children. He resided in Kleinmachnow in Potsdam-Mittelmark. He died on 7 February 2019 at the age of 81.

Award

• 2009 – Manfred Wörner Medal

Works

• Jörg Schönbohm, Two Armies and One Fatherland: The End of the Nationale Volksarmee, Berghahn Books, 1996, ISBN:1-57181-069-2, ISBN:978-1-57181-069-4

References

External links

• Jörg Schönbohm in the German National Library catalogue
• Official Bio: German Army