Jörg Schönbohm

Jörg Schönbohm
Deputy Minister President of Brandenburg
In office
13 October 1999 – 19 February 2009
Minister President Manfred Stolpe
Matthias Platzeck
Preceded by Alwin Ziel
Succeeded by Ulrich Junghanns
Minister of the Interior of Brandenburg
In office
13 October 1999 – 6 November 2009
Minister President Manfred Stolpe
Matthias Platzeck
Preceded by Alwin Ziel
Succeeded by Rainer Speer
Senator for the Interior of Berlin
In office
25 January 1996 – 12 November 1998
Governing Mayor Eberhard Diepgen
Preceded by Dieter Heckelmann
Succeeded by Eckart Werthebach
Inspector of the Army
In office
17 October 1991 – 18 February 1992
Deputy Harald Schulz
Preceded by Henning von Ondarza
Succeeded by Helge Hansen
Personal details
Born (1937-09-02) 2 September 1937
Neu Golm, Germany
Political party Christian Democratic Union

Jörg Schönbohm (born 2 September 1937 in Neu Golm) is a German politician (CDU) and a retired Lieutenant General. He was the first commander of the Bundeswehr Eastern Command in 1990, which supervised the absorption of the East German National People's Army into the Federal German armed forces. In 1991 he became the Inspector of the Army, the highest-ranking officer in the German Army; he was retired in 1992 to become under Secretary 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.

Personal life

Schönbohm is Protestant, married with three children and resides in Kleinmachnow in Potsdam-Mittelmark. His brother Wulf is a CDU politician as well.

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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
Military offices
Preceded by
Generalleutnant Henning von Ondarza		 Inspector of the Army
27 October 1991–18 February 1992		 Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Helge Hansen
Preceded by
Generalmajor Harald Schulz		 Commander of 3rd Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
11 March 1988 – 5 January 1989		 Succeeded by
Generalmajor Winfried Weick


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