Harald Kujat

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Harald Kujat
Born (1942-03-01) 1 March 1942 (age 82)
Mielke, Reichsgau Wartheland (today Poland)
Allegiance Germany
Service/branchBundeswehrkreuz (Iron Cross) German Air Force
Years of service1959–2005
RankGeneral

Harald Kujat (born 1 March 1942) is a German retired General of the

Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
from 2002 to 2005.

Biography

Kujat was born in

Department of Defense and the German Chancellery in Bonn. In 1985 Kujat became the commanding officer of II. Bataillon, Luftwaffenausbildungsregiment 1 in Appen near Pinneberg
.

In 1988 Kujat passed the 72nd course of the

Chairman of the Military Committee in Brussels, Branch Chief (Nuclear and Global Arms Control) at the Federal Ministry of Defence in 1990 and Chief of Staff and Deputy German Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee and the Western European Union, Brussels, in 1992–95.[3]

In 1996 Kujat became the Director of the

IFOR Co-ordination Centre (ICC), Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Mons
, Belgium and in October Deputy Director of the NATO International Military Staff in Brussels.

On 10 November 1998, Kujat, now a Generalleutnant, became the Director Policy and Advisory Staff to Rudolf Scharping, the German Minister of Defence, Berlin and on 1 June 2000 the Chief of Staff of the Federal Forces. In 2002 Kujat became the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee until his retirement on 17 June 2005.

Kujat serves as the Chair of the Advisory Council of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium.

He is married and has three children.

Since July 2016, Kujat is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Berlin-based Research Institute Dialogue of Civilizations[4] (DOC), allegedly financed by Vladimir Yakunin.[5] It ceased operation in 2021.

Some conservative German media (

Bild-Zeitung, Die Welt) criticized Kujat for his pro-Russian views in German TV talk shows,[6][7][8] his praise for Russia's bombing raids in Syria were met with misgiving by the German Federal Government.[9]

In 2024 he signed a "joint declaration" with Michael von der Schulenburg in support of China's supposed "peace plan", arguing that Ukraine "can no longer win the war, even with more weapons."[10]

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Military offices
Preceded by
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

July 2002 – 17 June 2005
Succeeded by
General
Raymond Henault
Preceded by
Chief of Staff of the Federal Armed Forces

1 July 2000–30 June 2002
Succeeded by