Helge Hansen (general)
Helge Hansen | |
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| Born | 13 March 1936 Dresden, Nazi Germany |
| Allegiance |  Germany |
| Service/ | Army |
| Years of service | 1957–1996 |
| Rank | General |
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Helge Hansen (born 13 March 1936) is a retired
Military career
Training and first commands
Hansen was born on 1936 13 March 1936 in
From 1974 to 1977 Hansen commanded the 312th Panzergrenadier Battalion in
Service as a general
As a colonel (
In October 1990 Hansen again took over a NATO post, this time in the NATO Headquarters in Europe (
When Generalleutnant
In retirement
After retiring from the Army, Hansen called by Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), ran the "Senior Mentor" seminars for "operational art" for higher NATO leadership forces as well as courses on operational planning for staff officers at the NATO School in Oberammergau.
He mainly acts as the Senior Mentor at the British Joint Services Command and Staff College, the Canadian Forces College, the Austrian Defence Academy and the Bundeswehr Staff College. In 2003 the Royal Military College of Canada awarded Hansen an honorary doctorate in military science. In addition he sits on the
In 1999 Hansen was a member of the Weizsäcker Commission, which carried out a review of the Bundeswehr and made recommendations for its future development.
Since 2002 he has been a partner in the firm of ELENXIS Management Advice and advises especially medium-sized companies in the area of business succession.
Hansen is married with three sons.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Helge Hansen" (in German). German Army. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
External links
- Interview with Hansen in retirement (focus.de dated 18 March 1996)
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