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.

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

External links

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