Brigadier General Georg NACHTSHEIM
German Senior National Representative
Chief of Staff since 03.09.07
1951 Born in Oberhausen, grown up in Darmstadt, Karlsruhe, Luxemburg and
Mönchengladbach.
1970-1971 Scholarship in USA.
1973 Conscript then cadet at Tank battalion 314, Oldenburg.
1976 Masters Degree in Economics at the Bundeswehr University, Hamburg.
1976-1980 Commander of a tank platoon then S2 officer at Tank battalion 314.
1980-1983 Company commander at Tank battalion 93 in Munster – Lager.
1983-1984 26th class at the Staff College in Hamburg.
1984-1986 98th class at the French « Ecole Supérieure de Guerre » in Paris.
1986-1988 ACOS at HQ 29th Armored Brigade in Sigmaringen.
1988-1991 Desk officer at GE MOD-AFS in Bonn.
1991-1993 Battalion commander of Tank battalion 164/174, Schwarzenbek.
1993-1996 G3 Exercises and Partnership for Peace, SHAPE.
1997 First deployment within SFOR in BiH.
1997-1999 Director of the Department for Security Policy, Strategy and CJ
Operations at the GE Staff and Command College in Hamburg.
1999 Second deployment within SFOR as COS MND/SE.
1999 Commander of French-German Brigade, Müllheim.
2000 Third deployment within SFOR as COS SFOR.
2001 DCOS Support at HQ EUROCORPS in Strasbourg.
2003 DCOS Army Training and International Relations at GE Army Office in Cologne
Since September 2007, Chief of Staff HQ EUROCORPS in Strasbourg
Promotions:
1974 2nd Lieutenant
1976 1st Lieutenant
1980 Captain
1986 Major
1989 Lieutenant-colonel
1997 Colonel
1999 Brigadier General
Decorations:
- Service Medal in Gold of the Bundeswehr
- Officer of the French Order of Merit
- US Meritorious Service Medal
- NATO Medal for Service on Operations (3)
- Bundeswehr SFOR-Medal
Private background :
Brigadier General Nachtsheim is married and has four children.
Brigadier General Nachtsheim is fluent in English and French and communicates
fairly well in Italian and Spanish. He is interested in political science, cultural and
area studies as well as foreign literature.

Hans W