Benedikt Zimmer

Since April 2018

State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence

2014 – 2018

Director-General for Equipment and National Armaments Director, Federal Ministry of Defence

2013 – 2014

Commander, Airmobile Division/Commander, Division South

2012

Head of Division Planning II (Bundeswehr Capability Management), Federal Ministry of Defence

2011 – 2012

Planning project organisation, Federal Ministry of Defence

2009 – 2011

Commander, Armoured Infantry Brigade 41, Torgelow; during this time commanding officer of the 23th German contingent in Kosovo and commander of the Multinational Task Force South

2008 – 2009

Section chief, Joint Operations Staff, Operation Control Team Afghanistan, Federal Ministry of Defence

2007 – 2008

Branch chief, Division V (Operations) of the Armed Forces Staff

2004 – 2007

Branch chief, Division I (Army), Bundeswehr Personnel Office

2002 – 2004

Assistant chief of branch with the Army Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence

2001 – 2002

Commander, Tank Battalion 214 in Augustdorf

1999 – 2001

Branch chief G3 (Operations), Armoured Brigade 21 in Augustdorf, during this time deployment to Kosovo

1998 – 1999

British general staff officers' training at the Joint Services Command and Staff College

1997 – 1998

Senior personnel officer, Division I (Army), Bundeswehr Personnel Office

1996 – 1997

Assistant branch chief in the Directorate-General for Personnel, Federal Ministry of Defence

1994 – 1996

General staff officers' training at Bundeswehr Command and Staff College

1992 – 1994

Military assistant to the Commander of Military District II, Hannover

1989 – 1992

Company commander, 3rd Coy, Tank Battalion 31, Neustadt am Rübenberge

1986 – 1989

1982 – 1986

University course in electrical engineering at the Bundeswehr University, Munich (engineering degree)

1981

Joined the Bundeswehr with Tank Batallion 54 in Hessisch-Lichtenau, armour officer training