Jörg Schönbohm

Jörg Schönbohm was a German politician (CDU) and a retired lieutenant general. He was the first commander of the so called Bundeswehr Kommando Ost Federal Armed Forces Command East, which supervised the absorption of the East German National People's Army into the Federal German armed forces as part of the Army of Unity. In 1991 he became the Inspector of the Army, the highest-ranking officer in the German Army; he was retired in 1992 to become Undersecretary 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.