Commander

Commander

Lieutenant General Jürgen-Joachim von Sandrart

The Corps Commander's primary mission is to prepare the Corps to carry out the full range of military operations throughout the area of responsibility and beyond.

Born on 6 June 1962 in Lingen (Ems), Germany.
Joined the Bundeswehr on 1 July 1982.

1 July 1982	Conscript with Tank Battalion 84 / Lüneburg
1 August 1983	Commencement of line officer career
1983-1984	Officer training with Tank Battalion 183 / Boostedt
1984-1988	Student of economics and organisation at Helmut Schmidt University / Hamburg
1988-1992	Platoon leader and intelligence officer with Tank Demonstration Battalion 94 / Munster
1992-1993	Company commander with Tank Battalion 84 / Lüneburg
1993-1996	Company commander with Tank Demonstration Battalion 93 / Munster
1996-1998	Student on National General/Admiral Staff Officer Course, Bundeswehr Command and Staff College / Hamburg
1998-2001	General staff officer (G6 Op) at HQ Eurocorps / Strasbourg
2001-2003	Division chief (G3) and Chief of Staff of Armoured Infantry Brigade 7 / Hamburg
2003-2005	Commander, Tank Demonstration Battalion 93 / Munster
2005-2009	Assistant Chief of Military Policy Branch, Armed Forces Staff, FMoD / Berlin
2009-2012	Division chief (G3) with 1st Armoured Division / Hanover
2012-2013	Chief of Branch SE II 1 (Afghanistan mission and Asia-Oceania), Directorate-General for Strategy and Operations, FMoD / Berlin
2013-2016	Commander, Armoured Infantry Brigade 41 / Torgelow
2016-2017	Division chief (J7) and Deputy Chief of Staff, DEU SHAPE Detachment, Mons / Belgium
2010-2017	Head of Office of the Chief of Defence, FMoD / Berlin
2018 - 2021	Commander 1^st Armoured Division
since NOV 2021	Commander Headquarters Multinational Corps Northeast

Decorations

Bronze Bundeswehr Foreign Duty Medal (SFOR) (1999)
NATO Medal (FORMER YUGOSLAVIA) (2002)
Gold Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr (2004)
Bronze Bundeswehr Foreign Duty Medal (ISAF AFG) (2011)
NATO Medal (ISAF AFG) (2011)
Bundeswehr Combat Action Medal (ISAF AFG) (2011)

Operational Deployments

SFOR: CJ5, DEU Detachment, HQ SFOR, Sarajevo / Bosnia-Herzegovina
(06/1999 – 12/1999)
EUFOR / SFOR: MA to COS, DEU Detachment, HQ MND South-West, Mostar / Bosnia-Herzegovina (05/2002 – 12/2002)
ISAF: Senior Mentor of 209th ANA Corps / 25th German Contingent ISAF, Mazar-e-Sharif / Afghanistan (01/2011 – 07/2011)