Lieutenant General Markus Bentler
Military Representative – Germany
2012
Date of birth: 16 May 1953
Place of birth: Paderborn, Germany
Marital status: Married
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From - to |
Assignment |
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1972 |
Joined the Bundeswehr, assigned to 4th/Light Infantry Battalion 41, Göttingen, Germany |
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1972 - 1979 |
Officer training, university education in pedagogics, and assignment as platoon leader |
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1979 - 1984 |
Company Commander, 3rd/Light and Mechanized Infantry Battalion 42, Kassel, Germany |
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1984 - 1986 |
27th General Staff Officer Course at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg, Germany |
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1986 - 1987 |
ACOS G 2, 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, Kassel, Germany |
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1987 - 1989 |
ACOS G 3, Armored Brigade 6, Hofgeismar, Germany |
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1989 - 1992 |
Deputy Army Attaché, German Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA |
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1992 - 1994 |
Commander, Mechanized Infantry Battalion 12, Osterode, Germany |
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1994 - 1996 |
Assistant Chief of Branch, Armed Forces Staff (Fü S III), Federal Ministry of Defense, Bonn, Germany |
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1996 - 1999 |
Chief of Personal Staff to the Chief of Staff, Bundeswehr |
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1999 - 2000 |
National Defense University/National War College (Master’s Degree), Washington, D.C., USA |
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2000 - 2001 |
Staff Officer, Army Forces Command, Koblenz, Germany |
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2001 - 2004 |
Commander, Mountain Infantry Brigade 23, Bad Reichenhall, Germany |
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2002 - 2003 |
Commander, Multinational Brigade Southwest, and National Contingent Commander, 6th German KFOR Contingent, Prizren, Kosovo |
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2004 - 2006 |
Commandant, Army Officer School, Dresden, Germany |
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2006 - 2009 |
Commander, 10th Armored Division, Sigmaringen, Germany |
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2009 - 2010 |
COM KFOR, Pristina, Kosovo |
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2010 – 2012 |
Commander, Response Forces Operations Command, Ulm, Germany |
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Since 2012 |
German Military Representative to the NATO and the EU Military Committee |
Decorations
- Silver Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr
- Gold Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr
- Bundeswehr Bronze Foreign Duty Medal (KFOR)
- Bundeswehr Silver Foreign Duty Medal (KFOR)
- Non-Article 5 NATO Medal
- National Commemorative Cross (Italy)
- The Legion of Merit – Degree of Officer (USA)
- The Defence Joint Forces Honour Medal (Italy)
- The Military Medal for Service in Kosovo (Republic of Kosovo)
- Austrian Bundesheer Medal of Military-Appreciation
Hobbies
- Endurance sports (running, swimming, mountain climbing)
- Skiing (Nordic and Alpine)
- Contemporary history