Christine Hug
Christine Hug (1981 – 10 July 2023) was a Swiss military officer. In September 2019, she became the first openly transgender officer in the Swiss Army. Hug commanded the Panzer Battalion 12, which consisted of almost one thousand soldiers. Early life Hug was born in 1981 in Zürich. She studied military history in school. Career Hug joined the Swiss Army at the age of twenty, eventually reaching the rank of ''Oberstleutnant'' (Lieutenant colonel) in the General Staff (Switzerland), General Staff. She commanded the Panzer Battalion 12, consisting of seventy tanks and almost one thousand soldiers. In March 2019, after informing the Chief of the Armed Forces (Switzerland), Chief of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Philippe Rebord and Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Councilor and Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Federal Department of Defense Head Viola Amherd, Hug came out as transgender, making her the first transgender officer in the Swiss ...
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