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Thomas Hitschler
Thomas Hitschler (born 27 June 1982) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 2013 to 2025. In addition to his parliamentary work, Hitschler served as Secretary of state, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany), Federal Ministry of Defence in the Scholz cabinet, coalition government of Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2025. Political career Hitschler became member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Südpfalz district. From 2014 until 2021, he was part of the Defence Committee, where he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the infrastructure of the Bundeswehr. From 2018 until 2021, he has also a member of the Committee on Home Affairs. In 2020 he joined the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (Germany), Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Ministry Of Defense (Germany)
The Federal Ministry of Defence (, ; abbreviated BMVg) is a top-level federal agency, headed by the Federal Minister of Defence as a member of the Cabinet of Germany. The ministry is headquartered at the Hardthöhe barracks itself located at the Hardthöhe district in Bonn and has a second office in the ''Bendlerblock'' building in Berlin, which is occasionally used as a metonym to denote the entire Ministry. According to Article 65a of the German Constitution (''Grundgesetz)'', the Federal Minister of Defence is Commander-in-chief of the , the German armed forces, with around 260,953 active soldiers and civilians. Article 115b decrees that in the state of defence, declared by the Bundestag with consent of the Bundesrat, the command in chief passes to the Chancellor. The ministry currently has approximately 2,000 employees. Organization On April 1, 2012, the Federal Ministry of Defence (DEU MOD) changes its organization to the following general structure: Senior Manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
