Lieutenant-General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

('' Korpskommandant'') Roland Nef (born 1 July 1959) was the Chief of the

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(''Chef der Armee'') of Switzerland in 2008. Nef, a

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by profession, succeeded Lt-Gen. Christophe Keckeis in the position of Chief of the Armed Forces in January 2008. In July 2008, Nef resigned his post following media reports that his former partner had accused him of sexual harassment in a criminal complaint. The

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accepted Nef's resignation on August 20, 2008. During his military career, Nef held the following ranks and appointments: * 1988:

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; commander of an armoured howitzer battery * 1992:

in the General Staff; Intelligence Chief, Field Division 7 * 1995: Major in the General Staff; Commander, Armoured Howitzer Battalion 33 * 1999:

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in the General Staff; Deputy Chief of staff / Operations, Field Division 7 * 2001:

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in the General Staff; Chief of Staff, Field Division 7 * 2002:

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; Commander, Armoured Brigade 4 * 2004: Commander, Armoured Brigade 11 * 2007: Commander, Armour/Artillery Training Unit * 2008:

, Chief of the Armed Forces

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