Years of service 1933–45 Died February 27, 1999 Name Bruno Kahl | Other work Director of Bayer AG Rank Oberstleutnant Service/branch German Army | |
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Commands held Panzer-Regiment "Grosdeutschland" Battles/wars World War IIAnnexation of the SudetenlandInvasion of PolandOperation WeserubungOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattle of KurskFirst Battle of Targu FrumosSecond Battle of Targu FrumosJassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)Battle of MemelEast Prussian OffensiveZemland Offensive Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Operation Weserubung | ||
Dr bruno kahl gruswort
Bruno Guntram Wilhelm Kahl (Born 12 July, 1962 in Essen, West Germany) is a German civil servant and administrative lawyer. Since 1 July 2016, he has been President of the Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst).
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- Dr bruno kahl gruswort
- Merkel weiht neue BND Zentrale in Berlin ein
- Life and career
- Publications
- References
Merkel weiht neue BND-Zentrale in Berlin ein
Life and career
Kahl was born as the first child of Bernhard and Ute Kahl (née Schoenitz) in Essen, West Germany. He completed his Abitur in 1981 at Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium in Bonn-Beuel and military service from 1981 until 1983, then studied law until 1988 at the University of Bonn and the University of Lausanne. Alongside his studies, he also completed journalistic training at the Katholische Journalistenschule ifp in Munich. After his first state examinations, he clerked in Bonn and Speyer, Germany, and Sydney, Australia. In 1994, he completed his second state examination at the Oberlandesgericht of Cologne, and then worked for the Confederation of German Employers' Associations. From 1995 to 1996, he was a desk office at the Federal Chancellery. From 1996 until 2005, he was assigned as a consultant to the CDU/CSU faction, where he performed preliminary work for the faction chair Wolfgang Schäuble. Since then, he has been a close confidant of Schäuble.
In 2005 in the First Merkel cabinet, Kahl becamse Head of the Minister’s Office and spokesman for Wolfgang Schäuble at the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany) (BMI), where he became Head of the executive group in 2006. In 2008, Kahl was awarded a Doctor of Law by the University of Bonn, authoring his dissertation on elements of Catholic thought in Carl Schmitt's secular political theory. In 2010, Kahl followed Schäuble to the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF), where he also served as head of the executive staff. Beginning in 2011, Kahl acted as Undersecretary for Directorate-General VIII (Privatisation, industrial holdings and federal real estate) at the BMF. Kahl is an Oberstleutnant in the Reserves of the Bundeswehr.
Kahl was appointed President of the Federal Intelligence Service on 27 April 2016, effective 1 July, after the dismissal of Gerhard Schindler. His replacement at the BMF is Johannes Schmalzl.
Kahl has been widowed since 2008, and has two daughters.