Volker Wieker

Volker Wieker
Wieker being awarded the US Legion of Merit
Born (1954-03-01) 1 March 1954 (age 70)
Delmenhorst, Germany
Allegiance Germany
Service/branch German Army
Years of service1974–2018
RankGeneral
Commands heldPanzerartilleriebataillon 215
Panzergrenadierbrigade 40
3rd German KFOR Contingent/KFOR MNB South
I. German/Dutch Corps
Battles/warsIFOR, KFOR, ISAF

Volker Wieker (born 1 March 1954 in Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony) is the former Chief of Staff (Generalinspekteur, lit. Inspector General) of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, and a general of the German Army. Trained as an artillery officer, Wieker served in every major foreign Bundeswehr deployment since 1996, including Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan.