Werner Sczesny

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Werner Sczesny
Born	(1960-02-19) 19 February 1960 (age 64) West Germany
Allegiance	Germany
Service / branch	German Army
Years of service	1978–present
Rank	major general
Commands	Commander of Strategic Reconnaissance Command
Battles / wars	KFOR, SFOR

Werner Sczesny (born 19 February 1960) und is a German major general of Bundeswehr and commander of the forces intelligent department, Strategic Reconnaissance Command.

Sczesny joined the Bundeswehr in 1978 as a conscript in the light engineer battalion 15 in Cologne. In 1980, he completed the officer course as an officer candidate. He than studied pedagogics at the Helmut Schmidt University of Bundeswehr, Hamburg. After a career in the German armed forces he became major general in 2016 and became Vize-president for the military units of federal intelligent service (Bundesnachrichtendienstes BND).^[1] Since 2021, he is commander of the military intelligent department.^[2][3]