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German general This article is about the German general. For the German historian, see Klaus Naumann (historian).

Klaus Naumann (born 25 May 1939) is a retired German General, who served as Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, from 1991 to 1996, and as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1996 to 1999, succeeding the British general Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill. He testified against Slobodan Milošević in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He attended as a course member the Royal College of Defence Studies in London.

Awards and decorations

Naumann is considered the most decorated German soldier since World War II. His medals and decorations include:

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Military offices
Preceded byField Marshal Sir Richard Vincent	Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 14 February 1996 – 6 May 1999	Succeeded byAdmiral Guido Venturoni
Preceded byAdmiral Dieter Wellershoff	Chief of Staff of the Federal Armed Forces 1 October 1991 – 8 February 1996	Succeeded byGeneral Hartmut Bagger

v t e Inspectors General of the Bundeswehr
Adolf Heusinger Friedrich Foertsch Heinrich Trettner Ulrich de Maizière Armin Zimmermann Harald Wust Jürgen Brandt Wolfgang Altenburg Dieter Wellershoff Klaus Naumann Hartmut Bagger Hans-Peter von Kirchbach Harald Kujat Wolfgang Schneiderhan Volker Wieker Eberhard Zorn Carsten Breuer

v t e Chair of the NATO Military Committee
1949–1951 Omar Bradley 1951–1952 Etienne Baele 1952–1953 Charles Foulkes 1953–1954 E. J. C. Quistgaard 1954–1955 Augustin Guillaume 1955–1956 Stylianos Pallis 1956–1957 Giuseppe Mancinelli 1957–1958 B. R. P. F. Hasselman 1958–1959 Bjarne Øen 1959–1960 J. A. Beleza Ferraz 1960–1960 Rüştü Erdelhun 1960–1961 Louis Mountbatten 1961–1962 Lyman Lemnitzer 1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont 1963–1964 Adolf Heusinger 1964–1968 C. P. de Cumont 1968–1971 Nigel Henderson 1971–1974 Johannes Steinhoff 1974–1977 Peter Hill-Norton 1977–1980 H. F. Zeiner-Gundersen 1980–1983 Robert Hilborn Falls 1983–1986 Cornelis de Jager 1986–1989 Wolfgang Altenburg 1989–1993 Vigleik Eide 1993–1996 Richard Vincent 1996–1999 Klaus Naumann 1999–2002 Guido Venturoni 2002–2005 Harald Kujat 2005–2008 Ray Henault 2008–2011 Giampaolo Di Paola 2011–2015 Knud Bartels 2015–2018 Petr Pavel 2018–2021 Stuart Peach 2021–2023 Rob Bauer

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