Inspector of the Navy

Commander of the German Navy

Inspector of the German Navy

Inspekteur der Marine

Standard of the Inspector of the Navy

Incumbent
Vizeadmiral Jan Christian Kaack
Acting

since 22 January 2022

Federal Minister of Defence
Abbreviation| InspM
Reports to| General Inspector of the Bundeswehr
Precursor| Oberkommando der Marine

The Inspector of the Navy (German: Inspekteur der Marine) is the commander of the Navy of the modern-day German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. Since the various bodies responsible for the high command of the German Navy were merged in 2012, the Inspector has been based at the Navy Command at Rostock.[1] Before then, the Inspector was head of the Naval Staff of the Ministry of Defence, based in Bonn. Both the Inspector and his deputy hold the rank of vice admiral (German: Vizeadmiral).[2]

The Inspector is responsible for the readiness of personnel and materiel in the German Navy, in that regard he reports directly to the Federal Minister of Defence. The Inspector commands the Navy Command; however, the subordinate departments of the Navy are led by their heads at Navy Command and do not report directly to the Inspector. The Inspector sits under the General Inspector of the Bundeswehr and is a member of the Defence Council for Bundeswehr-wide matters.[1]

## List of Inspectors of the Navy

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No. | Portrait  | Inspector of the Navy | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref.

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| Ruge, FriedrichVizeadmiral
Friedrich Ruge
(1894–1985)| June 1956| August 1961| 5 years, 2 months| -

| Zenker, Karl-AdolfVizeadmiral
Karl-Adolf Zenker
(1907–1998)| August 1961| 30 September 1967| 6 years, 1 month| -

| Jeschonnek, GertVizeadmiral
Gert Jeschonnek
(1912–1999)| 1 October 1967| 30 September 1971| 3 years, 11 months| -

| Kühnle, HeinzVizeadmiral
Heinz Kühnle
(1915–2001)| 1 October 1971| 31 March 1975| 3 years, 5 months| -

| Luther, GünterVizeadmiral
Günter Luther
(1922–1997)| 1 April 1975| 31 March 1980| 4 years, 11 months| -

| Bethge, AnsgarVizeadmiral
Ansgar Bethge
(1924–2008)| 1 April 1980| 31 March 1985| 4 years, 11 months| -

| Wellershoff, DieterVizeadmiral
Dieter Wellershoff
(1933–2005)| 1 April 1985| September 1986| 1 year, 5 months| -

| Wellershoff, DieterVizeadmiral
Hans-Joachim Mann
(born 1935)| 1 October 1986| 30 September 1991| 4 years, 11 months| -

| Weyher, Hein-PeterVizeadmiral
Hein-Peter Weyher
(born 1935)| 1 October 1991| April 1995| 3 years, 6 months| -
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| Boehmer, Hans-RudolfVizeadmiral
Hans-Rudolf Boehmer
(born 1938)| April 1995| September 1998| 3 years, 5 months| -
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| Lüssow, HansVizeadmiral
Hans Lüssow
(born 1942)| 1 October 1998| February 2003| 4 years, 4 months| -
12|

| Feldt, LutzVizeadmiral
Lutz Feldt
(born 1942)| 1 March 2003| April 2006| 3 years, 1 month| -
13|

| Nolting, WolfgangVizeadmiral
Wolfgang E. Nolting
(born 1948)| April 2006| 28 April 2010| 4 years| -
14|

| Schimpf, AxelVizeadmiral
Axel Schimpf
(born 1952)| 28 April 2010| 28 October 2014| 4 years, 6 months| -
15|

| Krause, AndreasVizeadmiral
Andreas Krause
(born 1956)| 28 October 2014| 24 March 2021| 6 years, 4 months| -
16|

| Schönbach, Kay-AchimVizeadmiral
Kay-Achim Schönbach
(born 1965)| 24 March 2021| 22 January 2022| 9 months| -
17|

| Kaack, Jan ChristianVizeadmiral
Jan Christian Kaack
(born 1962)| 22 January 2022| Incumbent| 2 years, 7 months| -

## See also

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* Inspector of the Army
* Oberkommando der Marine
* Marineamt
* First Sea Lord
* List of admirals of the German Navy

## References

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1. ^ a b Schimpf, Axel (2013). "Das Marinekommando in Rostock - Die Marine auf Zukunftskurs". Marineforum (in German) (1/2): 22ff.
2. ^ Informationen zur Neuausrichtung der Bundeswehr auf der Bundeswehr-Homepage

## External links

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* (in German) Inspekteure der Marine (Bundesarchiv)
* (in German) Inspekteure der Marine (German Navy official website)

Inspectors of the Navy

* Friedrich Ruge
* Karl-Adolf Zenker
* Gert Jeschonnek
* Heinz Kühnle
* Günter Luther
* Ansgar Bethge
* Dieter Wellershoff
* Hans-Joachim Mann
* Hein-Peter Weyher
* Hans-Rudolf Boehmer
* Hans Lüssow
* Lutz Feldt
* Wolfgang E. Nolting
* Axel Schimpf
* Andreas Krause
* Kay-Achim Schönbach

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Chiefs of the navy by country

* Chief of the Naval Staff

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Former|

* Biafra
* Bophuthatswana
* Ciskei
* British Egypt
* Ethiopian Empire
* Rhodesia
* Transkei
* Venda
* Zaire

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Former|

* Confederate States of America

Asia|

* Abkhazia
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* PR of China
* East Timor
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* NEDAJA
* NEDSA
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Former|

* Democratic Kampuchea
* Imperial Japan
* Mengjiang
* Manchukuo
* South Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

Former|

* Austria–Hungary
* Independent State of Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Prussia
* Imperial Germany
* Nazi Germany
* East Germany
* Ottoman Empire
* Russian Empire
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

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