Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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| Second Counselor in the First Presidency | |
| February 3, 2008 | |
| Called by | Thomas S. Monson |
| Predecessor | Henry B. Eyring |
| Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | |
| October 2, 2004 – February 3, 2008 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| End reason | Called as Second Counselor in the First Presidency |
| LDS Church Apostle | |
| October 7, 2004 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| Reason | Deaths of David B. Haight and Neal A. Maxwell |
| Presidency of the Seventy | |
| 15 August 2002 – 2 October 2004 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 7, 1996 – October 2, 2004 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| End reason | Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles |
| Second Quorum of the Seventy | |
| April 2, 1994 – April 7, 1996 | |
| Called by | Ezra Taft Benson |
| End reason | Transferred to the First Quorum of the Seventy |
| Military career | |
| 1959–1965 | |
| Allegiance |
 Germany |
| Service/branch |
 Air Force
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| Awards | Commander's Trophy (USAF) |
| Personal details | |
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Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf 6 November 1940 Mährisch-Ostrau, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Ostrava, Czech Republic) |
| Alma mater | International Institute for Management Development (MBA) |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Reich Uchtdorf (1962–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Dieter Friedrich Uchtdorf (born 6 November 1940) is a German aviator, airline executive and religious leader. He currently serves as the Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and is the eighth most senior apostle in the ranks of the church.
Uchtdorf was born to ethnic Germans Karl Albert Uchtdorf and Hildegard Else Opelt in Moravská Ostrava (German: Mährisch-Ostrau), which at the time was in the Nazi-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Ostrava, Czech Republic). When he was a child, his family traveled through areas being bombed to move to Zwickau in eastern Germany while his father was away in the army. As a result of his grandmother's encounter with an LDS Church member in a soup line, Uchtdorf's family joined the LDS Church when he was still young.
When Uchtdorf was about eleven, his father's political beliefs, incongruent with Soviet rule, earned him the label of "dissenter", thus putting their lives in danger. They fled East Germany and resettled in U.S.-occupied West Germany. His sisters accomplished this by jumping from a moving train that happened to pass through West Germany, while Dieter and his mother climbed a mountain to avoid Russian guard checkpoints.
Uchtdorf started studying mechanical engineering at age 18 but later continued in business administration in Cologne and graduated from Institut pour l'Etude des Methodes de Direction de l'Entreprise (today the International Institute for Management Development) in Lausanne, Switzerland, with an MBA. He received an honorary doctorate in international leadership from Brigham Young University during the April 2009 graduation ceremony.
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