Klaus von Dambrowski | |
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Born | 16 February 1953 |
Allegiance | Germany |
Service/branch | German Navy |
Years of service | 1972– |
Rank | Konteradmiral |
Commands held | German frigate Niedersachsen |
Klaus von Dambrowski (German pronunciation: [ˈklaʊs ˈfɔn ˈdambro:vˌskɪ]; born 16 February 1953) is a Konteradmiral of the German Navy and Chief of Staff of the Navy Command.
Von Dambrowski entered the Bundeswehr in 1972, and completed the requisite training to become a career naval officer. After completing the "A" course on remote signalling/tracking, he studied pedagogy and educational science at the University of the Bundeswehr Hamburg from October to May 1977, earning a master's degree in teaching. Thereafter, he served from May 1978 to September 1979 as a telecommunications officer on the destroyer Zerstörer 4. Subsequently, he served from October 1979 until September 1980 as a training officer.
After the completion of the "B" course for remote signalling/tracking, von Dambrowski took a posting as a course director at the Naval Academy Mürwik from October 1980 to September 1981. From October 1982 to September 1986, he served aboard the destroyer Mölders as tracking and command officer at the weapons control panel. This was followed by a posting as the telecommunications officer on the staff of the 1st Destroyer Squadron, from 1986 to September 1987.
Von Dambrowski took the 29th National General and Admiral Staff Officer Course from October 1987 to September 1989 at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg and thereafter was promoted to Korvettenkapitän (lieutenant commander). After this course, von Dambrowski was first officer aboard the destroyer Schleswig-Holstein from October 1989 until March 1991, under Commander Wolfgang Jungmann. Subsequently he was transferred to Bonn, where he served in the Parliament and Cabinet Department of the Federal Ministry of Defense from April 1991 to March 1994.