Manfred Nielson
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| Born | February 25, 1955 |
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 Germany
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| Years of service | 1973 – present |
| Rank |
 Admiral
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Manfred Nielson (born February 25, 1955 in Dorsten, Germany), is an admiral of the German Navy currently serving as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia.
After finishing is A-levels in 1973 he entered the German Navy as reserve officer candidate. From 1974 till 1975 he served as Watch officer on the coastal minesweeper Koblenz and Wetzlar with the 6th minesweeping squadron in Wilhelmshaven. Beginning in 1975 he studied economics at the Helmut Schmidt University of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg and graduated in 1978 with a master's degree. After graduating he returned to the German Fleet and served as watch officer on board of the minehunter Flensburg, Cuxhaven and Koblenz. From 1980 to 1981 he completed a special training course related to the application of submerged weapons at the Navy weapon school in Eckernförde. He subsequently took over command of the minehunters Tübingen (1983) and Paderborn (1985). In 1985 he released his command and was redeployed to the German Defense Staff in Bonn where he served as junior adviser.
From 1986 to 1988 he successfully joined the 28. Command and General staff course at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr of the Bundeswehr in Hamburg and was promoted to the rank of Corvette Captain. In 1988 Nielson became the operations officer and deputy commander of the 6th minesweeping squadron in Wilhelmshaven. In 1990 he returned to the Federal German Ministry of Defense in Bonn where he served as adviser in the Directorate-General for Personnel. From 1994 to 1997 he was the special assistant to the Director-General for Personnel of the Ministry of Defense. In 1997 he took over command of the 6th minesweeping squadron in Wilhelmshaven. A further redeployment in 1998 brought Nielson back to the German Ministry of Defense where he became Branch Chief Central Affairs within the Directorate-General for Plans and Policy by simultaneously being promoted to the rank of Captain. In 2000 he changed his post within the same Directorate and served as Branch Chief Personnel. From 2002 to 2002 Nielson was Director of the personal office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense Klaus-Günther Biederbick.
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