Wolfram Kühn
| Wolfram Kühn | |
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| Born |
7 November 1952 Bad Schwartau, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 Germany
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| Service/branch |
 German Navy
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| Years of service | 1972–2012 |
| Rank |
 Vizeadmiral
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| Commands held |
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| Awards | Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Wolfram Kühn (born 7 November 1952) is a retired German Navy Vizeadmiral. He served as Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Inspector of the Joint Support Service from 2006 to his retirement in 2012.
Kühn entered the Bundeswehr in 1972. After basic naval officer training, he studied Economics and Business Administration at the Bundeswehr University of Munich. After graduating in 1977 he served on the Destroyer Schleswig-Holstein as a CIC officer. In 1979 he was promoted to Kapitänleutnant (captain lieutenant) and assigned to the Territorial Command of Schleswig-Holstein as Adjutant of the commander, who was also the highest German responsible within NATO's Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH). From 1982 to 1984 Kühn served as department head of the supply department on Frigate Rheinland-Pfalz. Selected for the Admiral Staff Officer Course at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr it was during this course that he was promoted to Korvettenkapitän (corvette captain).
From 1986 to 1987 Kühn served as an instructor and company commander at the Navy Supply School in List (Sylt). From 1988 to 1989 he again was posted at the Territorial Command of Schleswig-Holstein, this time as a logistics staff officer (G4). Later he served at the Ministry of Defense in Bonn until 1991. From 1991 until 1993 Kühn was assigned to the Navy Supply School as Division Commander and Vice Commander of the school. During the next two years he again served at the Ministry of Defense within the Navy Staff and was responsible for general issues, logistics and procurement. In 1994 he studied at the Defence Resources Management Institute (DRMI) of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
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