Mr. Roderich Kiesewetter MP

Born in 1963 in Pfullendorf, Mr. Kiesewetter studied economics in Munich and Austin, Texas, and underwent general staff officers’ training at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College from 1995 to 1997. His professional career has involved various command and staff positions, including at the EU Council in Brussels, NATO HQ in Brussels and Mons, the German Federal Ministry of Defence, the position of battalion commander, and several operations abroad.

From 2006 onwards he served as head of the Chief of Staff’s office (Executive Offices) at NATO Headquarters in Mons. In 2009, he was elected to the 17th German Bundestag by the voters of the Aalen-Heidenheim constituency in Baden-Württemberg.

He is deputy chairman of the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and serves as member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Affairs of the European Union as well as the Subcommittee on Civil Crisis Prevention and Integrated Conflict Management. Mr. Kiesewetter is also spokesman on Disarmament Arms Control and Non-Proliferation of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag. He holds the position of Head of the German delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA).

Roderich Kiesewetter is Deputy President of the German Armed Forces Reservists´ Association.