Commander of Federal Armed ForcesCommand and Staff College

MG Hans-Christian Beck was born on 19 July1944 in Zwittau/Sudetenland and joined the Federal Armed Forces on 1 April 1964.

For both his officer training and subsequent service he was mainly based at regions in Southern Germany. In 1976 he was assigned to participate at a General Staff training at the Federal Armed Forces Command and Staff College at Blankenese. And further assignments at schools and staffs followed suit. In 1993 he became commander of home defense brigade 39 "Free State of Thuringia", in 1994 commander of Moral Leadership Center at Koblenz and as from 1 September 1999 he became commander of headquarters of air forces and 4 division at Regensburg.

MG Beck is married and has one daughter. His hobbies are hiking, history and literature.