C O M M U N I T A T E V A L E M U S 1 ( G e r m a n / N e t h e r l a n d s ) C o r p s

CURRICULUM VITAE Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow Commander 1 German/Netherlands Corps

Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow is the Commander of NATO

Rapid Deployment Headquarters 1 German/Netherlands Corps. his unit, consisting of twelve nations, is capable of commanding

worldwide land operations on short notice.

Born in 1963, Lieutenant General Marlow joined the German

in 1982 as an officer candidate in a tank battalion.

Prior to his current assignment he was the sixth Chief of Staff Headquarters Resolute Support in Kabul/.

Lieutenant General Marlow served as the ’s Rapid Forces Division Commander (2015-2019) after having been Commander of the Armored and Recce Forces Training Center (2013-2014) and commander of a Mechanized Infantry Brigade (2011-2013).

Lieutenant General Marlow gained ministerial experience during two assignments in the

German Ministry of Defense, where he served as Head of Office to the Chief of Defense Staff of the German Armed Forces (2014-2015) and as Branch Head Personnel Management of Army Generals and Colonels (2009-2011).

His previous assignments include command positions within the Armored Cavalry Branch from company commander (1990-1994) up to brigade commander.

As Commander of Tank Battalion 403 (2004-2006) he was deployed as Chief of Staff of the

German contingent within NATO’s KFOR mission in . During his assignment as Commander of Mechanized Infantry Brigade 41 (2011-2013) he deployed to Afghanistan and served as Deputy Chief of Staff Security at ISAF’s Regional Command North in Mazar-e Sharif.

In his last deployment he served as Chief of Staff at RS HQ (2019 – 2020) in Kabul.

He has a diploma in Educational Sciences from the University of the Hamburg (1986), attended the 38th General Staff Officer Course (1995-1997) and the 26th Command and Staff Course at the Canadian Forces College, Toronto, Canada (1999-2000).

His awards and decorations include the NATO Medals for operations in Kosovo (KFOR),

Afghanistan (ISAF) and (RS), the bronze, silver and golden Bundeswehr Cross of Honor, several national disaster relief medals, the Dutch Decoration of Merit in Gold, the Bulgarian

Order of Merit, the Italian Memorial Cross to the peace mission in Afghanistan as well as the PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE: US Legion of Merit - officer degree-. SCHLOSSPLATZ 15 48143 MÜNSTER () PHONE: Office: +49 251 506 2091 Mob: +49 171 979 8531 E-MAIL: [email protected] WWW.1GNC.ORG