Mission Commander EUTM Mali Brigadier General Franz Xaver Pfrengle Graduate Engineer born at 3. Dezember 1956 in Furtwangen/Black Forest married, three children Joined the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces); Engineer Officer Training, 1975 Munich Pursued studies in mechanical engineering at the Bundeswehr University 1976 - 1981 Hamburg; Completed his officer training in Hanover and Munich 1981 - 1983 Platoon Commander, Heavy Engineer Battalion 220, Munich 1983 - 1985 Platoon Commander and Chief Instructor, Engineer School, Munich 1985 - 1988 Company Commander, Engineer Pipeline Battalion 800, Wuppertal German General Staff Officers’ Training, 1988 - 1990 Bundeswehr Command and Staff College (FüAkBw), Hamburg French General Staff Officers’ Training, Ecole supérieure de guerre (French 1990 - 1992 War College) and Cours supérieur interarmées (Joint Service Advanced Course), Paris G2, 12th Armoured Division, Veitshöchheim (during this period: 1992 - 1993 participation in the UNOSOM mission in Somalia) 1993 - 1996 Section Chief G3 Ops, HQ EUROCORPS, Strasbourg Battalion Commander, Heavy Engineer Battalion 12, Volkach (during this 1996 - 1998 period: PfP exercise MATI in Albania) Assistant Branch Chief ‘‘Military Policy and Bilateral Relations’’ (Fü S III 1), 1998 - 2000 Federal Ministry of Defence, Bonn/Berlin 2000 - 2002 Course Director, Army General Staff Course (FüAkBw), Hamburg Assistant Director (Europe, ESDP, Africa), Policy Planning and Advisory Staff 2002 -2004 to the German Minister of Defence, Berlin Studies at the Centre des hautes études militaires (Centre for Advanced 2004 - 2005 Military Studies) and the Institut des hautes études de la défense nationale (Institute for National Defence Studies), Paris Deputy Commander and Commander German Contingent, French- 2005 - 2007 German Brigade, Müllheim (during this period: NRF 7) 2007 - 2008 International Fellowship at the US Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 2008 - 2011 Commander German Army Officer School, Dresden Head of Division II (Training) and General Army Training, German Army 2011 - 2013 Office, Cologne 2013 - 2015 Deputy Chief of Staff Operations EUROCORPS, Strasbourg since Chief of Staff Operations EUROCORPS, Strasbourg June 2015 since 28th Mission Commander EUTM Mali July 2015 .