Wolfram Kühn

Wolfram Kühn (born 7 November 1952) is a retired German Navy vice admiral. He served as Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr and Inspector of the Joint Support Service from 2006 to his retirement in 2012.

Military career Kühn entered the Bundeswehr in 1972. After basic naval officer training, he studied Economics and Business Administration at the University of the Bundeswehr 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). On 28 March 2012, Kühn handed over his post to Manfred Nielson, his retirement from military service marked by a Großer Zapfenstreich.