Aldo C. Schellenberg
{{short description|Swiss professional military officer (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Aldo Carlo Schellenberg
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1958|09|09|df=yes}}
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|birth_place= Bülach,Lebenslauf. In: Aldo C. Schellenberg: Durchsetzung der Unternehmenspolitik: Problemanalyse und Lösungsbeiträge aus betriebs- und verhaltenswissenschaftlicher Sicht. Dissertation, Universität Zürich, 1991. Switzerland
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|image=Aldo C. Schellenberg 01.jpg
|caption=KKdt Aldo C. Schellenberg (2017)
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|branch= Swiss Air Force
|serviceyears=1990–present
|rank= Lieutenant General
German: Korpskommandant NATO-Code: OF-8.
|commands=Head of the Swiss Air Force
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Lieutenant General Aldo C. Schellenberg (born September 9, 1958) is a Swiss professional military officer. He is the head of the Air Force and the designated deputy of the Swiss Chief of the Armed Forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.vbs.admin.ch/de/aktuell/medienmitteilungen.detail.nsb.html/65649.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725184522/https://www.vbs.admin.ch/de/aktuell/medienmitteilungen.detail.nsb.html/65649.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2021|title=Ernennung Stellvertreter Chef der Armee|website=www.vbs.admin.ch}}
Personal life and education
Schellenberg attended school in Bülach and then completed his secondary education at Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland after passing Matura type C exams in 1979. He went on to study economics at the University of Zurich, graduating in 1986. From 1986 to 1991, he worked as an assistant at the Institute for Business Research at the University of Zurich. In 1991, he studied for his doctorate under the supervision of Edwin Rühli, receiving the academic title Dr. oec. publ. (Doctor of Economics) in 1991.
Aldo Schellenberg is married and has four children.{{cite web|url=http://www.he.admin.ch/internet/heer/de/home/verbaende/gebinfbr12/news/archiv_2010/aldo_schellenberg.html|title=Aldo Schellenberg wird neuer Kommandant der Geb Inf Br 12|publisher=|access-date=2017-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130003219/http://www.he.admin.ch/internet/heer/de/home/verbaende/gebinfbr12/news/archiv_2010/aldo_schellenberg.html|archive-date=2013-11-30|url-status=dead}}
Business career
From 1992 to 2011, he was the owner of a business consulting company, which is now run by his wife.{{cite web|url=http://schellenberg-consulting.ch/mitarbeiter/mitarbeiter.php?id=2|title=schellenberg consulting> Mitarbeiter > lic. phil. I Barbara Schellenberg-Treichler|website=schellenberg-consulting.ch|access-date=2017-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201014837/http://schellenberg-consulting.ch/mitarbeiter/mitarbeiter.php?id=2|archive-date=2013-12-01|url-status=dead}} Schellenberg's professional experience proved significant during the 2007 Swissair trial,{{cite web|url=https://www.bilanz.ch/unternehmen/swissair-prozess-aldo-schellenberg-der-schattenmann|title=Swissair-Prozess: Aldo Schellenberg: Der Schattenmann|website=Bilanz}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/27173392/print.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130015608/http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/27173392/print.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 November 2013|title=- - tagesanzeiger.ch|date=30 November 2013|publisher=}} in which executives were accused of and later cleared of charges related to accounting practices. In addition, from 2003 to 2011, Schellenberg was a lecturer at Bern University's Institute for Corporate Accounting and Controlling. From 2006 to 2009, he completed a postgraduate degree in commercial law at Bern University, resulting in a LL.M. degree.[https://www.xing.com/profile/AldoC_Schellenberg?key=0.0 Dr. Aldo C. Schellenberg].
Military service
As of 1 July 2010, Schellenberg worked part-time (60%) as commander of the Swiss Army's Mountain Infantry Brigade 12. On January 1, 2012, he was promoted to divisionär (major general) as chief of staff of the army.{{cite web|url=http://www.he.admin.ch/internet/heer/de/home/verbaende/gebinfbr12/news/Archiv_2011/0.html|title=Br Schellenberg wird neuer C A Stab|publisher=|access-date=2017-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131130003048/http://www.he.admin.ch/internet/heer/de/home/verbaende/gebinfbr12/news/Archiv_2011/0.html|archive-date=2013-11-30|url-status=dead}}
On 1 January 2013, he succeeded Markus Gygax as commander of the Swiss Air Force.{{cite web|url=http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/vbs/de/home/documentation/news/news_detail.47129.nsb.html|title=Markus Gygax übergibt Führung der Luftwaffe an Aldo C. Schellenberg|publisher=|access-date=2017-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502122014/http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/vbs/de/home/documentation/news/news_detail.47129.nsb.html|archive-date=2016-05-02|url-status=dead}} At its meeting on 22 March 2017, the Swiss Federal Council promoted Schellenberg to Chief of Operations of the Swiss Army, effective 1 January 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.news.admin.ch/de/nsb?id=66095|title=Mutationen von Höheren Stabsoffizieren der Armee|first=Der|last=Bundesrat|website=www.admin.ch}}
In spring 2016, the new Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin stopped the procurement of a new air defense system, because the project group, headed by Schellenberg, proposed a system which did not fulfil requirements.{{cite web|url=http://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/schweiz/warum-die-luft-fuer-luftwaffenchef-aldo-c-schellenberg-immer-duenner-wird-130175621|title=Warum die Luft für Luftwaffenchef Aldo C. Schellenberg immer dünner wird.|date=5 April 2016|publisher=}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/ruestungsprojekt-bodluv-offene-fragen-zum-luftwaffenchef-ld.9920|title=Offene Fragen zum Luftwaffenchef - NZZ|first=Heidi|last=Gmür|newspaper=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |date=12 April 2016}}
Military positions and ranks
As a militia officer, Aldo Schellenberg has held the following positions:{{cite web|url=http://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/die-schweizer-armee/hoehere-stabsoffiziere/hso/schellenberg-aldo.html|title=Schellenberg C. Aldo|website=www.vtg.admin.ch|access-date=2017-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021131616/http://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/die-schweizer-armee/hoehere-stabsoffiziere/hso/schellenberg-aldo.html|archive-date=2016-10-21|url-status=dead}}
- 1990: Captain: Commander of a Fortified Airman's Staff Battery
- 1994: Captain: Chief of Staff of Mountain Division 12
- 1997: Major in the General Staff: Commander of the Light Air Defense Division 12
- 2000: Oberstleutnant in the Generalstab: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Gebirgsdivision 12
- 2001: Oberst (colonel) of the General Staff: Staff of the Mountain Division 12
- 2004: Colonel in the General Staff: Stabschef of the Gebirgsinfanteriebrigade 12
- 2008: Colonel in the General Staff: Assigned staff officer in the staff of the Mountain Infantry Brigade 12
- 2010: Brigadier: Commander of the Mountain Infantry Brigade 12
- 2012: Divisional general: Chief of the Armestab
- 2013: Lieutenant General: Commander of the Swiss Air Force
Decorations and awards
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References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150711190711/http://www.lw.admin.ch/internet/luftwaffe/en/home/themen/history/komm1914.html Heads of the Swiss Air Force since 1914]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161021131616/http://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/die-schweizer-armee/hoehere-stabsoffiziere/hso/schellenberg-aldo.html Official Page about Aldo C. Schellenberg]
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