Axel Schimpf
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Speyer, West Germany
| allegiance = {{flag|Germany}}
| branch ={{navy|GER}}
| serviceyears = 1971–2014
| rank = Vizeadmiral (vice admiral)
| awards ={{plainlist|*Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr in Gold
- NATO Medal for Yugoslavia
- Commander of the National Order of Merit
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Axel Schimpf (born 1 October 1952) is a retired Vizeadmiral (vice admiral) of the German Navy.
Biography
Schimpf served as Inspector of the Navy from April 2010 to October 2014. He previously served as an officer on German fast attack craft, and as chief of the Navy Office from 2008 to 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/!ut/p/c4/FcxLDoAgDAXAG7V7d55CcVfkhTRCIXz0-mpmP3zwx-TWKEOLSeKd3amLfyhLowmPNq1TUATM0ami9WJJSa1XXAO8_UWK7AK45ry-mQamnA!!/ |publisher=Bundeswehr |title=Inspekteur der Marine: Vizeadmiral Axel Schimpf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727013333/http://www.marine.de/portal/a/marine/%21ut/p/c4/FcxLDoAgDAXAG7V7d55CcVfkhTRCIXz0-mpmP3zwx-TWKEOLSeKd3amLfyhLowmPNq1TUATM0ami9WJJSa1XXAO8_UWK7AK45ry-mQamnA%21%21/ |archive-date=27 July 2014 |url-status=dead }} He retired from military service on 28 October 2014, when he was replaced as Inspector by Andreas Krause.{{cite news|url=http://www.focus.de/regional/mecklenburg-vorpommern/verteidigung-kommandouebergabe-an-neuen-inspekteur-der-marine_id_4232784.html|newspaper=Focus|language=German|title=Verteidigung: Kommandoübergabe an neuen Inspekteur der Marine|date=28 October 2014|access-date=28 October 2014}}
References
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{{s-bef | before =Vizeadmiral Wolfgang E. Nolting}}
{{s-ttl | title = Inspector of the Navy | years =28 April 2010 – 28 October 2014}}
{{s-aft | after =Vizeadmiral Andreas Krause}}
{{s-bef | before =Konteradmiral Ulrich Otto}}
{{s-ttl | title = Chief of the Navy Office | years =2008 – 2010}}
{{s-aft | after =Konteradmiral Horst-Dieter Kolletschke}}
{{s-bef | before = Konteradmiral Jörg Auer}}
{{s-ttl | title = Deputy Inspector of the Navy | years = 2004 – January 2008 }}
{{s-aft | after = Konteradmiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer}}
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Category:Vice admirals of the German Navy
Category:Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite
Category:Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr