Robert Brieger

{{Short description|Chairman of the CEUMC}}

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| office = Chairman of the European Union Military Committee

| term_start = 16 May 2022

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| predecessor = Claudio Graziano

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| office1 = Chief of the General Staff,
Austrian Armed Forces

| term_start1 = 24 July 2018

| term_end1 = 6 May 2022

| predecessor1 = Othmar Commenda

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| serviceyears = 1975–present

| rank = General

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| mawards = Grand Decoration of Honour

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Robert Brieger (born 21 November 1956){{cn|date=June 2024}} is an Austrian General of the Austrian Armed Forces and the current Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC). Brieger was previously the Chief of General Staff of the Austrian Armed Forces.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bundesheer.at/sk/lebenslauf_gstbchef.shtml|title = Bundesheer - Facts & Figures - Generalstabschef}}{{Cite web|url=http://orf.at/stories/2447152/|title=Commendas Nachfolger als Generalstabschef steht fest|date=16 July 2018}} On 19 May 2021, Brieger was selected as the next CEUMC.{{cite web |title=European Union Military Committee (EUMC), EU chiefs of defence, 19 May 2021 |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/fac/2021/05/19/ |website=consilium.europa.eu/ |publisher=Council of the EU and the European Council |access-date=22 September 2021}} He took office 16 May 2022.{{cite web |title=CEUMC Visit to Italy |url=https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/ceumc-visit-italy_en |website=eeas.europa.eu |publisher=European Union |access-date=6 July 2022 |date=20 June 2022}} In 2024 Der Standard reported that, in response to a false post claiming that German corpses had been dug up at the Rheinwiesenlager and "passed off as Jewish corpses in order to manipulate the number of victims of the Holocaust", Brieger wrote "[a]bove all, it is a concealed chapter in the history of the victors".{{Cite news |last=Apelblat |first=M. |date=25 April 2024 |title=Austrian general explains himself to EU's foreign policy chief about Holocaust denial |url=https://www.brusselstimes.com/1022304/austrian-general-explains-himself-to-eus-foreign-policy-chief-about-holocaust-denial |work=The Brussels Times}}{{Cite news |last=Schmidt |first=Colette M. |date=20 April 2024 |title=Polizist teilte auf Facebook jahrelang offen Holocaust-Leugnung |url=https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/3000000216706/polizist-teilte-auf-facebook-jahrelang-offen-holocaust-leugnung |work=Der Standard}}