Bjørn Bisserup
Bjørn Ingemann Bisserup is a Danish General, who served as acting Chief of Defence in 2009 and 2012, before becoming Chief of Defence in 2017.
While serving as Lieutenant General, Bisserup was on, 5 October 2009, appointed acting Chief of Defence in place of Admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen. Sloth Jørgensen stopped as Chief of Defence due to the case of an Arabic translation of Thomas Rathsack's book Jæger - I Krig med Eliten. Bisserup remained on the post until the Defense Ministry appointed Knud Bartels to the post. The day after Tim Sloth Jørgensen's departure, Bisserup announced he did not want to assume the post permanently as he preferred to continue as the Chief of Operations and Planning Staffs at Forsvarskommandoen.
Bisserup was replaced as Chief of Defence 16 November 2009 by Lieutenant General Knud Bartels.
On 1 January 2012 Bisserup was again acting Chief of Defence, as Knud Bartels had to resign, to replace the Italian Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. Di Paola resigned to be Defense Minister in the Italian government.
On 20 March 2012 was Bisserup replaced by General Peter Bartram, who - after an unusual recruitment procedure, took the job as Chief of Defense.
He was announced to replace Bartram as Chief of Defence on 10 November 2016. He took over on 10 January 2017, and was simultaneously made general.Awards and decorations
Bisserup has been awarded:
