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Gerhard Wessel was born on 24 December, 1913, is a President of the Federal Intelligence Service. Discover Gerhard Wessel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Born 24 December 1913
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Date of death 28 July, 2002
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1913

Gerhard Wessel (December 24, 1913 – July 28, 2002) was President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau from May 1968 to December 1978.

1932

He previously served in the Reichswehr (1932–35) and Army, including the Foreign Armies East of Reinhard Gehlen during World War II.

Gerhard Wessel joined the army in 1932.

He died in Pullach.

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1956

After the war, he was part of the Gehlen Organisation, and then the Bundeswehr (1956–1952).

1968

He was head of the BND, Germany's Federal Intelligence Service from 1 May 1968 to 31 December 1978.

According to his obituary in the Los Angeles Times, entitled Gerhard Wessel, 88; Did Espionage Work for Hitler, West Germany, the "former intelligence officer in Adolf Hitler’s anti-Soviet spy operations" ... "is credited with modernizing the BND by hiring academic analysts and electronics specialists".

The obituary issued by the New York Times News Service summarized some of the BND's successes under Wessel: "It informed the government three months in advance of the Soviet Union's plans to invade Czechoslovakia in 1968. It also gathered early information about dissatisfaction among shipyard workers in Gdansk, which eventually led to upheaval in Poland in the 1980s".

The coverage also discusses the adverse incidents under his leadership.

For example, it mentions a "number of incidents of East Germans infiltrating the West German government, particularly intelligence agencies, on Gen. Wessel's watch".

Wessel was born in the Holstein city of Neumuenster; his father was an Evangelical pastor.

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