The Chief of Staff directs, coordinates and supervises the staff activities on behalf of the Commander. He also transmits policies, plans and decisions of the Commander and his Deputy to the staff. Among other vital areas of responsibilities, the Chief of Staff is to keep the Commander and Deputy Commander informed about all important matters within their own command as well as in superior and adjacent NATO and national command areas. Brigadier General Josef Heinrichs has been Chief of Staff Multinational Corps Northeast since 14th December 2006. Brigadier General Josef Heinrichs was born in 1953 in Hümmel/Eifel, Germany. He served as a Platoon Leader, Company and Battalion Commander. Furthermore, he was Chief of Personnel Branch in different German units. His preceding post was Chief of Staff at the German Armed Forces Office. In 2007, he served as the Director Combined Joint Operations Centre in HQ ISAF, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Chief of Staff's CV
Previous Chiefs of Staff:
2004 - 2006 Brigadier General Henryk SKARŻYŃSKI 
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2001 - 2004 Brigadier General Karl Erik NIELSEN CV
1999 - 2001 Brigadier General Hans - Joachim SACHAU CV
