Robert Brieger

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Robert Brieger
Chairman of the European Union Military Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2022
Preceded by	Claudio Graziano
Chief of the General Staff
In office 24 July 2018 – 6 May 2022
Preceded by	Othmar Commenda
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-21) 21 November 1956 (age 68)
Military service
Allegiance	Austria
Branch/service	Austrian Land Forces
Years of service	1975–present
Rank	General
Commands	EUFOR
Awards	Grand Decoration of Honour

Robert Brieger (born 21 November 1956)^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1][2] On 19 May 2021, Brieger was selected as the next CEUMC.^[3] He took office 16 May 2022.^[4] 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".^[5][6]