Gerhard Wessel

Life

Gerhard Wessel (December 24, 1913 – July 28, 2002) was President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau from May 1968 to December 1978. He previously served in the Reichswehr (1932–35) and Wehrmacht Heer, including the Foreign Armies East of Reinhard Gehlen during World War II. After the war, he was part of the Gehlen Organisation, and then the Bundeswehr (1956–1952).

Wessel was born in Neumünster and died in Pullach.

(All books in German)

Albrecht Charisius, ((Julius Mader)): Nicht länger geheim. Entwicklung, System und Arbeitsweise des imperialistischen deutschen Geheimdienstes. Deutscher Militärverlag, Berlin 1969 (4., überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage. Militärverlag der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Berlin 1980).
James H. Critchfield: Auftrag Pullach. Die Organisation Gehlen 1948–1956. Mittler, Berlin u. a. 2005, ISBN 3-8132-0848-6.
Helmut Roewer, Stefan Schäfer, Matthias Uhl: Lexikon der Geheimdienste im 20. Jahrhundert. Herbig, München 2003, ISBN 3-7766-2317-9.

Government offices
Preceded by Reinhard Gehlen	President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau 1968–1978	Succeeded by Klaus Kinkel

Presidents of the Bundesnachrichtendienst

Reinhard Gehlen Gerhard Wessel Klaus Kinkel Eberhard Blum Heribert Hellenbroich Hans-Georg Wieck Konrad Porzner Gerhard Güllich (interim) Hansjörg Geiger August Hanning Ernst Uhrlau Gerhard Schindler

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 37970643 GND: 128402164

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