Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner has chosen Colonel Georg Frischeis as the new commander of the Guard. He is an officer with operational experience, a team trainer for leadership behavior and knows the Guard from his many years of service in this representative and operational unit of the Armed Forces.
Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner: “With Colonel Georg Frischeis, an experienced officer is taking command of the Guard. Especially in times of security policy upheaval, it is important that an officer with experience at home and abroad leads the largest unit in the Vienna area. I wish Colonel Georg Frischeis all the best and much strength for his challenging tasks in representation but also, should it be necessary, with the Guard in action.” https://militaeraktuell.at/5-sichten-auf-die-welt-002-was-war-was-ist-was-wird/
Frischeis’ experience in Germany
Colonel Georg Frischeis was born in Vienna in 1968 and enlisted as a one-year volunteer in Neusiedl am See in 1986. After a few semesters at the University of Vienna, he enlisted as a temporary officer in the Guard in 1991. From 1994 to 1997, he graduated from the military academy and again enlisted in the guard as a hunter officer. There he was deployed in a wide variety of functions, including as an operational planning officer (S3) and as deputy commander of the Guard. In 2008, following his training as a battalion commander, he moved to the Army Troop School in Eisenstadt, where he was responsible for training and quality management as a planning officer. Frischeis has been serving in the Ministry of Defense since 2012, contributing his experience in areas such as military strategic deployment preparation and in the General Staff Department.
Experience with international partners and organizations
In missions abroad (-> current reports on the foreign deployments of the Austrian Armed Forces) in the Balkans, he gained experience in international staff assignments in cooperation with other armed forces as well as inter- and multinational institutions. Among other things, he completed EU and NATO-training courses and took part in major international exercises. As the current Head of Military Protocol in the Military Diplomacy Department of the Ministry of Defence, he constantly works closely with representatives and representatives of other armed forces and international organizations – since 2018 also as Chairman of the Ball Committee for the “Officers’ Ball”, which is known far beyond Europe’s borders (-> Review of the 75th Officers’ Ball in January 2024) in Vienna. Colonel Georg Frischeis lives in Vienna and is the father of an adult daughter.
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