{{short description|German admiral (1933-2005)}} thumb|right|Dieter Wellershoff '''Dieter Wellershoff''' (16 March 1933 – 16 July 2005) was a German admiral and Chief of Federal Armed Forces Staff from 1986 until 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Germany’s former Chiefs of Defence |url=https://www.bmvg.de/en/history/germany-s-former-chiefs-of-defence |website=German Federal Ministry of Defence |access-date=13 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
He was the first Inspector-General of the Bundeswehr who was not a member of the Wehrmacht.{{cn|date=November 2025}} He was also the first to visit the USSR, doing so in May 1989.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Oudenaren |first1=John Van |title=Détente in Europe: The Soviet Union and the West Since 1953 |date=1991 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-1133-1 |page=240 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/D%C3%A9tente_in_Europe/IjJnAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.bmvg.de/portal/a/bmvg/!ut/p/c4/NYxBC4JAEIX_0Y5eNLoVIRRRx7RLrOuwDrmzMo566ce3Br0H3-F98OAJqWwX8lYpsh2ghsbRvl1NGxZvAjFNikJzMB4n15PrFV8_55FR7EA8jfhWnCXtKzy2xw6Ni4y6UZGVEr1YjWLGKDpsZhZJxlAHTZafjlme_ZN_iqq-lNddWZxv1R3GEA5frU_mDg!!/ Biography on BMVg website]
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef | before =General Wolfgang Altenburg}} {{s-ttl | title = Chief of Staff of the Federal Armed Forces | years = 1 October 1986–30 September 1991}} {{s-aft | after =General Klaus Naumann}} {{s-bef | before =Vizeadmiral Ansgar Bethge}} {{s-ttl | title = Inspector of the Navy | years =April 1985-September 1986}} {{s-aft | after =Vizeadmiral Hans-Joachim Mann}} {{s-bef | before = Konteradmiral Hanshermann Vohs}} {{s-ttl | title = Deputy Inspector of the Navy | years = April 1984 – March 1985}} {{s-aft | after = Konteradmiral Hein-Peter Weyher}} {{s-end}}
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