# Nico Ries

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Colonel **Nico Ries** (born 30 July 1953 in [Luxembourg City](/source/Luxembourg_City))[1] is a [Luxembourgish](/source/Luxembourg) soldier and former [Chief of Defence](/source/Chief_of_Defence_(Luxembourg)) of the [Luxembourg Army](/source/Luxembourg_Army). He served as Chief of Defence from 2002 to 2008, having previously been Assistant Chief of Defence.[1]

In 2008, he was transferred by the [Minister for Defence](/source/Minister_for_Defence_of_Luxembourg), [Jean-Louis Schiltz](/source/Jean-Louis_Schiltz), to the Ministry of the Interior, and was replaced as Chief of Defence by [Gaston Reinig](/source/Gaston_Reinig). He has challenged the constitutionality of this act, and sought the return of his job as Chief of Defence.[2] In October 2010, the Administrative Court ruled that moving Ries amounted to a breach of Article 10 of the Constitution, which guarantees equality before the law.[3] In January 2011, both Ries and Reinig were placed on leave, with [Alain Duschene](/source/Alain_Duschene) taking over the title of Chief of Defence in the interim.[4]

## Footnotes

1. ["Colonel Nico Ries"](http://www.nato.int/cv/chod/lu/ries-e.htm). [NATO](/source/NATO). Retrieved 26 November 2010.

1. ["Ries und Regierung weiter auf Konfrontationskurs"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110106045343/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/01/134225/ries-und-regierung-weiter-auf-konfrontationskurs.php) (in German). *[Luxemburger Wort](/source/Luxemburger_Wort)*. 3 January 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/01/134225/ries-und-regierung-weiter-auf-konfrontationskurs.php) on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

1. ["Versetzung von Colonel Ries ist verfassungswidrig"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101004132418/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2010/10/117416/versetzung-von-colonel-ries-ist-verfassungswidrig.php) (in German). *[Luxemburger Wort](/source/Luxemburger_Wort)*. 1 October 2010. Archived from [the original](http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2010/10/117416/versetzung-von-colonel-ries-ist-verfassungswidrig.php) on 4 October 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

1. ["Armee - zurück ins Jahr 2008"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110108184338/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/01/134392/armee-zurueck-ins-jahr-2008.php) (in German). *[Luxemburger Wort](/source/Luxemburger_Wort)*. 4 January 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/2011/01/134392/armee-zurueck-ins-jahr-2008.php) on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.

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