1. Major General Mats Erik Engman was born on 13 April 1954 and is a retired officer in the Swedish Air Force.
17 Facts About Mats Engman
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Mats Engman was commissioned as an officer in the Swedish Air Force in 1976 and was assigned to Bravalla Wing with the rank of second lieutenant.
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Mats Engman was promoted to captain in 1970 and then served at Vastmanland Wing.
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Mats Engman was promoted to major in 1984 and then attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1984 to 1986.
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From 1986 to 1988, Mats Engman was posted to the staff of the Eastern Military District and from 1988 to 1989 he again served with the UNTSO, this time as plans officer in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Mats Engman was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1993 and studied at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Geneva, Switzerland from 1993 to 1994.
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Mats Engman served at OPINT at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm from 1994 to 1995.
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Mats Engman was promoted to colonel in 1996 and was assigned to the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service as head of the Analysis Department from 1996 to 1997.
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Mats Engman was then commander of Flygvapnets Uppsalaskolor from 1997 to 1999 and defence attache in London and Dublin.
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From 2004 to 2007 Mats Engman served as head of the Intelligence Division at MUST when he was promoted to brigadier general.
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In 2012, Mats Engman attended the Senior International Defense Management Course at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
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Mats Engman assumed the Deputy Chief of Policy and Plans Department position at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters on 1 January 2014.
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In 2014, Mats Engman attended the Senior International Intelligence Fellows Program at the Joint Military Intelligence College in Washington, DC Mats Engman assumed the position of Acting Chief of Policy and Plans Department from 22 January 2015.
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From 16 April 2015, Mats Engman was made available to the Chief of Joint Operations.
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Mats Engman was succeeded by Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad on 1 March 2017.
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In October 2017, Mats Engman retired from active service and transferred to the reserve.
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Mats Engman then worked as Director Exercise Evaluation, Viking 2018, Exercise Director for the Defence Staff CPX 2018 in conjunction with Exercise Trident Juncture 2018, as well as Director Exercise Evaluation for Total Defence Exercise 2020.