Ludwig Leinhos (born 1956) joined the Bundeswehr in 1975. After gaining a degree in electrical engineering, the Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) in the ­German Air Force had assignments in intelligence gathering and reconnaissance /electronic warfare. ­During his military career, he took on various ­leadership roles in Germany and abroad, in the areas of command systems and IT planning & application.­ His positions included that of Director NATO ­Headquarters C3 Staff in Brussels. General Leinhos became the first Chief of the Cyber and Information Domain Service (Inspekteur Cyber- und Informationsraum, InspCIR) on April 1, 2017.

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