Public Information Office<br />B - 7010 SHAPE, Belgium<br /><br />Tel: (065) 44.4159<br />Fax: (065) 44.3544<br /><br />New DSACEUR arrived at SHAPE<br /><br />SHAPE, Belgium The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Joseph W. Ralston, welcomed the new Deputy SACEUR, Vice Admiral Rainer Feist (GE Navy) with an Honour Guard ceremony at SHAPE in Mons/Belgium on Tuesday, September 17, 2002.<br /><br />Vice Admiral Feist, who has served as Deputy Chief of Defense of the German Forces (Bundeswehr), will assume responsibilities from his predecessor, General Dieter Stöckmann in a brief ceremony on Wednesday, September 18, 2002.<br /><br />General Stöckmann became Chief of Staff at SHAPE on April 1, 1998 and took over as Deputy SACEUR on October 1, 2001. He will now retire from active duty.<br /><br />Note to editors:<br /> The official biography of Vice Admiral Feist (Admiral as of October 1, 2002) will be published on the web early October.<br />Photos of the ceremony will be published on NATO’s web-page today.