The Military Prosecution Service or Judge Advocate General's Corps (, short FAUK) is a Danish independent military prosecutor and the legal branch of the Danish military. It is a Level.I command and is under the Ministry of Defence. The Judge Advocate General () heads the Defence Judge Advocate Corps. It is located at Kastellet in Copenhagen.

The Judge Advocate General and Judge Advocates are members of the military system, but outside the military rank system. The Chief of Defence, otherwise the commander of all Danish military personnel, does not have authority over Judge advocates prosecutors.

In a military criminal case the Defence Judge Advocate Corps conducts investigation and decides whether or not a charge should be brought up.

List of Judge Advocate Generals Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Poul Tscherning 3 June 1659 17 September 1666 † 2 1666 1679 years 3 2 June 1679 December 1703 4 11 December 1703 – Severin Wildschütz 11 December 1703 24 December 1709 5 Hieronymus Bornemann 24 December 1709 December 1720 † 6 Daniel Ditleff Dreesen 24 December 1720 29 October 1742 7 Johan Gottlieb Linck 29 October 1742 11 January 1749 8 Georg Christoph Schrøder 22 January 1749 9 March 1757 9 Herman Alexander Caroc 9 March 1757 November 1766 10 Johan Ernst Eric Schmidt 11 November 1766 8 May 1774 † 11 Vilhelm Bornemann 19 May 1774 15 February 1801 † 12 13 March 1801 2 February 1822 13 Andreas Aagesen 3 February 1822 15 November 1846 † 14 23 November 1846 13 July 1851 15 Carl Christian Hall 19 August 1851 15 April 1854 – 15 April 1854 1 April 1856 (14) 1 April 1856 21 March 1871 16 21 March 1871 22 November 1883 17 Hans Christian Steffensen 22 November 1883 3 August 1910 18 Hans Christian Nicolai Giørtz 3 August 1910 31 December 1928 19 1 January 1929 31 May 1945 20 Erik Schäffer 1 June 1945 31 October 1950 21 Knud Franklin Pilgaard Christensen 1 November 1950 31 January 1965 22 Jens Harpøth 1 February 1965 1984 years 23 Verner Egon Gyde 1984 1993 years 24 Per Helmer Lichtenstein 1993 31 October 2007 years 25 Lars Stevnsborg 1 November 2007 Incumbent

See also Judge Advocate General http://fauk.dk

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