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Chief of Defence (Netherlands)

Index Chief of Defence (Netherlands)

The Chief of Defence (Commandant der Strijdkrachten, CHOD) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Armed forces of the Netherlands and is the principal military advisor to the Minister of Defence. [1]

38 relations: Armed forces of the Netherlands, Ben Hasselman, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, Cor de Jager, Dick Berlijn, Embassy of the Netherlands, Ottawa, Excellency, Four-star rank, Gendarmerie, General officer, Govert Huijser, Henk van den Breemen, Henri Winkelman, Interwar period, Izaak Reijnders, Lieutenant admiral, Lieutenant general, Luuk Kroon, Martin Wijnen, Ministry of Defence (Netherlands), Netherlands, Netherlands in World War II, Netherlands Marine Corps, Officer (armed forces), Peter van Uhm, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Rob Bauer, Rob Bertholee, Royal Marechaussee, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Royal Netherlands Navy, Secretary (title), Tom Middendorp, Vice admiral.

Armed forces of the Netherlands

The Armed forces of the Netherlands consist of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

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Ben Hasselman

General Benjamin Richard Pieter Frans Hasselman (1898–1984) was an officer of the Royal Netherlands Army and chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1957 to 1958.

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Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force

The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (C-LSK) (Dutch: Commandant Luchtstrijdkrachten) is the highest-ranking officer of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

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Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army

The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army (C-LAS, Dutch: Commandant Landstrijdkrachten) is the executive commander of the Royal Netherlands Army and reports directly to the Chief of Defence.

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Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy

The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy (CZsk) (Dutch: Commandant Zeestrijdkrachten) is the highest-ranking officer of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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Cor de Jager

General Cornelis "Cor" de Jager was an officer of the Royal Netherlands Army, Chief of the Defence Staff from 1980 to 1983 and chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1983 to 1986.

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Dick Berlijn

General Dick Lodewijk Berlijn (born March 18, 1950 in Amsterdam) is a retired Royal Netherlands Air Force four-star general, who served as Chief of Defence of the Netherlands (Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff) from 2004, when he succeeded Lt.

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Embassy of the Netherlands, Ottawa

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ottawa is the Netherlands's primary diplomatic mission in Canada.

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Excellency

Excellency is an honorific style given to certain high-level officers of a sovereign state, officials of an international organization, or members of an aristocracy.

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Four-star rank

A four-star rank is the rank of any four-star officer described by the NATO OF-9 code.

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Gendarmerie

Wrong info! --> A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military component with jurisdiction in civil law enforcement.

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General officer

A general officer is an officer of high rank in the army, and in some nations' air forces or marines.

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Govert Huijser

Govert Huijser (6 February 1931 – 5 January 2014) was a Dutch general and Chief of the Defence Staff between 1983 and 1988.

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Henk van den Breemen

Hendrik Gijsbert Bernhard "Henk" van den Breemen (Valkenswaard, 23 March 1941) is a retired Dutch military officer.

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Henri Winkelman

Henri Gerard Winkelman (17 August 1876 – 27 December 1952) was a Dutch military officer who served as Commander-in-chief of the Armed forces of the Netherlands during the German invasion of the Netherlands.

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Interwar period

In the context of the history of the 20th century, the interwar period was the period between the end of the First World War in November 1918 and the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939.

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Izaak Reijnders

Izaak Herman Reijnders (27 March 1879 in Stadskanaal – 31 December 1966 in Den Haag) was the man in charge of the Dutch military high command just prior to the beginning of World War II when he was replaced with retired general Henri Winkelman after an argument with the minister of Defense Adriaan Dijxhoorn.

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Lieutenant admiral

Lieutenant admiral is a senior naval military rank in some countries of the world.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.

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Luuk Kroon

Luuk Kroon (b. 13 December 1942, Ridderkerk – d. 19 June 2012, The Hague) was a Dutch naval officer.

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Martin Wijnen

Martin Wijnen (born 1966) is a Dutch Lieutenant-general (RNLA Engineers).

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Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)

The Ministry of Defence (Ministerie van Defensie; MinDef) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for the armed forces of the Netherlands and Veterans Affairs.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Netherlands in World War II

The direct involvement of the Netherlands in World War II began with its invasion by Nazi Germany on 10 May 1940.

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Netherlands Marine Corps

The Korps Mariniers is the elite amphibious infantry component of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority.

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Peter van Uhm

Petrus Johannes Mathias "Peter" van Uhm (born 15 June 1955) is a retired Royal Netherlands Army general.

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Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; German: Bernhard Friedrich Eberhard Leopold Julius Kurt Carl Gottfried Peter Graf von Biesterfeld; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was a German-born prince who was the consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands; they were the parents of four children, including the former Queen of the Netherlands, Princess Beatrix.

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Rob Bauer

Robert P. "Rob" Bauer (born 1962) is the Royal Netherlands Navy lieutenant admiral.

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Rob Bertholee

Robert Antonius Cornelis "Rob" Bertholee is a retired lieutenant general of the Royal Netherlands Army serving as the head of the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) since 2011.

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Royal Marechaussee

The Koninklijke Marechaussee, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, abbreviated to KMar (English is Royal Marshals, but commonly seen as Royal Military Constabulary), is one of the four Services of the armed forces of the Netherlands.

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Royal Netherlands Air Force

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF; Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu), "Royal Air Force"), is the military aviation branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces.

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Royal Netherlands Army

The Royal Netherlands Army (Koninklijke Landmacht (KL), "Royal Army") is the land forces element of the military of the Netherlands.

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Royal Netherlands East Indies Army

The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL) was the military force maintained by the Netherlands in its colony of the Netherlands East Indies (also known as the Dutch East Indies), in areas that are now part of Indonesia.

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Royal Netherlands Navy

The Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine, “Royal Navy”) is the navy of the Netherlands.

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Secretary (title)

Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization.

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Tom Middendorp

Thomas Antonius "Tom" Middendorp (born 6 September 1960) is a Royal Netherlands Army general.

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Vice admiral

Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal.

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Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Netherlands)

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