Luuk Kroon

Luuk Kroon ( born December 13, 1942 in Ridderkerk, South Holland province, † June 19, 2012 in The Hague) was a Dutch admiral lieutenant, who, among other commanders of the Royal Navy ( Koninklijke Marine ), as well as Chief of the Defence Staff (chief Defensiestaf ) commander of the armed forces was.

Life

Kroon graduated from post-school training as a naval officer and was promoted in September 1995 as Vice Admiral and appointed at the same time as the successor of Nico Buis commander of the Royal Navy. He continued in this position until his replacement by Vice Admiral Cees van Duyvendijk in June 1998.

Subsequently, he was promoted in June 1998 to admiral lieutenant and successor of General Henk van den Breemen as Chief of the Defence Staff. He was commander of the Dutch armed forces until his replacement by General Dick Berlijn in June 2004.

During his six -year tenure there were numerous international military operations, such as in Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eritrea, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Macedonia. For his services to the military cooperation with the German Bundeswehr him, among other things, the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour was awarded in gold.

After its adoption, to retire in June 2004, he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Orange- Nassau and has also been appointed adjutant in the extraordinary service of Queen Beatrix.