Allegiance The Netherlands Name Mart Kruif | Rank Lieutenant General Years of service 1981–present | |
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Battles/wars ISAF AfghanistanSFOR Bosnia and Herzegovina Awards Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau Meritorious Service Medal (Canada) Officer in the Legion of Honour (France)Knight Commander's Cross in the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Commands held | ||
Service/branch Royal Netherlands Army | ||
Lt gen mart de kruif inducted into hall of fame
Mart de Kruif MSM is a three-star general in the Royal Netherlands Army and served as its executive commander.
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- Lt gen mart de kruif inducted into hall of fame
- Commandant mart de kruif is de nieuwe voorzitter van hc 03
- Biography
- References
Commandant mart de kruif is de nieuwe voorzitter van hc 03
Biography
On November 1, 2008 he was promoted to Major General. On the same day he took over the Regional Command South (RC-S) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan from Canadian Major General Marc Lessard. Under his command the size of RC-S doubled to 40.000 troops. He held this command until November 1, 2009, when he was succeeded by British Major General Nick Carter.
From May 2010 till October 2011 he served as the Deputy Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army. Promoted to Lieutenant General on October 17, 2011, de Kruif assumed the post of Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army on October 25. He retired on 24 March 2016.
