Mart de Kruif

Mart de Kruif
Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army
In office
25 October 2011 – 24 March 2016
Preceded byLieutenant general Rob Bertholee
Succeeded byLieutenant general Leo Beulen
Personal details
Born (1958-09-01) 1 September 1958 (age 66)
Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands.
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
Commander of the Legion of Merit[1]
Military service
Allegiance The Netherlands
Branch/serviceRoyal Dutch Army
Years of service1981–2016
RankLieutenant General
CommandsRoyal Netherlands Army
ISAF Regional Command South
43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade
42 Pantserinfanteriebataljon Limburgse Jagers
Battles/wars

Mart de Kruif MSM is a retired Dutch Lieutenant-general in the Royal Netherlands Army who served as the 3rd Royal Netherlands Army until his retirement in 2016. He was succeeded by lieutenant general Leo Beulen

  1. ^ "General Orders No. 2018–33" (PDF). Washington, DC: Headquarters Department of the Army. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2020.