Mart de Kruif

Mart de Kruif
Born	September 1, 1958 (1958-09-01) (age 53) Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands.
Allegiance	The Netherlands
Service/branch	Royal Dutch Army
Years of service	1981–present
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	ISAF Regional Command South 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade 42 Pantserinfanteriebataljon Limburgse Jagers
Battles/wars	ISAF Afghanistan SFOR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Awards	Order of Orange-Nassau (Commander)

Mart de Kruif is a Royal Dutch Army general. He currently serves as the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army.

De Kruif got his military education at the Royal Military Academy in Breda. Later he was also educated at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr and the U.S. Army War College. He has held several positions within the Royal Netherlands Army before becoming a Brigadier General of the 43rd Mechanized Brigade in Havelte in 2007.

Mgen Mart de Kruif as COM RC-South (center) with COM ISAF, general David McKiernan (right) in Tarin Kowt, 31 March 2009

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.^[1] 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. After being promoted in 2011 to Lieutenant General on October 17th general de Kruif assumed the post of Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army on October 25th.^[2]

References

1. ^ Elections 'vital': new NATO chief south Afghanistan, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, October 22, 2008]
2. ^ Appointment news at Dutch ministry of Defence

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Name	Kruif, Mart de
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