Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army

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Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army
Commandant Landstrijdkrachten
Lgen Martin Wijnen 2020.jpg
Incumbent
Lieutenant-general Martin Wijnen
since 28 August 2019
 Royal Netherlands Army
AbbreviationC-LAS
Reports toChief of Defence
Formation1954
First holderBen Hasselman
DeputyDeputy Commander
WebsiteOfficial website

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. The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army is statutorily a three-star general. The current C-LAS is Air Defense Artillery Lieutenant General Martin Wijnen.

History of the C-LAS[]

The position of C-LAS was created on 5 September 2005 as part of a thorough reorganization within the Dutch Ministry of Defence in which the staffs (military and civilian) were reduced in size and an entire organizational layer was dropped. Before September 2005 the commanding officer of the Army was the Bevelhebber der Landstrijdkrachten (abbreviated BLS; the term also translates into English as Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army).

Officeholders[]

Commanders of the Royal Netherlands Army (Bevelhebber der Landstrijdkrachten)[]

  • 1954 - 1957 General Ben Hasselman
  • 1957 - 1962 Lieutenant General
  • 1962 - 1963 Lieutenant General
  • 1964 - 1968 Lieutenant General Frans van der Veen
  • 1968 - 1971 Lieutenant General
  • 1972 - 1973 Lieutenant General
  • 1973 - 1977 Lieutenant General
  • 1977 - 1980 Lieutenant General Cor de Jager
  • 1980 - 1985 Lieutenant General
  • 1985 - 1988 Lieutenant General
  • 1988 - 1992 Lieutenant General
  • 1992 - 1996 Lieutenant General
  • 1996 - 2001 Lieutenant General
  • 2001 - 2002 Lieutenant General
  • 2002 - 2005 Lieutenant General

Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army[]

Commandant Landstrijdkrachten
No. Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Peter van Uhm.jpg Lieutenant general
Peter van Uhm
(born 1955) 		5 September 2005 13 March 2008 2 years, 190 days
2 Rob Bertholee in 2005.jpg Lieutenant general
Rob Bertholee
(born 1955) 		13 March 2008 25 October 2011 3 years, 226 days
3 Mart de Kruif.jpg Lieutenant general
Mart de Kruif
(born 1958) 		25 October 2011 24 March 2016 4 years, 151 days
4 Leo-beulen-c-las.jpg Lieutenant general
Leo Beulen
(born 1960) 		24 March 2016 28 August 2019 3 years, 157 days [1][2]
5 Lgen Martin Wijnen 2020 cropped.jpg Lieutenant general
Martin Wijnen
(born 1966) 		28 August 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 11 days

Deputy Commanders[]

  • Major General (5 September 2005 – 25 November 2007)
  • Major General (26 November 2007 – March 2010)
  • Major General Mart de Kruif (March 2010 – October 2011)
  • Major General Marc van Uhm (October 2011 – January 2016)
  • Major General Martin Wijnen (January 2016 – July 2017)
  • Major General (July 2017 – October 2019)
  • Major General (October 2019 - present)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Commandant Landstrijdkrachten (in Dutch), Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Leo Beulen gaat landmacht leiden" (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

External links[]

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