Gijs Tuinman
Gijs Pepijn Tuinman | |
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| Born | 15 November 1979 Heerlen, Netherlands |
| Allegiance |  Netherlands |
| Service/ |  Royal Netherlands Army |
| Years of service | 1998–2012, 2013–present |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | Korps Commandotroepen |
| Battles/wars | Afghanistan War |
| Awards |  Bronze Lion Military William Order, Knight 4th class |
Lieutenant Colonel Gijs Pepijn Tuinman, RMWO (born Heerlen, 15 November 1979),[1] is an officer of the Royal Netherlands Army. Tuinman is one of the only three living knights 4th class of the Military Order of William, the oldest and highest order of chivalry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Life[]
Gijs Tuinman was born in 1979 in Heerlen, where he attended the Bernardinuscollege from 1992 to 1998. In 1998 he went to the Royal Military Academy in Breda. In 2001 he became a platoon commander in the Korps Commandotroepen to be.[1] By 2009, he had been on at least five deployments to Afghanistan, several to Africa and other missions.[2] On 7 October 2009, for a mission in 2006, he was awarded the Bronze Lion, the second highest military decoration awarded by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.[3]
From 2009 to 2012, he was special operations policy adviser at the Ministry of Defence in The Hague. After this he was a 'citizen' consultant at Deloitte. He returned to military duty in 2013.[1][4]
Military Order of William[]
On 4 December 2014 at The Binnenhof in The Hague, Tuinman was knighted by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, receiving the fourth class' knighthood of the Military Order of William.
The King referred to Tuinman and Epke Zonderland in his Christmas speech in 2014.
Decorations[]
- Knight 4th class of the Military Order of William (RMWO)
- Bronze Lion
- Commemorative Medal Peacekeeping Operations
- Four Day Marches Cross
- NATO Medal
References[]
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- ^ a b c Gijs Tuinman, held tegen wil en dank, de Volkskrant, 20 October 2014.
- ^ Bescheiden maar doeltreffend, Defensiekrant, 24 October 2014.
- ^ Onderscheidingen aan Nederlanders voor deelnames aan internationale Vredesoperaties, Onderscheidingen.nl. Bezocht op 31 October 2014.
- ^ Curriculum vitae majoor Gijs Tuinman, defensie.nl
- Knights Fourth Class of the Military Order of William
- Royal Netherlands Army officers
- 1979 births
- Living people
- People from Heerlen
- Recipients of the Bronze Lion
- Graduates of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie
- 20th-century Dutch military personnel
- 21st-century Dutch military personnel