Luuk Kroon

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Lieutenant admiral
Luuk Kroon
Kroon in 2004
Chiefs of the Defence Staff
In office
5 June 1998 – 5 June 2004
Preceded byGeneral Henk van den Breemen
Succeeded byGeneral Dick Berlijn
Personal details
Born(1942-12-13)13 December 1942
Lieutenant admiral

Luuk Kroon (13 December 1942,

Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff from 1998 until 2004.[1] He died in The Hague on 19 June 2012, at the age of 69.[1]

Awards and decorations

  • Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords
  • Officer's Long Service Cross
  • Marriage Medal 2002 (celebrates the wedding of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Máxima Zorreguieta)
  • Navy Medal
  • Grand Officer of the
    Order of the Crown of Belgium
  • Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
  • Officer of the
    National Order of Merit (France)
    (Ordre National du Mérite)
  • Cross of Honour of the Bundeswehr
    in Gold (Germany)

References

  1. ^ a b "Oud-topmilitair Kroon overleden". NOS Nieuws. 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-07-03.

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