Tony van Diepenbrugge
J.A. van Diepenbrugge | |
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Nickname(s) | Tony |
Born | SFOR | May 8, 1951
Van Diepenbrugge is married to his wife Lily; they have two children together. He has been a member of the
Biography
Van Diepenbrugge was born into a military family in 1951 in the Dutch city of Breda. His father was an officer in the Royal Netherlands Army, his mother was British. He moved to Amersfoort with his family at age 10, where he graduated high school.[3] He graduated in 1969 and enrolled in the Koninklijke Militaire Academie at Breda.
Graduating the academy in 1973, he was commissioned a
In 1979 he was promoted
In 1987 Van Diepenbrugge was promoted lieutenant colonel and made Chief of the General Staffing Policies section at the Planning department of the Army Directorate of Personnel. He worked there until 1989, when he was assigned to the Staff Section (G3 Section) of the First Army Corps as Section Chief. Following this posting he worked at the National Defense College for two years, starting as Chief of Operations; following a promotion to full colonel he became chief of Training. He took the opportunity at the same time to follow the Defense Top Management course.[1][3]
His tenure at the College ended on October 27, 1996 when he was deployed to the
In September of the same year Van Diepenbrugge returned to Sarajevo as Commander
On June 1, 2005, Tony van Diepenbrugge was promoted to
Following his retirement, Van Diepenbrugge became active in the local politics of his home town of
References
- ^ a b c d e Lieutenant General Tony Van Diepenbrugge Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine — Curriculum Vitae of Tony van Diepenbrugge on Noble Mariner 07 site
- ^ a b c dhr. J.A. (Tony) van Diepenbrugge Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine — Van Diepenbrugge's candidate profile for the VVD local chapter in Epe.
- ^ a b c d e f Major General J.A. van Diepenbrugge — a NATO profile of J.A. Van Diepenbrugge.