Jan Swillens
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Generaal-majoor Swillens als directeur-MIVD (2019)
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Assumed office 8 March 2024 | |
Preceded by | Martin Wijnen |
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Born | (1967-08-20) 20 August 1967 (age 56) Nijkerk, Netherlands |
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Allegiance | Netherlands |
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Unit | Korps Commandotroepen |
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The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army (C-LAS, Dutch: Commandant Landstrijdkrachten) is the highest-ranking officer 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 Lieutenant General Jan Swillens.
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. prior to the reorganization 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).
No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
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Lieutenant general Peter van Uhm (born 1955) |
5 September 2005 | 13 March 2008 | 2 years, 190 days | |
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Lieutenant general Rob Bertholee (born 1955) |
13 March 2008 | 25 October 2011 | 3 years, 226 days | |
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Lieutenant general Mart de Kruif (born 1958) |
25 October 2011 | 24 March 2016 | 4 years, 151 days | |
4 | ![]() |
Lieutenant general Leo Beulen (born 1960) |
24 March 2016 | 28 August 2019 | 3 years, 157 days | [1][2] |
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Lieutenant general Martin Wijnen (born 1966) |
28 August 2019 | 8 march 2024 | 4 years, 193 days | |
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Lieutenant general Jan Swillens (born 1967) |
8 march 2024 | [3] |