Dick Berlijn
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". General Dick Lodewijk Berlijn (born March 18, 1950, in Amsterdam) is a retired Royal Netherlands Air Force four-star general, who served as Chief of Defence of the Netherlands (Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff) from 2004, when he succeeded Lt. Adm. Luuk Kroon, until 2008, when he was succeeded by Gen. Peter van Uhm. In 2005, the post was renamed from Chef-Defensiestaf to Commandant der Strijdkrachten ("Commander of the Armed Forces") following a reorganisation, but the term "Chief of Defence Staff" is still the one usually used in English translations. His office saw Dutch military presence in Uruzgan with ISAF, as well as naval contributions to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, among other interventions. He has been awarded[1] with the Légion d'honneur and the Legion of merit, and the Order of Orange-Nassau, all in the degree of commander, and the Order of Orange-Nassau with swords. Berlijn graduated from the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in 1973.[2]
Awards and honours
File:Order of Orange-Nassau - Commander.png Commander in the Order of Orange-Nassau with the Swords
File:US Legion of Merit Commander ribbon.png Commander in the Legion of Merit
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File:Vierdaagse Medal Bar.png Cross for the Four Day Marches
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File:NATO Medal Yugoslavia ribbon bar.svg NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia
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- Chiefs of Defence (Netherlands)
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- Commanders of the Order of Orange-Nassau
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- Graduates of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie