Luuk Kroon
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant admiral
| name = Luuk Kroon
| image = File:Luuk Kroon portrait.jpg
| image_size = 250px
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| caption = Kroon in 2004
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| office = Chiefs of the Defence Staff
| term_start = 5 June 1998
| term_end = 5 June 2004
| predecessor = General Henk van den Breemen
| successor = General Dick Berlijn
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|12|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ridderkerk, Netherlands
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|6|19|1942|12|13|df=y}}
| death_place = The Hague, Netherlands
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| allegiance = {{flag|Netherlands}}
| branch = {{navy|Netherlands}}
| serviceyears = 1961–2004
| rank = 20px Lieutenant admiral
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Luuk Kroon (13 December 1942, Ridderkerk – 19 June 2012) was a Dutch naval officer. Kroon served as the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1995 to 1998 and Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff from 1998 until 2004.{{cite news|title=Oud-topmilitair Kroon overleden |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/387555-ouddefensiechef-kroon-overleden.html |work=NOS Nieuws |date=2012-06-24 |access-date=2012-07-03}} He died in The Hague on 19 June 2012, at the age of 69.
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
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Luuk Kroon}}
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Category:People from Ridderkerk
Category:Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Netherlands)
Category:Commanders of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Category:Royal Netherlands Navy admirals
Category:Royal Netherlands Navy officers
Category:Grand Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Category:Commanders of the Legion of Merit
Category:Commanders of the Legion of Honour
Category:Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
Category:Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr
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