Marc van Uhm
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|name = Marc van Uhm
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|7|2}}
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|birth_place = Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands.
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|image = Brigade-generaal-o-van-wiggen-brigade-generaal-m-van-uhm-1339272521.jpg
|allegiance = {{flag|The Netherlands}}
|branch = Royal Dutch Army
|serviceyears = 1976–2016
|rank=25px Major general
|commands = 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade
Task Force Uruzgan
Korps Commandotroepen
Regiment Van Heutsz
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|awards = Order of Orange-Nassau
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General Marc van Uhm is a two-star general in the Royal Netherlands Army and served as its deputy commander.
Biography
Van Uhm was born in 1958, in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, the son of a baker, his brother being general Peter van Uhm. Van Uhm received his military education at the Military Academy in Breda. Later he was also educated at the Belgian Royal Military Academy and the U.S. Army War College.{{fact|date=January 2023}}
General Van Uhm held several positions within the Netherlands Army and the personnel services of the Dutch Ministry of Defence before being promoted to brigadier general to become the commander of the Dutch Special Forces in 2002. During his command the Dutch Special Forces were deployed in Iraq in 2005.{{fact|date=January 2023}}
After a year leading the foresight team at the Dutch Ministry of Defence he assumed command of the 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade in 2006. During this command he was deployed to South Afghanistan where he commanded the Task Force Uruzgan from August 2009.{{fact|date=January 2023}}
In June 2010, Van Uhm became Director Strategic Operational Centre at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe where he acted as Chief of NATO Allied Operations during the 2011 military intervention in Libya.{{cite web| url = https://abcnews.go.com/International/libya-war-month-fight/story?id=13412343#.T3MVh9WgM9M| title = Libya War: One Month Into the Fight – ABC News| website = ABC News}} On 17 October 2010, Van Uhm was promoted to major general assuming the post of Deputy Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army.{{cite web |url=http://www.defensie.nl/english/latest/news/2011/10/19/48188662/Brigadier_General_Van_Uhm_appointed_Deputy_Commander_of_the_Royal_Netherlands_Army |title=Brigadier General van Uhm appointed Deputy Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army | Ministry of Defence |website=www.defensie.nl |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903154926/http://www.defensie.nl/english/latest/news/2011/10/19/48188662/Brigadier_General_Van_Uhm_appointed_Deputy_Commander_of_the_Royal_Netherlands_Army |archive-date=3 September 2012 |url-status=dead}} He retired on 28 January 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://magazines.defensie.nl/landmacht/2016/01/03_generaal-majoor-marc-van-uhm-rukt-in|title=Generaal-majoor Marc van Uhm rukt in – 03 – Landmacht}}
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Category:Royal Netherlands Army generals
Category:Royal Netherlands Army officers
Category:Dutch military personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Category:Graduates of the Koninklijke Militaire Academie
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