Tim Sloth Jørgensen

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|name = Tim Sloth Jørgensen

|image = T.Sloth3.jpg

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|10|21|df=y}}

|birth_place = Randers, Denmark

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|branch_label = Branch

|branch = {{navy|Denmark}}

|rank = Admiral

|laterwork = Advisor to Terma A/S

|module = {{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes

|office = Chief of Defence of Denmark

|term = 1 August 2008 – 4 October 2009

|predecessor = Hans Jesper Helsø

|successor = Bjørn Bisserup}}

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Tim Sloth Jørgensen (born 21 October 1951) is a senior officer in the Royal Danish Navy and former Chief of Defence of the Danish Armed Forces.{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-F7865D7E-1D7975BD/natolive/who_is_who_50306.htm|title=Admiral Tim Sloth Jørgensen|publisher=NATO|accessdate=May 26, 2014}}

Jørgensen resigned as chief of staff on 4 October 2009 due to his involvement in a controversial fake Arabic translation of Jæger – i krig med eliten, a book by a former special forces member the Danish Army Command tried to suppress.{{cite news|title=Danish Military Chief Resigns Amid Book Scandal|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/danish-military-chief-resigns-amid-book-scandal/|date=2009-10-04|newspaper=CBS News|accessdate=2018-12-22|df=dmy-all}}

In 2012, he became an advisor to Terma A/S, a Danish defense and aerospace manufacturer.{{cite web |url=http://www.terma.com/press/news-2012/tim-sloth-joergensen-takes-up-post-in-terma/ |title=Tim Sloth Jørgensen takes up post in Terma |website=www.terma.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010346/http://www.terma.com/press/news-2012/tim-sloth-joergensen-takes-up-post-in-terma/ |archive-date=2014-05-28}} {{full short|date=December 2018}}

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