Luuk Kroon

Lieutenant admiral Luuk Kroon
Kroon in 2004

Chiefs of the Defence Staff
In office 5 June 1998 – 5 June 2004
Preceded by	General Henk van den Breemen
Succeeded by	General Dick Berlijn

Personal details
Born	(1942-12-13)13 December 1942 Ridderkerk, Netherlands
Died	19 June 2012(2012-06-19) (aged 69) The Hague, Netherlands
Military service
Allegiance	Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Navy
Years of service	1961–2004
Rank	Lieutenant admiral

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.^[1] He died in The Hague on 19 June 2012, at the age of 69.^[1]

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)