Luuk Kroon

Kroon in 2004

Luuk Kroon (b. December 13, 1942, Ridderkerk – d. June 19, 2012, The Hague) 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 June 19, 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)

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