Marcel Urlings
Marcel Urlings | |
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| Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army | |
| In office 30 August 2002 – 5 September 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Lieutenant general Ad van Baal |
| Succeeded by | Lieutenant general Peter van Uhm |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1950[1] Kelmond, Netherlands[1] |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Netherlands |
| Branch/service |  Royal Netherlands Army |
| Years of service | 1973-2005 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant-general |
Lieutenant-general Marcel Urlings (born 4 July 1950) is a former Dutch military officer who served as Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army between 2002 and 2005.[2][3]
He served as the commander of the First German-Dutch Army Corps in Münster. During the First Gulf War, he led an engineering battalion that provided humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. Urlings is the vice-chairman of the AIV committee that prepared the report titled European Defence Cooperation.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Marcel Urlings". Heemkundevereniging Beek (in Dutch).
- ^ "Generaal met gevoel voor politieke verhoudingen" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 3 September 2002. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Koning, Petra de; Derix, Steven; Vries, Guido de (3 September 2002). "De generaal die iedereen perfect wil maken". NRC (in Dutch). NRC handelsblad. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "'De ongecoördineerde bezuinigingen op defensie zijn zeer schadelijk'". Trouw.
External links
Media related to Marcel Urlings at Wikimedia Commons