Legion of Merit, NATO Medal, Order of Orange-Nassau, Légion d´honneur
Nickname
"Quicky"[1]
Military service
Allegiance
Netherlands
Branch/service
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Years of service
1969–2008
Rank
General
Commands
Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff
Battles/wars
UNIFIL, Operation Deny Flight, ISAF, War in Afghanistan
General Dick Lodewijk Berlijn (born March 18, 1950, in Amsterdam) is a retired Royal Netherlands Air Force four-star general, who served as Chief of Defence of the Netherlands (Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff) from 2004, when he succeeded Lt. Adm. Luuk Kroon, until 2008, when he was succeeded by Gen. Peter van Uhm. In 2005, the post was renamed from Chef-Defensiestaf to Commandant der Strijdkrachten ("Commander of the Armed Forces") following a reorganisation, but the term "Chief of Defence Staff" is still the one usually used in English translations. His office saw Dutch military presence in Uruzgan with ISAF, as well as naval contributions to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, among other interventions. He has been awarded[2] with the Légion d'honneur and the Legion of merit, and the Order of Orange-Nassau, all in the degree of commander, and the Order of Orange-Nassau with swords. Berlijn graduated from the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in 1973.[3]
General Dick Lodewijk Berlijn (born March 18, 1950, in Amsterdam) is a retired Royal Netherlands Air Force four-star general, who served as Chief of Defence...
Berlijn may refer to: the Dutch name for Berlin, the capital city, a municipality, and a state in Germany. DickBerlijn (1950), a Dutch general Berlijn...
Beeldbank, De Bevelhebber der Luchtstrijdkrachten, luitenant-generaal DickBerlijn, zwaaide maandag 29 maart 2004 op Vliegbasis Gilze-Rijen het helikopterdetachement...
for greater safety.[citation needed] One of the Starfighter pilots was DickBerlijn, who would go on to become Chief of Defence of the Netherlands Armed...
of Defence In office 17 April 2008 – 28 June 2012 Preceded by General DickBerlijn Succeeded by General Tom Middendorp Commander of the Royal Netherlands...
parliamentary investigation were later rebuked by military commander DickBerlijn, who stated that the left-wing opposition tarnished the reputation of...
June 2004 Preceded by General Henk van den Breemen Succeeded by General DickBerlijn Personal details Born (1942-12-13)13 December 1942 Ridderkerk, Netherlands...
Cornelis Louwerse 1992–1995 Heinz Manderfeld 1995–2000 Ben Droste 2000–2004 DickBerlijn 2004–2005 Dirk Starink 2005–present Lieutenant-General Hans de Jong (5...
1905, the club Alles Door Oefening (ADO) was founded in café 'Het Hof van Berlijn' (now: De Paap) in The Hague. In the first years of its existence, the...
are detailed in the book Berlijn 1989–2009, which collects his earlier books, Berlijnse notities and Terugkeer naar Berlijn, and new material. The book...
original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 2014-01-09. "Na de Olympische Spelen te Berlijn. Ons land behoort tot de sterkste Sport-naties der wereld" (in Dutch) (Dag ed...
City – Meine Gegend (2004) Boudewijn de Groot – "Unter den Linden" • "Berlijn" (2004) Fler – Willkommen in Berlin feat. Sido, B-Tight, Frauenarzt, Megaloh...
To Say Goodbye". Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 10 May 2023. "Ticciati weg uit Berlijn, Orozco-Estrada naar Gürzenich". NPO Radio 4. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 28...
Extrapool (Nijmegen), Open Air Filmfest (Weiterstadt, Germany), Kunstruimte Berlijn (Berlin, Germany), Artephobia (Graz, Austria), and Pofferd de Nul (Antwerp...
Judith Theo Frenkel Helena Makowska Dutch-German production Kee en Janus in Berlijn Alex Benno Adrienne Solser Comedy De Leeuw en de Muis Oscar Apfel Wyndham...
Global Information
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Air Force
General