| Honorific Prefix: | General |
| Arie van der Vlis | |
| Nickname: | The smiling General |
| Office: | Chiefs of the Defence Staff |
| Term Start: | 10 May 1992 |
| Term End: | 15 August 1994 |
| Predecessor: | General Peter Graaff |
| Successor: | General Henk van den Breemen |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Leeuwarden, Netherlands |
| Death Place: | Rijnsburg, Netherlands |
| Allegiance: |  Netherlands |
| Serviceyears: | 1958-1994 |
| Rank: | General |
General Arie van der Vlis (20 August 1940 – 4 July 2020) was a Dutch military officer who served as Chief of the Defence Staff between 1992 and 1994.[1]
His nephew was mass murderer Tristan van der Vlis.