| Honorific Prefix: | General |
| Hendrik Johan Kruls | |
| Office: | Chairman of the United Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands |
| Term Start: | 1 January 1949 |
| Term End: | 5 January 1951 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | Vice admiral Edzard Jacob van Holthe |
| Office1: | Commander-in-chief of the Armed forces |
| Term Start1: | 13 September 1945 |
| Term End1: | 1 January 1949 |
| Predecessor1: | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld |
| Successor1: | Position abolished |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Allegiance: |  Netherlands |
| Serviceyears: | 1919-1951 |
| Rank: | General |
| Battles: | World War II |
General Hendrik Johan Kruls (1 August 1902 – 13 December 1975) was a Dutch military officer who served as highest-ranking member of the Dutch Armed Forces between 1945 and 1951. First as Commander-in-chief of the Armed forces between 1945 and 1949. And served, after the renaming of the position, as Chairman of the United Defence Staff of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands between 1949 and 1951.[1]