Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant admiral |
Luuk Kroon | |
Office: | Chiefs of the Defence Staff |
Term Start: | 5 June 1998 |
Term End: | 5 June 2004 |
Predecessor: | General Henk van den Breemen |
Successor: | General Dick Berlijn |
Birth Date: | 13 December 1942 |
Birth Place: | Ridderkerk, Netherlands |
Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Allegiance: | Netherlands |
Serviceyears: | 1961–2004 |
Rank: | Lieutenant admiral |
Luuk Kroon (13 December 1942, Ridderkerk – 19 June 2012) 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 19 June 2012, at the age of 69.[1]