Norbert van Heyst explained

Lieutenant General Norbert van Heyst (born 24 June 1944, in Rengsdorf[1] [2]) was a senior commander in the German Army.

He entered the army as an German: Offizieranwärter (Officer candidate) in the signals troops in April 1963. In early 2003 he was appointed the commander of the International Security Assistance Force.[1] On August 11, 2003, control of ISAF was handed to NATO with Van Heyst being replaced by Lieutenant General Götz Gliemeroth, also of Germany.[3] Van Heyst retired on 1 July 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1gnc.de's biography of Van Heyst . 2014-07-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071031004656/http://www.1gnc.de/history/history2005/coc_tattoo_com/bio%20heyst.htm . October 31, 2007 .
  2. Web site: Norbert van Heyst . Who's Who . Who's Who Germany . 9 January 2021 . de.
  3. http://www.1gnc.de/history/history03.htm Mission