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.