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Matthieu Borsboom
Vice admiral Matthieu Borsboom (born 1959) is a retired Royal Netherlands Navy officer who is a former Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy and Admiral BENELUX (ABNL), Admiral Benelux, and has served with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Naval career Borsboom was commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy as a midshipman in 1978 and was commissioned in 1981. His first assignment was to HNLMS ''Tromp'', followed by a posting to minesweeper HNLMS ''Naaldwijk'' and service as executive officer of HNLMS ''Veere'', another minesweeper. He studied at the University of Groningen in Groningen (city), Groningen before being sent to patrol vessel HNLMS ''Hadda'' as executive officer in 1983. He qualified as a Principal Warfare Officer in 1986, having studied at the Operational School in Den Helder, before being assigned to the frigate HNLMS ''Witte de With'' and then HNLMS ''De Ruyter''. He went on to qualify as an anti-submarine warfare officer and was posted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital. The Hague is also the capital of the province of South Holland, and the city hosts both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague is the core municipality of the Greater The Hague urban area, which comprises the city itself and its suburban municipalities, containing over 800,000 people, making it the third-largest urban area in the Netherlands, again after the urban areas of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.6&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
