Lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Robert (Rob) Verkerk (born 17 April 1960,

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) is a retired officer of the

Netherlands Marine Corps The Netherlands Marine Corps ( nl, Korps Mariniers) is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The marines trace their origins back to the establishment of the on 10 December 1665, by the then grand pensionary of the Dut ...

who served as the 4th

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from 26 september 2014 untl his retirement on 22 september 2017.New Commandant Zeestrijdkrachten announced
defensie.nl, 16 April 2014. he was succeeded by

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Naval career

Verkerk began his career in the

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in 1978 at the Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine. In 1982 he became officer. After that he underwent

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and

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training among other things. He became commanding officer of different Marine platoons, companies and battalions. In the 1990s he was sent to

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.CV BGENMARS Verkerk

Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal The House of Representatives (, pronounced ; commonly referred to as the ', literally "Second Chamber of the States General") is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the States General, the other one being the Sena ...

. Obtaining the rank of a

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Verkerk became Director Operations CZSK in 2007 and Commander of the Marine Corps at the same time.Transfer of command at the Dutch Marine Corps
defensie.nl, 24 August 2007. In 2012 he was promoted to

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and became Deputy Commander of the Naval Forces.Oppelaar becomes new commander of the Dutch Marine Corps
defensie.nl, 30 March 2012. On 26 September 2014 he followed vice admiral

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and became Commander Naval Forces and was promoted to

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. on 22 September 2017 Verkerk retired and subsequently handed command over to his successor

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verkerk, Rob 1960 births Living people Commanders of the Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Marine Corps generals Military personnel from The Hague