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 ...

Rob Zuiderwijk (born 13 January 1951) is a retired

Royal Netherlands Navy The Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Koninklijke Marine, links=no) is the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. During the 17th century, the navy of the Dutch Republic (1581–1795) was one of the most powerful naval forces in the world an ...

officer who is a former

Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy ( nl, Commandant Zeestrijdkrachten) (CZsk) is the highest-ranking officer of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The CZsk reports directly to the Chief of the Netherlands Defence Staff. The position of CZs ...

and

Admiral Benelux The Admiral Benelux (ABNL) is the Commanding Officer of the combined military staff of the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Naval Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. The position of ABNL was created together with the combination of the Staffs o ...

High command

Zuiderwijk succeeded Brigadier General Willem Prins on 4 July 2001 as commander of the Dutch naval forces in the Caribbean. After getting promoted to

Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

in 2004, he became commander of the

Royal 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 Dutc ...

. In 2007 Zuiderwijk was again promoted, this time to

as he became

. In 2010 he was succeeded by Vice Admiral

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 Fo ...

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* 1951 births Living people Commanders of the Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Marine Corps generals Royal Netherlands Navy personnel Military personnel from The Hague {{Netherlands-mil-bio-stub