Govert Huijser

Govert Huijser (6 February 1931 – 5 January 2014) was a Dutch general and Chief of the Defence Staff between 1983 and 1988.

General Govert Huijser
Huijser in 1986
Chiefs of the Defence Staff
In office 5 July 1983 – 10 December 1988
Preceded by	General Cor de Jager
Succeeded by	General Peter Graaff
Personal details
Born	Govert Lambertus Johan Huijser (1931-02-06)February 6, 1931 Surabaya, Indonesia
Died	January 5, 2014(2014-01-05) (aged 82) Roosendaal, Netherlands
Military service
Allegiance	Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Army
Years of service	1952-1988
Rank	General

Huijser was born in Surabaya, in the then Dutch East Indies. During World War II he was imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp. In 1949 he enrolled in the Royal Military Academy of the Netherlands.^[1] He graduated as a second lieutenant.^[2]

As major general he served as commanding officer of the First Division "7 December".^[1]

In 1983 he was promoted to Chief of the Defence Staff (Dutch:Chef Defensiestaf). During this time he was the only four-star general of the Netherlands. In 1986 he was made aide-de-camp to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. In 1988 he reached the mandatory age of retirement, he was succeeded as Chief of the Defence Staff by Peter Graaff.^[1]

He died on 5 January 2014 in Roosendaal.^[1]