Commander of the armed forces

The Commander of the armed forces (CDS) is the highest-ranking soldier of the Dutch armed forces.

The CDS is the actual intermediary between the political leadership, the Secretary of Defense and the armed forces. He determines the operating policies and to the Minister in charge of the military-strategic and operational planning, control and deployment of the armed forces.

The Commander of the armed forces commanders of operational commands to sends the following with regard to the operational planning and deployment:

These commanders are responsible for the implementation of completion for military deployment at home and abroad.
 * the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy
 * the Commander Land Forces
 * the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force

The fourth operational command, the Royal military police is beyond the authority of the Commander of the armed forces because the KMar has the police task throughout the armed forces. Law enforcement should be the Student sufficient independence. The Commander of the military police is therefore directly under the Secretary-General of the Ministry of defence.

The Commander of the armed forces is also the principal military advisor to the Secretary of Defense. Promotion to four star General takes place usually in accepting the position.

The function ' Commander of the armed forces ' is on 5 september 2005 has replaced the Chief of defence stafffunction, which was also abbreviated to CDS. The post of Commander of the armed forces would, as before, that of Chief of defence staff, rotate between the military forces, but all of this intention at the second follow-up was deviated. ==Commanders of the armed forces[ Edit] ==