Marcel Urlings

Lieutenant-general Marcel Urlings (born 4 July 1950) is a former Dutch military officer who served as Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army between 2002 and 2005.^[2][3]

Preceded byLieutenant general Ad van Baal

Succeeded byLieutenant general Peter van Uhm

Born (1950-07-04) 4 July 1950 (age 75)^[1]

Kelmond [nl], Netherlands^[1]

Allegiance Netherlands

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Lieutenant general Marcel Urlings
Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army
In office 30 August 2002 – 5 September 2005
Preceded by	Lieutenant general Ad van Baal
Succeeded by	Lieutenant general Peter van Uhm
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-04) 4 July 1950 (age 75)[1] Kelmond [nl], Netherlands[1]
Military service
Allegiance	Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Army
Years of service	1973-2005
Rank	Lieutenant-general

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He served as the commander of the First German-Dutch Army Corps in Münster. During the First Gulf War, he led an engineering battalion that provided humanitarian aid to Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. Urlings is the vice-chairman of the AIV committee that prepared the report titled European Defence Cooperation.^[4]