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The Chief of Defence (CHOD) ((オランダ語:Commandant der Strijdkrachten)) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Armed forces of the Netherlands and is the principal military advisor to the Government of the Netherlands. The main role of the Chief of Defence is as an intermediary between the Minister of Defence and the Central Staff of the Armed Forces of The Netherlands. He makes operational policy and is responsible to the minister for military-strategic planning, operations and deployment of the Armed Forces. The Chief of Defence is the direct commanding officer of the commanders of the branches of the Armed forces. * The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army * The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force * The Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy The branch commanders are responsible for preparedness and actual deployment of their military personnel in the Netherlands and the rest of the world. Regarding operational planning and deployment, the branch commanders take their orders directly from the Chief of Defence. There is a fourth branch of the military, the Royal Marechaussee (Gendarmerie). This branch does not answer to the Chief of Defence, since it is the police force for the entirety of the Armed Forces. This requires that the Marechaussee be independent, so this branch took its orders directly from the Undersecretary for the Ministry of Defence. Since 2010 there is no Undersecretary assigned to the Ministry of Defence. In addition to his command tasks, the Chief of Defence is the senior military advisor to the Minister of Defence. The current position of Chief of Defence (CHOD) is new since 5 September 2005, when it replaced the existing role of Chef-Defensiestaf (Chief of the Defence Staff) and was abbreviated as CDS). Just like its predecessor role the position of Chief of Defence will rotate between the branches of the military; the first Chief of Defence was General Dick Berlijn, of the Royal Netherlands Air Force. The position of Chief of Defence is held by a Four-star officer (NATO OF-9, meaning a General or a Lieutenant admiral), which means that promotion to the position of Chief of Defence includes a promotion in rank as well as there is only one four-star officer in the current command structure.〔 (Generaal-majoor Middendorp nieuwe Commandant der Strijdkrachten ), Rijksoverheid, 2 October 2011〕 ==List of Chiefs of the Defence Staff / Chiefs of Defence== ''For full list, see List of Chiefs of the Defence Staff.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chief of Defence (Netherlands)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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