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Lieutenant General Norbert van Heyst (born 24 June 1944, in Rengsdorf[1][2]) was a senior commander in the German Army.
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He entered the army as an Offizieranwärter (Officer candidate) in the signals troops in April 1963. In early 2003 he was appointed the commander of the International Security Assistance Force.[1] On August 11, 2003, control of ISAF was handed to NATO with Van Heyst being replaced by Lieutenant General Götz Gliemeroth, also of Germany.[3] Van Heyst retired on 1 July 2005.
References
edit- ^ a b "1gnc.de's biography of Van Heyst". Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
- ^ "Norbert van Heyst". Who's Who (in German). Who's Who Germany. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Mission Archived February 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine