Charles Paul de Cumont
Belgian military officer
Baron Charles Paul de Cumont | |
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| Born | (1902-05-31)31 May 1902 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 9 June 1990(1990-06-09) (aged 88) Brussels, Belgium |
| Allegiance |  Belgium |
| Commands held | Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman of the NATO Military Committee |
Baron Charles Paul de Cumont (31 May 1902 – 9 June 1990)[1] was a Belgian general, and served as chairman of the Belgian joint chiefs of staff between 1959 and 1963, and chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1962 to 1963 and again in 1964 to 1968.[2][3]
Awards
Awards de Cumont has received during his life.[1]
 | Commander, Order of Leopold (Belgium) |
 | Knight, Order of the Oak Crown (Luxembourg) |
 | Grand Cross, Order of Merit (Germany) |
 | Knight Grand Cross, Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) |
 | Commander, Legion of Merit (USA) |
 | Knight, Order of the British Empire (UK) |
| Military Merit Cross (Czechoslovakia) | |
 | Order of the Crown (Iran) |
References
External links
- http://www.ars-moriendi.be/DE_CUMONT.HTM Archived 7 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
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Etienne Baele - 1952–1953
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B. R. P. F. Hasselman - 1958–1959
Bjarne Øen - 1959–1960
J. A. Beleza Ferraz - 1960–1960
Rüştü Erdelhun - 1960–1961
Louis Mountbatten - 1961–1962 Lyman Lemnitzer
- 1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont
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Adolf Heusinger - 1964–1968 C. P. de Cumont
- 1968–1971 Nigel Henderson
- 1971–1974 Johannes Steinhoff
- 1974–1977 Peter Hill-Norton
- 1977–1980 H. F. Zeiner-Gundersen
- 1980–1983 Robert Hilborn Falls
- 1983–1986 Cornelis de Jager
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- 1993–1996 Richard Vincent
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- 2008–2011 Giampaolo Di Paola
- 2011–2015 Knud Bartels
- 2015–2018
Petr Pavel - 2018–2021 Stuart Peach
- 2021–2023 Rob Bauer
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