Interview with Admiral Rob Bauer

CSDS-SWJ STRATEGY DEBRIEFS • 4/2023

Interview with Admiral Rob Bauer, by Elie Perot and Octavian Manea

30.10.2023

Rob Bauer is an Admiral in the Royal Netherlands Navy and Chair of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). He is NATO’s most senior military officer.

Adm. Bauer joined the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1984. He has held notable commands, including the Air Defence and Command Frigate HNLMS De Ruyter (2005-2007) and the Landing Platform Dock HNLMS Johan de Witt (2010-2011). He was deployed to Bahrain as Deputy Commander of Task Force 150 (Operation Enduring Freedom) (2006). Admiral Bauer has occupied key leadership positions in the Netherlands Armed Forces, as Director of Plans (2012-2015) and Vice Chief of Defence (2015-2017). Between 2017 and 2021, he served as the Chief of Defence of the Netherlands.

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