Norbert van Heyst

German general

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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.

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.

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^ ^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