His Excellency Joop Haex
Joop Haex in 1963
State Secretary for Defence
In office 18 April 1967 – 6 July 1971 Serving with Adri van Es Bob Duynstee
Prime Minister	Piet de Jong
Preceded by	Gerard Peijnenburg
Succeeded by	Adri van Es
In office 14 August 1963 – 14 April 1965 Serving with Adri van Es Willem den Toom
Prime Minister	Victor Marijnen
Preceded by	Michael Calmeyer
Succeeded by	Gerard Peijnenburg
Personal details
Born	Joseph Constant Eugène Haex (1911-11-24)24 November 1911 Maastricht, Netherlands
Died	14 April 2002(2002-04-14) (aged 90) Wassenaar, Netherlands
Political party	Christian Democratic Appeal (from 1980)
Other political affiliations	Democratic Socialists '70 (1971–1975) Christian Historical Union (1963–1971, 1975–1980)
Spouse	Françoise Molière ​ ​ (m. 1939; died 1989)​
Alma mater	Royal Military Academy
Occupation	Politician · Army Officer · Corporate director · Nonprofit director
Military service
Allegiance	Netherlands
Branch/service	Royal Netherlands Army
Years of service	1935–1963 (Active duty) 1963–1971 (Reserve)
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Netherlands Battle of France

Joseph Constant Eugène "Joop" Haex (24 November 1911 – 14 April 2002) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), an army officer and lieutenant general of the Royal Netherlands Army he served during World War II and the post-war years.^[1]

Military decorations
Ribbon bar	Decoration	Country	Date	Comment
	War Memorial Cross	Netherlands	5 May 1946
	Mobilisation War Cross	Netherlands	1 June 1945
	Distinction sign for Long-term, Honest and Loyal Service	Netherlands	14 August 1963	Honorable discharge
Honours
Ribbon bar	Honour	Country	Date	Comment
	Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion	Netherlands	20 April 1965
	Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Netherlands	17 July 1971	Elevated from Officer (1 September 1966)

Official

• (in Dutch) J.C.E. (Joop) Haex Parlement & Politiek