Hendrik Gijsbert Bernhard "Henk" van den Breemen (23 March 1941 – 20 January 2024) was a Dutch military officer.

Van den Breemen ended his military career as Chief of Defence Staff (August 1994 – June 1998).

He was also decorated as Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA) and the "Grosse Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland".

Latterly, van den Breemen, together with four former colleagues, wrote a pamphlet entitled: "Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain Word; Renewing Transatlantic Partnership".

[1] In a Dutch Defense Ministry statement, van den Breemen responded that this claim was "absolute nonsense";[2] Sheehan later issued a full retraction and apology to van den Breemen by e-mail, stating that the failure of Dutch UN troops "was in no way the fault of the individual soldiers".