The job[]
He is the offical head of the NATO organisation and a international diplomamat.
The office-holders[]
Regnal number | Secretary General | Nationality | Took office | Left office | Length of term |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hastings Ismay | United Kingdom | March 24, 1952 | May 16, 1957 | 5 years |
2 | Paul-Henri Spaak | Belgium | May 16, 1957 | April 21, 1961 | 4 years |
3 | Dirk Stikker | Netherlands | April 21, 1961 | August 1, 1964 | 3 years |
4 | Manlio Brosio | Italy | August 1, 1964 | October 1, 1971 | 7 years |
5 | Joseph Luns | Netherlands | October 1, 1971 | June 25, 1984 | 13 years |
6 | Peter Carrington | United Kingdom | June 25, 1984 | July 1, 1988 | 4 years |
7 | Manfred Wörner | Germany | July 1, 1988 | August 13, 1994 | 6 years |
— | Sergio Balanzino (acting) | Italy | August 13, 1994 | October 17, 1994 | 2 months |
8 | Willy Claes | Belgium | October 17, 1994 | October 20, 1995 | 1 year |
— | Sergio Balanzino (acting) | Italy | October 20, 1995 | December 5, 1995 | 6 weeks |
9 | Javier Solana | Spain | December 5, 1995 | October 6, 1999 | 4 years |
10 | George Robertson | United Kingdom | October 14, 1999 | December 17, 2003 | 4 years |
— | Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo (acting) | Italy | December 17, 2003 | January 1, 2004 | 3 weeks |
11 | Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Netherlands | January 1, 2004 | August 1, 2009 | 5 years |
12 | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Denmark | August 1, 2009 | October 1, 2014 | 5 Years |
13 | Jens Stoltenberg | Norway | October 1, 2014 | incumbent |
External links[]
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NATO_Secretaries_General
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_General_of_NATO
Also see[]
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- NATO (World political shenanigans)
- NATO command structures and HQs
- Soviet/NATO invasion of Finland
- Skynet IV\Skynet 4 (AKA: "NATO-4")
- UN Secretary-General
- NATO's Baltic Air Policing Unit