Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo
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Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo is an Italian
diplomat who served as Deputy Secretary General of NATO
from 2001 to 2007, and as acting Secretary General of NATO from December 17, 2003 to January 1, 2004, in between the tenures of George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
. Prior to being appointed Deputy Secretary General, he served as ambassador of Italy to the Western European Union
and to the Committee for Policy and Security of the European Union
.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
diplomat who served as Deputy Secretary General of NATO
Secretary General of NATO
The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is the chairman of the North Atlantic Council, the supreme decision-making organisation of the defence alliance. The Secretary-General also serves as the leader of the organisation's staff and as its chief spokesman...
from 2001 to 2007, and as acting Secretary General of NATO from December 17, 2003 to January 1, 2004, in between the tenures of George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, is a British Labour Party politician who was the tenth Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, between October 1999 and early January 2004; he succeeded Javier Solana in that position...
and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Jakob Gijsbert "Jaap" de Hoop Scheffer is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal . He served as the 11th Secretary General of NATO from January 5, 2004 until August 1, 2009....
. Prior to being appointed Deputy Secretary General, he served as ambassador of Italy to the Western European Union
Western European Union
The Western European Union was an international organisation tasked with implementing the Modified Treaty of Brussels , an amended version of the original 1948 Treaty of Brussels...
and to the Committee for Policy and Security of the European Union
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
.