United States Permanent Representative to NATO
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The United States Permanent Representative to NATO (commonly called the US Ambassador to NATO) is the official representative of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Representative has the rank of full ambassador
and is appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate
. The full official title of the Representative is “United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary”. The current U.S. Ambassador to NATO is Ivo Daalder.
The first Representative was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1953.
The following is a list of US Permanent Representatives to NATO.
Ambassador
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and is appointed by the President
President of the United States
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and confirmed by the Senate
United States Senate
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. The full official title of the Representative is “United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary”. The current U.S. Ambassador to NATO is Ivo Daalder.
The first Representative was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
in 1953.
The following is a list of US Permanent Representatives to NATO.
| Ambassador | Dates served |
|---|---|
| William H. Draper, Jr. William Henry Draper Jr. William Henry Draper Jr. was a U.S. army officer, banker, and diplomat.- Biography :Draper was born in Harlem, New York City, and received a B.A. and M.A. in economics at New York University. He joined the United States Army soon after finishing college and served during World War I as a major in... |
April 8, 1953 – June 13, 1953 |
| John C. Hughes | June 12, 1953 – April 20, 1955 |
| George W. Perkins | March 14, 1955 – October 12, 1957 |
| W. Randolph Burgess | September 21, 1957 – March 23, 1961 |
| Thomas K. Finletter Thomas K. Finletter Thomas Knight Finletter , was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman.-Biography:Finletter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas Dickson Finletter and Helen Grill Finletter... |
March 2, 1961 – September 2, 1965 |
| Harlan Cleveland Harlan Cleveland Harlan Cleveland was an American diplomat, educator, and author. He served as Lyndon Johnson's U.S. Ambassador to NATO, 1965–1969, and earlier as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1961-1965... |
September 1, 1965 – June 11, 1969 |
| Robert F. Ellsworth | May 13, 1969 – June 30, 1971 |
| David M. Kennedy David M. Kennedy David Matthew Kennedy was an American businessman, economist and Cabinet secretary.Born in Randolph, Utah, he attended public school and graduated from Weber College, then a Mormon college, in 1928. He served a two-year mission, for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to England... |
March 17, 1972 – February 1, 1973 |
| Donald Rumsfeld Donald Rumsfeld Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the oldest person to... |
February 2, 1973 – December 5, 1974 |
| David K. E. Bruce David K. E. Bruce David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce was an American diplomat, and the only American to serve as Ambassador to France, the Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom.-Biography:... |
October 17, 1974 – February 12, 1976 |
| Robert Strausz-Hupé Robert Strausz-Hupé Robert Strausz-Hupé was a U.S. diplomat and geopolitician.In 1923 he immigrated to the United States. Serving as an advisor on foreign investment to American financial institutions, he watched the Depression spread political misery across America and Europe... |
March 3, 1976 – April 20, 1977 |
| W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. | April 26, 1977 – March 31, 1983 |
| David Abshire | July 13, 1983 – January 5, 1987 |
| Alton G. Keel, Jr. Alton G. Keel, Jr. Alton Gold Keel, Jr. is an American engineer, diplomat, and businessman.Keel attended the University of Virginia, where he earned a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering in 1966 and a Ph.D. in 1970... |
March 13, 1987 – June 17, 1989 |
| William Howard Taft IV William Howard Taft IV William Howard Taft IV is an attorney who has served in the United States government under several Republican administrations. He is the son of William Howard Taft III and the great-grandson of U.S. President William Howard Taft.... |
August 3, 1989 – June 26, 1992 |
| Reginald Bartholomew Reginald Bartholomew Reginald Bartholomew is an American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Lebanon , Spain , and Italy . He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a former member of the United States National Security Council... |
June 15, 1992 – March 25, 1993 |
| Robert E. Hunter Robert E. Hunter Robert Edwards Hunter is a Senior Advisor at the RAND Corporation, Arlington, Va. He was National Security Council Director of West European Affairs , Director of Middle East Affairs , and United States Ambassador to NATO... |
July 1, 1993 – December 31, 1997 |
| Alexander Vershbow Alexander Vershbow Alexander Russell "Sandy" Vershbow is an American Assistant Secretary of Defense and diplomat.Until October 2008, he was the United States Ambassador to South Korea; he was appointed to the position in October 2005. Before that post he had been the ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2001 to... |
November 10, 1997 – July 9, 2001 |
| R. Nicholas Burns R. Nicholas Burns R. Nicholas Burns is a retired American diplomat. He is currently Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a member of the Board of Directors of the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs... |
August 7, 2001 – March 7, 2005 |
| Victoria Nuland Victoria Nuland Victoria Nuland is the spokesperson for the United States Department of State.-Career:In Summer 2011, Nuland became the State Department Spokesperson... |
July 13, 2005 – c. July 2008 |
| Kurt Volker Kurt Volker Kurt Volker is the former United States Permanent Representative to NATO, having served in that position from July 2, 2008 to May 15, 2009.... |
July 2, 2008 – May 15, 2009 |
| Ivo Daalder | May 15, 2009 – Incumbent |