= Secretaries General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization =

NATO is chaired by a '''secretary general'''.

Alongside the '''supreme commander''' (always of the [[UnitedStates/ArmedForces|U.S. Armed Forces]]) and the '''chair of the military committee''' (also a military position, but not necessary of the ''U.S.''), they lead the alliance. Naturally, the secretary general is the highest civil servant and diplomat of the alliance.

||'''Secretaries'''                                       ||'''Country'''                                                  ||'''Term''' ||
||[[UnitedKingdom/HastingsIsmay|Hastings Ismay]]          ||[[UnitedKingdom/Democratization#Constitutional_Monarchy|UK]]   ||1952 - 1957||
||[[Belgium/PaulHenriSpaak|Paul-Henri Spaak]]             ||[[Belgium]]                                                    ||1957 - 1961||
||[[Netherlands/DirkStikker|Dirk Stikker]]                ||[[Netherlands]]                                                ||1961 - 1964||
||[[Italy/ManlioBrosio|Manlio Brosio]]                    ||[[Italy]]                                                      ||1964 - 1971||
||[[Netherlands/JosephLuns|Joseph Luns]]                  ||[[Netherlands]]                                                ||1971 - 1984||
||[[UnitedKingdom/PeterCarington|Peter Carington]]        ||[[UnitedKingdom/Democratization#Constitutional_Monarchy|UK]]   ||1984 - 1988||
||[[Germany/ManfredWorner|Manfred Wörner]]                ||[[Germany/Democratization#Federal_Republic_of_Germany|Germany]]||1988 - 1994||
||[[Belgium/WillyClaes|Willy Claes]]                      ||[[Belgium]]                                                    ||1994 - 1995||
||[[Spain/JavierSolana|Javier Solana]]                    ||[[Spain/Democratization#Constitution of 1978|Spain]]           ||1995 - 1999||
||[[UnitedKingdom/GeorgeRobertson|George Robertson]]      ||[[UnitedKingdom/Democratization#Constitutional_Monarchy|UK]]   ||1999 - 2003||
||[[Netherlands/JaapDeHoopScheffer|Jaap de Hoop Scheffer]]||[[Netherlands]]                                                ||2003 - 2009||
||[[Denmark/AndersFoghRasmussen|Anders Fogh Rasmussen]]   ||[[Denmark]]                                                    ||2003 - 2014||
||[[Norway/JensStoltenberg|Jens Stoltenberg]]             ||[[Norway]]                                                     ||2014 - 2024||
||[[Netherlands/MarkRutte|Mark Rutte]]                    ||[[Netherlands]]                                                ||2024 -     ||



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