List of United States permanent representatives to NATO

Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO
Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO
	File:US Department of State official seal.svg Seal of the United States Department of State
	Incumbent; Scott M. Oudkirk; Chargé d'affaires ; since October 24, 2024
Nominator	The president of the United States
Appointer	The president of the United States with Senate advice and consent
Inaugural holder	William H. Draper Jr.; as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	April 8, 1953
Website	U.S. Mission - NATO

The United States Permanent Representative to NATO (commonly called the U.S. Ambassador to NATO) is the official representative of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Background[change]

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 first Representative was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.

List[change]

Image	Ambassador	Dates served
File:William Henry Draper Jr.jpg	William Henry Draper, Jr.	April 8, 1953 – June 13, 1953
File:No image.svg	John Chambers Hughes	June 12, 1953 – April 20, 1955
File:No image.svg	George Walbridge Perkins, Jr.	March 14, 1955 – October 12, 1957
File:No image.svg	Warren Randolph Burgess	September 21, 1957 – March 23, 1961
File:Thomas K. Finletter.jpg	Thomas K. Finletter	March 2, 1961 – September 2, 1965
File:Harlan Cleveland 2006.jpg	Harlan Cleveland	September 1, 1965 – June 11, 1969
File:No image.svg	Robert Ellsworth	May 13, 1969 – June 30, 1971
File:David M Kennedy.jpg	David M. Kennedy	March 17, 1972 – February 1, 1973
File:Rumsfeld1.jpg	Donald Rumsfeld	February 2, 1973 – December 5, 1974
File:No image.svg	David K. E. Bruce	October 17, 1974 – February 12, 1976
File:No image.svg	Robert Strausz-Hupé	March 3, 1976 – April 20, 1977
File:William Tapley Bennett.jpg	William Tapley Bennett Jr.	April 26, 1977 – March 31, 1983
File:David M Abshire.jpg	David Manker Abshire	July 13, 1983 – January 5, 1987
File:No image.svg	Alton G. Keel, Jr.	March 13, 1987 – June 17, 1989
File:William Howard Taft IV, Deptuty Secretary of Defense, official portrait.JPEG	William Howard Taft IV	August 3, 1989 – June 26, 1992
File:No image.svg	Reginald Bartholomew	June 15, 1992 – March 25, 1993
File:WilsonHunter.preview.JPG	Robert E. Hunter	July 1, 1993 – January 1, 1998
File:Alexander Vershbow.JPG	Alexander Vershbow	November 10, 1997 – July 9, 2001
File:Burns, R. Nicholas - Under Secretary for Political Affairs.jpg	R. Nicholas Burns	August 7, 2001 – March 7, 2005
File:Victoria Nuland State Department.jpg	Victoria Nuland	July 13, 2005 – May 2, 2008
File:Kurt Volker.jpg	Kurt Volker	July 2, 2008 – May 15, 2009
File:Amb. Ivo H. Daalder WEB.jpg	Ivo Daalder	May 15, 2009 – September 2, 2013
File:Douglas Lute 2013.JPG	Douglas Lute	September 3, 2013 – January 20, 2017
File:Kay Bailey Hutchison official photo.jpg	Kay Bailey Hutchison	August 28, 2017 – January 20, 2021
File:Julianne Smith, NATO Ambassador.jpg	Julianne Smith	December 6, 2021 – October 23, 2024
File:Matthew G. Whitaker official photo.jpg	Matthew Whitaker	Nominee

References[change]

↑ https://nato.usmission.gov/dcm-scott-oudkirk/

Other websites[change]

[1] ttps://nato.usmission.gov/dcm-scott-oudkirk/

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