United States Permanent Representative to NATO
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Victoria Nuland, current U.S. Ambassador to NATO
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 first Representative was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.
The following is a list of US Permanent Representatives to NATO.
| Ambassador | Dates served |
|---|---|
| William H. Draper, Jr. | 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 | March 2, 1961 – September 2, 1965 |
| Harlan Cleveland | September 1, 1965 – June 11, 1969 |
| Robert F. Ellsworth | May 13, 1969 – June 30, 1971 |
| David M. Kennedy | March 17, 1972 – February 1, 1973 |
| Donald Rumsfeld | February 2, 1973 – December 5, 1974 |
| David K. E. Bruce | October 17, 1974 – February 12, 1976 |
| Robert Strausz-Hupé | 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. | March 13, 1987 – June 17, 1989 |
| William Howard Taft IV | August 3, 1989 – June 26, 1992 |
| Reginald Bartholomew | June 15, 1992 – March 25, 1993 |
| Robert E. Hunter | July 1, 1993 – December 31, 1997 |
| Alexander Vershbow | November 10, 1997 – July 9, 2001 |
| R. Nicholas Burns | August 7, 2001 – March 7, 2005 |
| Victoria Nuland | June 20, 2005 – present |
