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<td><table><tr><td align="left"><img alt="" src="images/flags/nato.gif"></td><td><font color="#004000" face="arial" size=+3>Leaders of the<br>North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)</font></td></tr></table></td>
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<b><u>Note</u></b>: the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established by the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 1949 and effective on August 24, 1949.
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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at <a href="http://www.cidob.org/biografias_lideres_politicos" class="link">CIDOB website</a>.
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See also the 31 member states: 
<a href="albania.htm" class="link">Albania</a>, 
<a href="belgium.htm" class="link">Belgium</a>, 
<a href="bulgaria.htm" class="link">Bulgaria</a>, 
<a href="canada.htm" class="link">Canada</a>, 
<a href="croatia.htm" class="link">Croatia</a>, 
<a href="czech.htm" class="link">Czech Republic</a>, 
<a href="denmark.htm" class="link">Denmark</a>, 
<a href="estonia.htm" class="link">Estonia</a>, 
<a href="finland.htm" class="link">Finland</a>, 
<a href="france.htm" class="link">France</a>, 
<a href="germany.htm" class="link">Germany</a>, 
<a href="greece.htm" class="link">Greece</a>, 
<a href="hungary.htm" class="link">Hungary</a>, 
<a href="iceland.htm" class="link">Iceland</a>, 
<a href="italy.htm" class="link">Italy</a>, 
<a href="latvia.htm" class="link">Latvia</a>, 
<a href="lithuania.htm" class="link">Lithuania</a>, 
<a href="luxembourg.htm" class="link">Luxembourg</a>, 
<a href="montenegro.htm" class="link">Montenegro</a>, 
<a href="netherlands.htm" class="link">Netherlands</a>, 
<a href="macedonia.htm" class="link">North Macedonia</a>, 
<a href="norway.htm" class="link">Norway</a>, 
<a href="poland.htm" class="link">Poland</a>, 
<a href="portugal.htm" class="link">Portugal</a>, 
<a href="romania.htm" class="link">Romania</a>, 
<a href="slovakia.htm" class="link">Slovakia</a>, 
<a href="slovenia.htm" class="link">Slovenia</a>, 
<a href="spain.htm.htm" class="link">Spain</a>, 
<a href="sweden.htm.htm" class="link">Sweden</a>, 
<a href="turkey.htm" class="link">Turkey</a>, 
the <a href="uk.htm" class="link">United Kingdom</a> 
and <a href="usa.htm" class="link">USA</a></font>
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<font face="arial" size=+1 color="#004000"><u>Secretaries-general</u></font>
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Hastings Ismay          13 Mar 1952 - 16 May 1957 (†1965) UK
Paul-Henri Spaak        16 May 1957 - 21 Apr 1961 (†1972) Belgium
Dirk Uipko Stikker      21 Apr 1961 -  1 Aug 1964 (†1979) Netherlands
Manlio Brosio            1 Aug 1964 -  1 Oct 1971 (†1980) Italy
Joseph Luns              1 Oct 1971 - 25 Jun 1984 (†2002) Netherlands
Peter Carington         25 Jun 1984 -  1 Jul 1988 (†2018) UK
Manfred Wörner           1 Jul 1988 - 13 Aug 1994 (†1994) Germany
Sergio Balanzino        13 Aug 1994 - 17 Oct 1994 (†2018) Italy (acting)
Willy Claes             17 Oct 1994 - 20 Oct 1995         Belgium
Sergio Balanzino        20 Oct 1995 -  5 Dec 1995 (†2018) Italy (acting)
<a href="http://www.cidob.org/biografias_lideres_politicos/europa/espana/javier_solana_madariaga">Javier Solana Madariaga</a>  5 Dec 1995 -  6 Oct 1999         Spain
<a href="http://www.cidob.org/biografias_lideres_politicos/europa/reino_unido/george_robertson">George Robertson</a>        14 Oct 1999 - 17 Dec 2003         UK
Alessandro Minuto Rizzo 17 Dec 2003 -  5 Jan 2004         Italy (acting)
<a href="http://www.cidob.org/biografias_lideres_politicos/europa/paises_bajos/jaap_de_hoop_scheffer">Jaap de Hoop Scheffer</a>    5 Jan 2004 -  1 Aug 2009         Netherlands
<a href="http://www.cidob.org/biografias_lideres_politicos/europa/dinamarca/anders_fogh_rasmussen">Anders Fogh Rasmussen</a>    1 Aug 2009 -  1 Oct 2014         Denmark
<a href="http://www.cidob.org/biografias_lideres_politicos/europa/noruega/jens_stoltenberg">Jens Stoltenberg</a>         1 Oct 2014 -                     Norway
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<font face="arial" size=+1 color="#004000"><u>Supreme Allied Commanders Europe (SACEUR) and commanders of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)</u></font>
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Dwight D. Eisenhower     2 Apr 1951 - 30 May 1952 (†1969) United States
Matthew B. Ridgway      30 May 1952 - 11 Jul 1953 (†1993) United States
Alfred M. Gruenther     11 Jul 1953 - 20 Nov 1956 (†1983) United States
Lauris Norstad          20 Nov 1956 -  1 Jan 1963 (†1988) United States
Lyman L. Lemnitzer       1 Jan 1963 -  1 Jul 1969 (†1988) United States
Andrew J. Goodpaster     1 Jul 1969 - 15 Dec 1974 (†2005) United States
Alexander M. Haig       15 Dec 1974 -  1 Jul 1979 (†2010) United States
Bernard W. Rogers        1 Jul 1979 - 26 Jun 1987 (†2008) United States 
John R. Galvin          26 Jun 1987 - 23 Jun 1992 (†2015) United States
John M. Shalikashvili   23 Jun 1992 - 22 Oct 1993 (†2011) United States
George A. Joulwan       22 Oct 1993 - 11 Jul 1997         United States
Wesley K. Clark         11 Jul 1997 -  3 May 2000         United States
Joseph W. Ralston        3 May 2000 - 17 Jan 2003         United States
James L. Jones          17 Jan 2003 -  7 Dec 2006         United States
Bantz J. Craddock        7 Dec 2006 -  2 Jul 2009         United States
James G. Stavridis       2 Jul 2009 - 13 May 2013         United States
Philip M. Breedlove     13 May 2013 -  4 May 2016         United States
Curtis M. Scaparrotti    4 May 2016 -  3 May 2019         United States
Tod D. Wolters           3 May 2019 -  4 Jul 2022         United States
Christopher G. Cavoli    4 Jul 2022 -                     United States
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<font face="arial" size=+1 color="#004000"><u>Presidents of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly</u></font>
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Wishart McLea Robertson 1955-1956 (†1967) Canada
Wayne L. Hays           1956-1957 (†1989) United States
Johannes Josephus Fens  1957-1959 (†1968) Netherlands
Antoine Béthouart       1959-1960 (†1982) France
Nils Langhelle          1960-1961 (†1967) Norway
Pietro Micara           1961-1962 (†1975) Italy
Thomas Lionel Dugdale   1962-1963 (†1977) United Kingdom
Georg Kliesing          1963-1964 (†1992) Germany
Henri Moreau de Melen   1964-1965 (†1992) Belgium
José Soares da Fonseca  1965-1966 (†1969) Portugal
Jean-Eudes Dubé         1966-1967 (†2019) Canada
Kasim Gülek             1967-1968 (†1996) Turkey
Wayne L. Hays           1969-1970 (†1989) United States
Romain Fandel           1970-1971 (†1985) Luxembourg
C. Terrence Murphy      1971-1972 (†2008) Canada
John W. Peel            1972-1973         United Kingdom
Knud Damgaard           1973-1975 (†2001) Denmark
Wayne L. Hays           1975-1977 (†1989) United States 
Geoffrey de Freitas     1977-1979 (†1982) United Kingdom
Paul Thyness            1979-1980 (†2016) Norway
Jack Brooks             1980-1982 (†2012) United States
Peter Corterier         1982-1983 (†2017) Germany
Patrick Wall            1983-1985 (†1998) United Kingdom
Charles Mathias         1985-1986 (†2010) United States
Ton Frinking            1986-1988 (†2022) Netherlands
Patrick Duffy           1988-1990         United Kingdom
Charlie Rose            1990-1992 (†2012) United States
Loïc Bouvard            1992-1994 (†2017) France
Karsten Voigt           1994-1996         Germany
William V. Roth         1996-1998 (†2003) United States
Javier Rupérez Rubio    1998-2000         Spain
Rafael Estrella Pedrola 2000-2002         Spain
Douglas K. Bereuter     2002-2004         United States
Pierre Lellouche        2004-2006         France
Bert Koenders           2006-2007         Netherlands
José Lello              2007-2008 (†2016) Portugal
John S. Tanner          2008-2010         United States
Karl A. Lamers          2010-2012         Germany
Hugh Bayley             2012-2014         United Kingdom
Michael R. Turner       2014-2016         United States
Paolo Alli              2016-2018         Italy
Rasa Juknevicienė       2018              Lithuania
Madeleine Moon          2018-2019         United Kingdom
Attila Mesterházy       2019-2020         Hungary (acting)
Gerald E. Connolly      2020-2022         United States
Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam  2022-             France
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