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Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Secrétaire général de l’OTAN (French)
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Incumbent Jens Stoltenberg since 1 October 2014
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Type	Chairperson Spokesperson
Member of	North Atlantic Council
Seat	NATO headquarters
Appointer	Member states
Term length	Four years, renewable
Formation	24 March 1952; 71 years ago
First holder	Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
Deputy	Deputy Secretary General
Website	Office of the Secretary General

The secretary general of NATO is the chief civil servant of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The officeholder is an international diplomat responsible for coordinating the workings of the alliance, leading NATO’s international staff, chairing the meetings of the North Atlantic Council and most major committees of the alliance, with the notable exception of the NATO Military Committee, as well as acting as NATO’s spokesperson.^[1] The secretary general does not have a military command role; political, military and strategic decisions ultimately rest with the member states. Together with the Chair of the NATO Military Committee and the supreme allied commander, the officeholder is one of the foremost officials of NATO.

The current secretary general is former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who took office on 1 October 2014.^[2] Stoltenberg’s mission as secretary general was extended for another four-year term, meaning that he was to lead NATO until September 30, 2022.^[3] However, due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, his term was extended further by another year.^[4][5]

History[edit]

Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty requires NATO members to «establish a Council, on which each of them shall be represented.»^[6] Accordingly, the North Atlantic Council was formed. Initially the Council consisted of NATO members’ foreign ministers and met annually.^[7] In May 1950, the desire for closer coordination on a day-to-day basis led to the appointment of Council deputies, permanently based in London and overseeing the workings of the organization. Deputies were given full decision-making authority within the North Atlantic Council, but their work was supplemented by occasional meetings of the NATO foreign ministers.^[8] The chairman of the deputies was given responsibility «for directing the organization and its work,» including all of its civilian agencies.^[9]

The Council deputies met for the first time on July 25, 1950, and selected Charles Spofford, the United States deputy, as their chairman.^[10] Several important organisational changes quickly followed the establishment of Council deputies, most notably the establishment of a unified military command under a single supreme Allied commander.^[11] This unification and the growing challenges facing NATO led to rapid growth in the institutions of the organisation and in 1951, NATO was reorganized to streamline and centralize its bureaucracy. As part of the organization, the Council deputies were delegated with the authority to represent their governments in all matters, including those related to defense and finance, not just foreign affairs, greatly increasing their power and importance.^[12]

As the authority of the deputies increased, and the size of the organization grew, NATO established the Temporary Council Committee, chaired by W. Averell Harriman. This group established an official secretariat in Paris to command NATO’s bureaucracy.^[13] The committee also recommended that «the agencies of NATO needed to be strengthened and co-ordinate», and emphasized the need for someone other than the Chairman of the North Atlantic Council to become the senior leader of the alliance.^[14] In February 1952, North Atlantic Council accordingly established the position of secretary general to manage all civilian agencies of the organization, control its civilian staff, and serve the North Atlantic Council.^[15]

After the Lisbon Conference, the NATO states began looking for a person who could fill the role of secretary general. The position was first offered to Oliver Franks, the British ambassador to the United States, but he declined. Then, on March 12, 1952, the North Atlantic Council selected Hastings Ismay, a general from the Second World War, and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in the British cabinet as secretary general.^[16] Unlike later secretaries general who served as Chairman of the North Atlantic Council, Ismay was made the vice chairman of the council, with Spofford continuing to serve as chairman. Ismay was selected because of his high rank in the war, and his role «at the side of Churchill … in the highest Allied Councils.» As both a soldier and a diplomat, he was considered uniquely qualified for the position, and enjoyed the full support of all the NATO states.^[17]

Several months later, after Spofford retired from the NATO, the structure of the North Atlantic Council was changed slightly. One member of the council was selected annually as the president of the North Atlantic Council (a largely ceremonial role), and the secretary general officially became the Deputy President of the Council, as well as the chair of its meetings.^[18] Ismay served as secretary general until retiring in May, 1957.^[19]

After Ismay, Paul-Henri Spaak, an international diplomat and former prime minister of Belgium was selected as the second secretary general. Unlike Ismay, Spaak had no military experience, so his appointment represented a «deemphasis of the strictly military side of the Atlantic Alliance.»^[20] When confirming Spaak’s appointment in December 1956 during a session of the NATO foreign ministers, the North Atlantic Council also expanded the role of the secretary general in the organization. Largely as a result of the Suez Crisis, which had strained intra-alliance relations, the council issued a resolution to allow the secretary general «to offer his good officers informally at any time to member governments involved in a dispute and with their consent to initiate or facilitate procedures of inquiry, mediation, conciliation, or arbitration.»^[21]

List of officeholders[edit]

The NATO countries selected the first secretary general on April 4, 1952. Since that time, twelve different diplomats have served officially as secretary general. Eight countries have been represented, with three secretaries general hailing from the United Kingdom, three from the Netherlands, two from Belgium, one from Italy, one from Germany, one from Spain, one from Denmark and one from Norway. The position has also been occupied temporarily on three occasions by an acting secretary general between appointments.

No.	Portrait	Secretary General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Previous office	Country of origin
1		Hastings Ismay 1st Baron Ismay (1887–1965)	24 March 1952	16 May 1957	5 years, 53 days	Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations	United Kingdom
2		Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972)	16 May 1957	21 April 1961	3 years, 340 days	Prime Minister of Belgium	Belgium
3		Dirk Stikker (1897–1979) [a]	21 April 1961	1 August 1964	3 years, 102 days	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Netherlands
4		Manlio Brosio (1897–1980)	1 August 1964	1 October 1971	7 years, 61 days	Ambassador to the United Kingdom	Italy
5		Joseph Luns (1911–2002)	1 October 1971	25 June 1984	12 years, 268 days	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Netherlands
6		Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington (1919–2018)	25 June 1984	1 July 1988	4 years, 6 days	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	United Kingdom
7		Manfred Wörner (1934–1994) [b]	1 July 1988	13 August 1994 †	6 years, 43 days	Minister of Defence	Germany
–		Sergio Balanzino (1934–2018) Acting	13 August 1994	17 October 1994	65 days	Deputy Secretary General of NATO	Italy
8		Willy Claes (born 1938) [c]	17 October 1994	20 October 1995	1 year, 3 days	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Belgium
–		Sergio Balanzino (1934–2018) Acting	20 October 1995	5 December 1995	46 days	Deputy Secretary General of NATO	Italy
9		Javier Solana (born 1942)	5 December 1995	14 October 1999	3 years, 313 days	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Spain
10		George Robertson Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (born 1946) [d]	14 October 1999	17 December 2003	4 years, 64 days	Secretary of State for Defence	United Kingdom
–		Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo (born 1940) Acting	17 December 2003	1 January 2004	15 days	Deputy Secretary General of NATO	Italy
11		Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948) [e]	1 January 2004	1 August 2009	5 years, 212 days	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Netherlands
12		Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953)	1 August 2009	1 October 2014	5 years, 61 days	Prime Minister of Denmark	Denmark
13		Jens Stoltenberg (born 1959)	1 October 2014	Incumbent	8 years, 356 days	Prime Minister of Norway	Norway

Responsibilities[edit]

The NATO secretary general chairs several of the senior decision-making bodies of NATO. In addition to the North Atlantic Council, he chairs the Defence Planning Committee and the Nuclear Planning Committee, two of NATO’s important military organizations. The secretary general also leads the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, the Mediterranean Cooperation Group, and serves as Joint Chairman of the Permanent Joint Council and the NATO-Ukraine Commission.

In a second role, the secretary general leads the staff of NATO. He directs the International Staff of the organization, and the Office of the Secretary General. The secretary general also directs his or her own Private Office. All of these bodies draw personnel from all members of NATO, so the secretary general must carefully coordinate.^[30] For assistance in his responsibilities, the secretary general also has a deputy appointed by the organization.
An overview of NATO military command structure (NCS):

Liaison:       Provides advice and support to the NAC

Political strategic level:
			North Atlantic Council
			Secretary General of NATO Brussels, BE		International Staff Brussels, BE
Military strategic level:
			Chair of the NATO Military Committee International Military Staff NATO HQ, Brussels, BE
Strategic commands:
	SACEUR (ACO, SHAPE) Mons, BE		SACT (Allied Command Transformation, HQ SACT) Norfolk, US
Tactical commands:						Transformational commands:
Allied Air Command Ramstein, DE						Joint Warfare Centre Stavanger, NO
Allied Maritime Command Northwood, GB						Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre Lisbon, PT
Allied Land Command İzmir, TR						Joint Force Training Centre Bydgoszcz, PL
Misc.:
Joint Support and Enabling Command Ulm, DE
Operational commands:			Communications & Information Systems Group Mons, BE		Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Oeiras, PT
Joint Force Command Norfolk Norfolk, US		Allied Joint Force Command Naples Naples, IT		Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum Brunssum, NL
Response Force:		Multinational Corps Southeast Sibiu, RO		Multinational Corps Northeast Szczecin, PL

Selection[edit]

There is no formal process for selecting the secretary general. The members of NATO traditionally reach a consensus on who should serve next. This procedure often takes place through informal diplomatic channels, but it still can become contentious. For example, in 2009, controversy arose over the choice of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as secretary general, due to opposition from Turkey.^[31]

NATO’s chief military officer, the supreme Allied commander Europe, is traditionally an American, and the secretary general has traditionally been a European. However, there is nothing in NATO’s charter that would preclude a Canadian or American from becoming the secretary general.^[32]

Deputy Secretary General[edit]

List of deputy secretaries general of NATO^[33]

#	Name	Country	Duration
1	Jonkheer van Vredenburch	Netherlands	1952–1956
2	Baron Adolph Bentinck	Netherlands	1956–1958
3	Alberico Casardi	Italy	1958–1962
4	Guido Colonna di Paliano	Italy	1962–1964
5	James A. Roberts	Canada	1964–1968
6	Osman Esim Olcay	Turkey	1969–1971
7	Paolo Pansa Cedronio	Italy	1971–1978
8	Rinaldo Petrignani	Italy	1978–1981
9	Eric da Rin	Italy	1981–1985
10	Marcello Guidi	Italy	1985–1989
11	Amedeo de Franchis	Italy	1989–1994
12	Sergio Balanzino	Italy	1994–2001
13	Alessandro Minuto Rizzo	Italy	2001–2007
14	Claudio Bisogniero	Italy	2007–2012
15	Alexander Vershbow	United States	2012–2016
16	Rose Gottemoeller	United States	2016–2019
17	Mircea Geoană	Romania	2019–present

See also[edit]

• Supreme Allied Commander Europe
• Chairman of the NATO Military Committee

Notes[edit]

Citations[edit]

References[edit]

• Brosio, Manlio (1969). NATO: Facts and Figures. NATO Information Service.
• Ismay, Hastings (1954). NATO: The First Five Years. NATO.
• Fedder, Edwin (1973). NATO:The Dynamics of the Alliance in the Postwar World. Dodd, Mead & Company. ISBN 0-396-06621-6.
• «Fonds. NATO Secretary General». NATO.

External links[edit]

• Media related to NATO Secretaries General at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

Провал украинского контрнаступления может привести к тому, что НАТО введет свой воинский контингент на территорию Украины, пишет старший научный сотрудник Центра политики безопасности Йорктаунского института Стивен Брайен в статье для Asia Times.

В материале говорится, что в Москве абсолютно справедливо заявляют, что конфликт ведется с НАТО, а Украина – только посредник. Брайен отмечает, что в нынешней ситуации альянс вполне способен на ввод войск на Украину.

Эксперт указал, что военные советники НАТО уже находятся в зоне боевых действий. То же самое происходило во время войны о Вьетнаме, перед тем, как США ввели туда войска.

Брайен считает, что в случае переизбрания действующего президента США Джо Байдена американская администрация решится на ввод войск на Украину, что будет означать начало конфликта, в который будет втянута вся Европа.

«Это Восток вступает в НАТО». Столтенберг рассказал о планах альянса

Генсек НАТО Йенс Столтенберг выступил 21 сентября на форуме в США, где он находится в рамках работы Генассамблеи ООН. В своей речи он коснулся и конфликта на Украине, и отношений с Китаем, и взаимовлияния Европы и Азии, а также прокомментировал расширение НАТО в восточном направлении. Подробнее — в материале «Газеты.Ru».

Про Украину

Генсек Североатлантического альянса Йенс Столтенберг в самом начале заявил, что цель его пребывания на ГА ООН в США — «мобилизовать поддержку Украины». В то же время он полностью исключил возможность приглашения страны в НАТО в период активных боевых действий.

«Очевидно, что активная война делает невозможным пригласить их сегодня или завтра», — сказал Столтенберг, отметив, что при этом Украина сейчас «близка к НАТО как никогда».

Генсек также обрушился с обвинениями на Россию, подчеркнув, что расширение альянса на восток «не дает ей оправданий» и не может быть причиной для начала военной операции.

«Вне зависимости от решения НАТО о расширении, это не дает России оправдания… Даже если мы согласимся, что НАТО сделало какие-то ошибки, неправильные действия в прошлом, это не дает России оправданий», — отметил он.

Столтенберг при этом указал, что «очень опасно» требовать от стран не вступать в НАТО, потому что «маленькие страны» не имеют возможности «выбирать свой путь».

Фокус на Китае

Если Украина все-таки победит в конфликте, Соединенные Штаты смогут «сконцентрироваться на Китае», заявил Столтенберг.

По его словам в интересах безопасности США — обеспечить победу Украины в конфликте, потому что, если ВСУ выиграют, «у нас будет вторая самая крупная армия Европы, закаленная в боях», что позволит «меньше опасаться за ситуацию в Европе».

О НАТО

НАТО останется региональным альянсом и не собирается превращаться в глобальную оборонную организацию, заверил Столтенберг.

«НАТО останется региональным альянсом, альянсом между Северной Америкой и Европой, если будет какое-то расширение, это будут европейские страны. НАТО не станет глобальной организацией по коллективной обороне», — подчеркнул он.

При этом Столтенберг заявил, что НАТО не расширяется на Восток. «Просто Восток сам вступает в альянс», — пояснил он.

Кроме того, НАТО останется ядерным альянсом, но выступает за контроль вооружений и баланс сил. «Нам необходим баланс (сил — ред.)… Это означает, что НАТО должна действовать зеркально российским действиям», — уточнил он.

Генсек добавил, что альянс остается «бдительным», внимательно следит за действиями России в отношении ее ядерного потенциала, но пока не видит со стороны России каких-либо тревожных шагов.