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North Atlantic Council

NATO's political body

Summary

NATO's political body

FieldValue
nameNorth Atlantic Council
coa_picNATO OTAN landscape logo.svg
house_typeCommittee
bodyNATO
leader1_typeSecretary General
leader1Mark Rutte
leader2_typeDeputy Secretary-General
leader2Radmila Šekerinska
joint_committees{{Collapsible listtitlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
title20 reporting to NAC:
authorityPrincipal political decision-making body
members{{Collapsible listtitlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
title32 states:Albania AlbaniaBelgium BelgiumBulgaria BulgariaCanada CanadaCroatia CroatiaCzech Republic Czech RepublicDenmark DenmarkEstonia EstoniaFinland FinlandFrance FranceGermany GermanyGreece GreeceHungary HungaryIceland IcelandItaly ItalyLatvia LatviaLithuania LithuaniaLuxembourg LuxembourgMontenegro MontenegroNetherlands NetherlandsNorway NorwayPoland PolandPortugal PortugalRomania RomaniaSlovakia SlovakiaSlovenia SloveniaSpain SpainSweden SwedenTurkey TurkeyUK United KingdomUSA United States}}
foundation
session_roomIsaac Herzog in an official visit to the European Union in Brussels, January 2023 (GPOHZ0 3).jpeg
session_res250px
meeting_place[[File:Coat of arms of the NATO Headquarters.png14px]] NATO headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
website
footnotesHistorical meeting venues

the NATO body

|Deputies Committee |Political Committee |Partnerships and Cooperative Security Committee |Defence Policy and Planning Committee |Committee on Proliferation |Digital Policy Committee |Operations Policy Committee |High Level Task Force on Conventional Arms Control |Verification Coordinating Committee |Conference of National Armaments Directors |Committee for Standardization |Logistics Committee |Resource Policy and Planning Board |Integrated Air and Missile Defence Policy Committee |Aviation Committee |Resilience Committee |Committee on Public Diplomacy |Council Operations and Exercises Committee |Security Committee |Civilian Intelligence Committee |Archives Committee}} Brussels, Belgium The North Atlantic Council ( NAC, ) is the principal political decision-making body of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), consisting of permanent representatives of its member countries. Its existence is mandated by Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty and it was established as a result. It is the only body in NATO that derives its authority explicitly from the treaty.

Powers and duties

The North Atlantic Treaty gave the NAC the power to set up subsidiary bodies for various policy functions, including a defense committee to implement other parts of the treaty. Since 1952, the NAC has been in permanent session. The NAC can be held at the Permanent Representative Level (PermReps), or can be composed of member states' Ministers of State, Defense, or Heads of Government. The NAC has the same powers regardless of the formation under which it meets. The NAC meets twice a week: every Tuesday, for an informal lunch discussion; and every Wednesday for a decision-taking session. Usually, meetings occur amongst the permanent representatives who are the senior permanent member of each delegation and is generally a senior civil servant or an experienced ambassador (and holding that diplomatic rank). The list of permanent representatives may be found on the NATO website.

The 32 members of NATO have diplomatic missions to the organization through embassies in Belgium. The meetings of the NAC are chaired by the secretary general and, when decisions have to be made, action is agreed upon on the basis of unanimity and common accord. There is no voting or decision by majority. Each nation represented at the NAC table or on any of its subordinate committees retains complete sovereignty and responsibility for its own decisions.

Composition

Each member nation is normally represented on the North Atlantic Council by an Ambassador or Permanent Representative supported by a national delegation composed of advisers and officials who represent their country on different NATO committees.

PortraitNameCountryIncumbent since
[[File:Ambassador Ilir Gjoni 2022.jpeg90px]]Ilir GjoniAlbania
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Ariadne PetridisBelgium
[[File:Nikolay Milkov.jpg90px]]Nikolay MilkovBulgaria
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Heidi HulanCanada
[[File:20170905 nobilo.jpg90px]]Mario NobiloCroatia
[[File:No image.svg90px]]David KoneckýCzech Republic
[[File:Danish US Ambassador, Lone Dencker Wisborg.jpgframeless116x116px]]Lone Dencker WisborgDenmark
[[File:Jüri Luik 2017-06-09 (cropped).jpg90px]]Jüri LuikEstonia
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Piritta AsunmaaFinland
[[File:No image.svg90px]]David CvachFrance
[[File:2020 Géza Andreas von Geyr.png90px]]Géza Andreas von GeyrGermany
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Vasiliki GounariGreece
[[File:No image.svg90px]]István BaloghHungary
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Hermann IngólfssonIceland
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Marco PeronaciItaly
[[File:Maris Riekstins jpg.jpg90px]]Māris RiekstiņšLatvia
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Darius JauniškisLithuania
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Stephan Frédéric MüllerLuxembourg
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Milena KalezićMontenegro
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Thijs van der PlasNetherlands
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Dane TaleskiNorth Macedonia
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Anita NergaardNorway
Jacek NajderPoland*
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Pedro Costa PereiraPortugal
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Dan NeculăescuRomania
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Peter BátorSlovakia
[[File:Andrej Benedejčič 2015.jpg90px]]Andrej BenedejčičSlovenia
[[File:Federico Torres Muro.jpg90px]]Federico Torres MuroSpain
[[File:Jan Knutsson, Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Foreign Minister of Sweden, in Washington, D.C. on July 11, 2024 (cropped).jpg90px]]Jan KnutssonSweden
[[File:Basat Öztürk in Singapore meeting Jim Mattis.jpeg90px]]Basat ÖztürkTurkey
[[File:No image.svg90px]]Angus LapsleyUnited Kingdom
[[File:Matthew G. Whitaker official photo.jpg90px]]Matthew WhitakerUnited States

Notes

References

Bibliography

References

  1. "Committees reporting to the North Atlantic Council".
  2. "The North Atlantic Council". NATO.
  3. "REORGANIZATION OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION".
  4. "nato.int: "NATO Permanent Representatives"".
  5. "North Atlantic Council".
  6. NATO. "Ilir Gjoni, Permanent Representative of Albania to NATO".
  7. NATO. "Ariadne Petridis, Permanent Representative of Belgium to NATO".
  8. NATO. "Nikolay Milkov, NATO Permanent Representative for Bulgaria".
  9. Global Affairs Canada. (June 6, 2024). "News release: Announcement of new diplomatic appointments".
  10. Global Affairs Canada. (September 10, 2025). "Canada and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization".
  11. NATO. "Mario Nobilo, Permanent Representative of Croatia to NATO".
  12. "Velvyslanec David Konecký předal pověřovací listiny generálnímu tajemníkovi NATO".
  13. NATO. "Lone Dencker Wisborg, NATO Permanent Representative for Denmark".
  14. NATO. "NATO Permanent Representatives".
  15. NATO. "NATO Permanent Representatives".
  16. (2024-08-19). "Ambassador David CVACH".
  17. "Ambassador Dr Géza Andreas von Geyrs".
  18. NATO. "Ioannis - Miltiadis Nicolaidis, Permanent representative of Greece to NATO".
  19. NATO. "István Balogh, Permanent Representative of Hungary to NATO".
  20. NATO. "Māris Riekstiņš, NATO Permanent Representative for Latvia".
  21. (30 April 2025). "Ambassador Jauniškis presented his letters of credence to the NATO Secretary General". [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania)]].
  22. NATO. "Stephan Frédéric Müller, NATO Permanent Representative of Luxembourg".
  23. NATO. "Milena Kalezić, NATO Permanent Representative for Montenegro".
  24. NATO. "Thijs van der Plas, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to NATO".
  25. NATO. "Anita Nergaard, NATO Permanent Representative for Norway".
  26. NATO. "Pedro Costa Pereira, Permanent representative of Portugal to NATO".
  27. NATO. "Dan Neculăescu, Permanent Representative of Romania".
  28. NATO. "Peter Bátor, Permanent Representative of Slovakia to NATO".
  29. NATO. (November 24, 2023). "Ambassador Dr Andrej Benedejčič presents letters of credence to NATO Secretary General".
  30. NATO. "Federico Torres Muro, Permanent Representative of Spain to NATO".
  31. NATO. "Jan Knutsson, Permanent Representative of Sweden to NATO".
  32. NATO. "Ambassador Basat Öztürk, Permanent Representative of Türkiye to NATO".
  33. "UK Permanent Representative to NATO Angus Lapsley". [[gov.uk]].
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