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
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two Nor ...
. The Representative has the rank of full
ambassador
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and is appointed by the
President
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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 position is currently held by
Julianne Smith, having been confirmed by the Senate of November 18, 2021.
The first Representative was appointed by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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in 1953.
List
References
Sources
List of NATO ambassadors — US State Department
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