who is the current secretary general of nato
Jens Stoltenberg
title: Secretary General of NATO text: the NATO Military Committee and the Supreme Allied Commander the Secretary General is one of the foremost officials of NATO. The current Secretary General is Jens Stoltenberg, the former Prime Minister of Norway, who took office on 1 October 2014. Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty requires NATO members to "establish a Council, on which each of them shall be represented." Accordingly, the North Atlantic Council was formed. Initially the Council consisted of NATO members' foreign ministers and met annually. In May 1950, the desire for closer coordination on a day-to-day basis led to the appointment of Council deputies, title: Secretary General of NATO text: For example, in 2009, controversy arose over the choice of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as Secretary-General, due to opposition from Turkey. Because NATO's chief military officer, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, is traditionally an American, the Secretary General has traditionally been a European. There is nothing to preclude a Canadian or American from becoming the Secretary General, but everyone to occupy the post to date has been European. Secretary General of NATO The Secretary General of NATO is an international diplomat who serves as the chief civil servant of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Secretary General is responsible for title: Rose Gottemoeller text: Japan also had hoped for US president Barack Obama to attend the memorial and has a standing call for the US to apologize for the bombings. Gottemoeller became the first female Deputy Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on October 17, 2016. Rose Gottemoeller Rose Eilene Gottemoeller (born March 24, 1953) is an American diplomat who is the current Deputy Secretary General of NATO, serving under Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. She formerly served in her own country as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security at the U.S. State Department. Gottemoeller received a B.S. from title: Rose Gottemoeller text: Rose Gottemoeller Rose Eilene Gottemoeller (born March 24, 1953) is an American diplomat who is the current Deputy Secretary General of NATO, serving under Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. She formerly served in her own country as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security at the U.S. State Department. Gottemoeller received a B.S. from Georgetown University, and an M.A. from The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. She is fluent in Russian. Gottemoeller was confirmed as Under Secretary of State by the U.S. Senate on March 6, 2014. Prior to her confirmation, she had served as title: Secretary General of NATO text: As of 2018, there are five living former NATO Secretaries General. The most recent Secretary General to die was Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919-2018) 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 Join Chairman of the Permanent Joint Council and the NATO-Ukraine Commission. In a second role, the Secretary General leads the staff of