Chairs of the NATO Military Committee
The Chair² of the Military Committee directs the day-to-day business of the Committee, NATO's highest military authority, and acts on its behalf.
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Past and present Chairs of the NATO Military Committee
| NATO Military Committee in Chiefs-of-Staff Session (1949-1963) |
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| 1949-1950 | General Omar N. Bradley | (United States) |
| 1951-1952 | Lt. General Etienne Baele | (Belgium) |
| 1952-1953 | Lt. General Charles Foulkes | (Canada) |
| 1953-1954 | Admiral E.J.C. Quistgaard | (Denmark) |
| 1954-1955 | General Augustin Guillaume | (France) |
| 1955-1956 | Lt. General Stylianos Pallis | (Greece) |
| 1956-1957 | General Giuseppe Mancinelli | (Italy) |
| 1957-1958 | General B.R.P.F. Hasselman | (Netherlands) |
| 1958-1959 | Lt. General Bjarne Øen | (Norway) |
| 1959-1960 | General J.A. Beleza Ferras | (Portugal) |
| 1960 | General Rustu Erdelhun | (Turkey) |
| 1960-1961 | Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma | (United Kingdom) |
| 1961-1962 | General Lyman L. Lemnitzer | (United States) |
| 1962-1963 | Lt. General C.P. de Cumont | (Belgium) |
| NATO Military Committee in Permanent Session (1958-1963) |
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| 1958-1961 | General B.R.P.F. Hasselman | (Netherlands) |
| 1961-1963 | General Adolf Heusinger | (Germany) |
| NATO Military Committee¹ (1963 - ) |
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| 1963-1964 | General Adolf Heusinger | (Germany) |
| 1964-1968 | Lt. General C.P. de Cumont | (Belgium) |
| 1968-1971 | Admiral Sir Nigel Henderson | (United Kingdom) |
| 1971-1974 | General Johannes Steinhoff | (Germany) |
| 1974-1977 | Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Hill-Norton | (United Kingdom) |
| 1977-1980 | General Herman F. Zeiner Gunderson | (Norway) |
| 1980-1983 | Admiral Robert H. Falls | (Canada) |
| 1983-1986 | General Cornelis De Jager | (Netherlands) |
| 1986-1989 | General Wolfgang Altenburg | (Germany) |
| 1989-1993 | General Vigleik Eide | (Norway) |
| 1993-1996 | Field Marshal Richard Vincent | (United Kingdom) |
| 1996-1999 | General Klaus Naumann (Eng./Fr.) | (Germany) |
| 1999-2002 | Admiral Guido Venturoni (Eng./Fr.) | (Italy) |
| 2002-2005 | General Harald Kujat (Eng./Fr.) | (Germany) |
| 2005-2008 | General Ray Henault (Eng./Fr.) | (Canada) |
| 2008-2011 | Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola (Eng.) | (Italy) |
| 2012-2015 | General Knud Bartels | (Denmark) |
| 2015- 2018 | General Petr Pavel | (Czech Republic) |
| 2018 - 2021 | Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach | (United Kingdom) |
| 2021 - | Admiral Rob Bauer | (Netherlands) |
- In December 1963 the Chairman of the Military Committee in Permanent Session also became Chairman of the Military Committee in Chiefs-of-Staff Session.
- On 18 May 2021 NATO Chiefs of Defence agreed to the change in title from Chairman to Chair of the NATO Military Committee.