Press Release (2004)007 23 January 2004

Appointment of NATO Spokesman Biographies James Appathurai The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. James Appathurai (35) as Spokesman for NATO. This appointment will become effective on 1st February 2004. Mr. Appathurai is Canadian. Before his posting to Brussels, he worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto. Subsequently he joined the Canadian Department of National Defence in Ottawa as Policy Adviser. In May 1998 he moved to the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division of NATO where he was Senior Planning Officer and Deputy Head of the Policy Planning and Speechwriting Section.

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