U.S. Permanent Representatives on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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The Chief of Mission has the title of U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Prior to July 1, 1967 the Representative on the Council of NATO was the Chief of the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations at Paris.
- William Henry Draper Jr. (1953)
- John Chambers Hughes (1953–1955)
- George Walbridge Perkins (1955–1957)
- Warren Randolph Burgess (1957–1961)
- Thomas Knight Finletter (1961–1965)
- Harlan Cleveland (1965–1969)
- Robert Fred Ellsworth (1969–1971)
- David Matthew Kennedy (1972–1973)
- Donald Henry Rumsfeld (1973–1974)
- David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1974–1976)
- Robert Strausz-Hupé (1976–1977)
- William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1977–1983)
- David Manker Abshire (1983–1987)
- Alton Gold Keel Jr. (1987–1989)
- William Howard Taft IV (1989–1992)
- Reginald Bartholomew (1992–1993)
- Robert E. Hunter (1993–1997)
- Alexander Russel Vershbow (1997–2001)
- R. Nicholas Burns (2001–2005)
- Victoria Nuland (2005–2008)
- Kurt D. Volker (2008–2009)
- Ivo H. Daalder (2009–2013)
- Douglas Edward Lute (2013–2017)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison (2017)