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U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Name: William H. Draper, Jr.
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations at Paris
Appointment: [Apr 8, 1953]
Termination of Appointment: Jun 13, 1953
Note: Not commissioned; designated by the President.

Name: John C. Hughes
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations at Paris.
Appointment: Jun 12, 1953
Termination of Appointment: Apr 20, 1955

Organization: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels
Name: George W. Perkins
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations at Paris.
Appointment: Mar 14, 1955
Termination of Appointment: Oct 12, 1957

Name: W. Randolph Burgess
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations at Paris.
Appointment: Sep 21, 1957
Termination of Appointment: Mar 23, 1961

Name: Thomas K. Finletter
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations at Paris
Appointment: Mar 2, 1961
Termination of Appointment: Sep 2, 1965

Name: Harlan Cleveland
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; until Jul 1, 1967, also Chief of the U.S. Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Regional Organizations at Paris
Appointment: Sep 1, 1965
Termination of Appointment: Jun 11, 1969

Name: Robert Ellsworth
State of Residency: Kansas
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: May 13, 1969
Termination of Appointment: Jun 30, 1971

Name: David M. Kennedy
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 17, 1972
Termination of Appointment: Feb 1, 1973
Note: Continued to serve also as Ambassador at Large.

Name: Donald Rumsfeld
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 2, 1973
Termination of Appointment: Dec 5, 1974

Name: David K.E. Bruce
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 17, 1974
Termination of Appointment: Feb 12, 1976

Name: Robert Strausz-Hupe
State of Residency: Pennsylvania
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 3, 1976
Termination of Appointment: Apr 20, 1977

Name: W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.
State of Residency: Georgia
Foreign Service officer
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 26, 1977
Termination of Appointment: Mar 31, 1983

Name: David M. Abshire
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 13, 1983
Termination of Appointment: Jan 5, 1987

Name: Alton G. Keel, Jr.
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 13, 1987
Termination of Appointment: Jun 17, 1989

Name: William H., IV
State of Residency: Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 3, 1989
Termination of Appointment: Jun 26, 1992

Name: Reginald Bartholomew
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 15, 1992
Termination of Appointment: Mar 25, 1993

Name: Robert E. Hunter
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 1, 1993
Termination of Appointment: Dec 31, 1997

Name: Alexander Vershbow
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Foreign Service officer
Title: U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleinipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 10, 1997
Termination of Appointment:

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