Principal Officials at the NATO International Staff Note: In 2003, NATO's international staff structure was reorganised to better reflect the Alliance's new missions and priorities. For the updated listing, click here. ASG Political Affairs ASG Economic and Financial Affairs ASG Defence Planning & Operations ASG Production, Logistics and Infrastructure ASG Defence Support ASG Infrastructure, Logistics and Council Operations ASG Security Investment, Logistics and Civil Emergency Planning ASG Scientific Affairs Directors PO Executive Secretary Dir Information & Press NATO Spokesman Special Advisor for Central and Eastern European Affairs

	Assistant Secretaries General - Political Affairs
	1952-1955	Sergio Fenoaltea	(Italy)
	1955-1956	Guiseppe Cosmelli	(Italy)
	1956-1958	Alberico Casardi	(Italy)
	1958-1960	Evelyn Shuckburgh	(United Kingdom)
	1960-1966	Robin Hooper	(United Kingdom)
	1966-1969	Joachim Jaenicke	(Germany)
	1969-1975	Jrg Kastl	(Germany)
	1975-1978	Ernst E. Jung	(Germany)
	1978-1981	Hans Christian Lankes	(Germany)
	1982-1986	Fredo Dannenbring	(Germany)
	1986-1991	Henning Wegener	(Germany)
	1991-1997	Gebhardt Von Moltke	(Germany)
	1997-2001	Klaus-Peter Klaiber	(Germany)
	2001-	Günther Altenburg	(Germany)

	Assistant Secretaries General - Economic and Financial Affairs
	1952-1955	Ren Sergent	(France)
	1955-1967	Didier Gregh	(France)

	Assistant Secretaries General - Defence Planning and Operations
	1967-1969	Arthur Hockaday	(United Kingdom)
	1969-1972	Kenneth Nash	(United Kingdom)
	1972-1976	Colin Humphreys	(United Kingdom)
	1976-1980	William Mumford	(United Kingdom)
	1980-1984	David Nicholls	(United Kingdom)
	1983-1986	James Moray Stewart	(United Kingdom)
	1986-1988	Michael Bell	(United Kingdom)
	1988-1993	Michael Legge	(United Kingdom)
	1993-1999	Anthony Cragg	(United Kingdom)
	1999-2003	Edgar Buckley	(United Kingdom)

	Assistant Secretaries General - Production, Logistics and Infrastructure
	1952-1953	David Hopkins	(United States)
	1953-1955	Lowel Heicker	(United States)
	1956-1957	Murray Mitchell	(United States)
	1957-1959	Ernest Meili	(United States)
	1959-1960	Robert Fiske	(United States)
	1960-1965	Johnson Garrett	(United States)
	1966-1967	John Beith	(United Kingdom)

	Assistant Secretaries General - Defence Support
	1967-1973	Arthur Tyler Port	(United States)
	1973-1976	Gardiner Tucker	(United States)
	1976-1977	Walter LaBerge	(United States)
	1977-1980	John Walsh	(United States)
	1981-1983	Vitalij Garber	(United States)
	1984-1987	Robin L. Beard	(United States)
	1987-1990	Mack Francis Mattingly	(United States)
	1990-1992	Philip Merrill	(United States)
	1992-1995	Robin Beard	(United States)
	1995-1999	Norman Ray	(United States)
	1999-	Robert Bell	(United States)

	Assistant Secretaries General - Infrastructure, Logistics and Council Operations
	1979-1984	David Collins	(Canada)
	1984-1986	Cornelis De Laat de Kanter	(Netherlands)

	Assistant Secretaries General - Security Investment, Logistics and Civil Emergency Planning
	1986-1989	Cornelis De Laat de Kanter	(Netherlands)
	1989-1992	Lawrence E. Davies	(Canada)
	1992-1998	Herpert Van Foreest	(Netherlands)
	1998-2001	ivind Bakken	(Norway)
	2001	Juan Martinez Esparza	(Spain)

	Assistant Secretaries General - Scientific Affairs
	1958-1959	Norman Ramsay	(United States)
	1959-1960	Frederic Seitz	(United States)
	1960-1962	William Nierenberg	(United States)
	1962-1964	William Allis	(United States)
	1964-1966	John McLucas	(United States)
	1966-1968	Rudi Schall (Acting)	(Germany)
	1968-1973	Gunnar Randers	(Norway)
	1973-1979	Nimet zdas	(Turkey)
	1980-1983	Robert Chabbal	(France)
	1983-1988	Henry Durand	(France)
	1988-1992	Jacques Ducuing	(France)
	1992-1998	Jean-Marie Cadiou	(France)
	1998-2001	Yves Sillard	(France)
	2001-	Jean Fournet	(France)

	Directors of the Private Office of the Secretary General
	1952-1953	Peter Scott (Priv. Secr.)	(United Kingdom)
	1953-1957	Gilles de Boisgelin (Priv. Secr.)	(France)
	1957-1962	Andr Saint-Mleux	(France)
	1962-1963	George Vest	(United States)
	1963-1964	John Getz	(United States)
	1964-1971	Fausto Bacchetti	(Italy)
	1971-1984	Paul van Campen	(Netherlands)
	1984-1986	Brian Fall	(United Kingdom)
	1986-1987	David Brighty	(United Kingdom)
	1987-1988	Kevin Tebbit	(United Kingdom)
	1988-1989	Jrgen Staks	(Germany)
	1989-1990	James Cunningham	(United States)
	1990-1993	Roland Wegener	(Germany)
	1993-1996	Klaus Scharioth	(Germany)
	1996-1999	Jorge Domecq	(Spain)
	1999-2001	Desmond Bowen	(United Kingdom)
	2001-	Jonathan Stephen Day	(United Kingdom)

	Executive Secretary - Executive Secretariat
	1952-1970	Lord Coleridge	(United Kingdom)
	1970-1973	Kurt Andreae	(Germany)
	1973-1979	George Sekeris	(Greece)
	1979-1988	Tugay zceri	(Turkey)
	1988-1993	Christopher Prebensen	(Norway)
	1993-2003	Leo Verbruggen	(Netherlands)
	2003-	Bernd Goetze	(Canada)

	Director - Office of Information and Press
	1950-1953	Theodore Newton	(Canada)
	1953-1954	Robert L. Farquharson	(Canada)
	1954-1957	Geoffrey Parsons	(United States)
	1957-1958	Joseph B. Philips	(United States)
	1958-1962	John McGowan	(United States)
	1962-1967	R. Adelmann	(Germany)
	1967-1972	John Price	(United Kingdom)
	1972-1978	Claus Koren	(Norway)
	1978-1979	Orla Mller	(Denmark)
	1979-1983	Armin Halle	(Germany)
	1983-1987	Wilfried Hofmann	(Germany)
	1987-1990	William Young	(Canada)
	1990-1994	Erick V.C. Bruce	(Canada)
	1994-1997	Christopher Prebensen	(Norway)
	1997-2000	Peter Daniel	(Canada)
	2000-	Jamie Shea	(United Kingdom)

	NATO Spokesman
	1966-1969	Rudolf Pekelharing	(Netherlands)
	1969-1974	Arie De Vries	(Netherlands)
	1974-1979	David Kydd	(United Kingdom)
	1979-1984	Nuno Antas De Campos	(Portugal)
	1985-1990	Robin Stafford	(United Kingdom)
	1991-1993	Gerd Westdickenberg	(Germany)
	1993-2000	Jamie Shea	(United Kingdom)
	2001-2003	Yves Brodeur	(Canada)

	Special Advisor for Central and Eastern European Affairs
	1989-2003	Chris Donnelly	(United Kingdom)