List of United States permanent representatives to NATO

The United States Permanent Representative to NATO (commonly called the U.S. Ambassador to NATO) is the official representative of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

Background
The Representative has the rank of full ambassador and is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The full official title of the Representative is United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. 

The first Representative was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.

List
ImageAmbassadorDates served75pxWilliam Henry Draper, Jr.April 8, 1953 – June 13, 195375pxJohn Chambers HughesJune 12, 1953 – April 20, 195575pxGeorge Walbridge Perkins, Jr.March 14, 1955 – October 12, 195775pxWarren Randolph BurgessSeptember 21, 1957 – March 23, 196175pxThomas K. FinletterMarch 2, 1961 – September 2, 196575pxHarlan ClevelandSeptember 1, 1965 – June 11, 196975pxRobert EllsworthMay 13, 1969 – June 30, 197175pxDavid M. KennedyMarch 17, 1972 – February 1, 197375pxDonald RumsfeldFebruary 2, 1973 – December 5, 197475pxDavid K. E. BruceOctober 17, 1974 – February 12, 197675pxRobert Strausz-HupéMarch 3, 1976 – April 20, 197775pxWilliam Tapley Bennett Jr.April 26, 1977 – March 31, 198375pxDavid Manker AbshireJuly 13, 1983 – January 5, 198775pxAlton G. Keel, Jr.March 13, 1987 – June 17, 198975pxWilliam Howard Taft IVAugust 3, 1989 – June 26, 199275pxReginald BartholomewJune 15, 1992 – March 25, 199375pxRobert E. HunterJuly 1, 1993 – January 1, 199875pxAlexander VershbowNovember 10, 1997 – July 9, 200175pxR. Nicholas BurnsAugust 7, 2001 – March 7, 200575pxVictoria NulandJuly 13, 2005 – May 2, 200875pxKurt VolkerJuly 2, 2008 – May 15, 200975pxIvo DaalderMay 15, 2009 – September 2, 201375pxDouglas LuteSeptember 3, 2013 – January 20, 201775pxKay Bailey HutchisonAugust 28, 2017 – January 20, 202175pxJulianne SmithDecember 6, 2021 – October 23, 202475pxMatthew WhitakerApril 3, 2025 – present

 References 

Other websites
List of NATO ambassadors — US State Department
NNDB
 United States Mission to NATO