Supreme Allied Commander Europe

The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) and head of ACO's headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). The commander is based at SHAPE in Casteau, Belgium.

The current SACEUR is General Christopher G. Cavoli of the United States Army.

List of holders
Since 2003 the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) has also served as the head of Allied Command Europe and the head of Allied Command Operations.

The officeholders have been:

Deputy
The position of Deputy Supreme Allied Command Europe (DSACEUR) has been known as Deputy Head of Allied Command Operations since 2003. From January 1978 until June 1993 there were two DSACEURs, one British and one German. From July 1993 this reverted to a single DSACEUR.  With a small number of exceptions who were German military officers, DSACEUR is normally a British military officer. The officeholders have been as follows:

Single DSACEUR (April 1951 - January 1978)

No.PortraitDeputy Supreme Allied Commander Start of termEnd of termBranchUnit of Commission1.60pxField Marshal
The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein,  2 April 195123 September 1958Royal Warwickshire Regiment2.60pxGeneral
Sir Richard Gale, 23 September 195822 September 1960Worcestershire Regiment3.60pxGeneral
Sir Hugh Stockwell, 22 September 19601 January 1964Royal Welch Fusiliers4.60pxMarshal of the Royal Air Force
Sir Thomas Pike, 1 January 19641 March 1967N/A5.60pxGeneral
Sir Robert Bray, 1 March 19671 December 1970Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment6.General
Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick, 1 December 197012 November 19731st The Royal Dragoons 7.60pxGeneral
Sir John Mogg, 12 November 197312 March 1976Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry8.General
Sir Harry Tuzo, 12 March 19763 January 1978
(As solo DSACEUR)Royal Artillery
Two DSACEURs (January 1978 until June 1993)
BritishGermanNo.PortraitDeputy Supreme Allied Commander TermBranchUnit of CommissionStart of termEnd of termNo.PortraitDeputy Supreme Allied CommanderTermBranch8.General
Sir Harry Tuzo,  3 January 1978
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2 November 1978
(As Co-DSACEUR)Royal Artillery3 January 19782 November 19789.General
Gerd Schmückle3 January 1978
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1 April 1980 -10.General
Sir Jack Harman, 2 November 1978
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9 April 1981 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)2 November 19781 April 19801 April 19809 April 198111.60pxAdmiral
Günter Luther1 April 1980
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1 April 1982Naval aviation12.Air Chief Marshal
Sir Peter Terry, 9 April 1981
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16 July 1984Royal Air Force Regiment (anti-aircraft artillery)9 April 19811 April 19821 April 19822 April 198413.60pxGeneral
Günter Kießling1 April 19822 April 198416 July 198414.General
Hans-Joachim Mack2 April 1984
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1 October 198715.General
Sir Edward Burgess, 16 July 1984Royal Artillery16 July 198426 June 198716.60pxGeneral
Sir John Akehurst, 26 June 1987
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17 January 1990Northamptonshire Regiment26 June 19871 October 19871 October 198717 January 199017.General
Eberhard Eimler1 October 1987
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2 October 1990N/A18.General
Sir Brian Kenny, 17 January 1990
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5 April 19934th Queen's Own Hussars17 January 19902 October 19902 October 19905 April 199319.General
Dieter Clauss2 October 1990
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1 July 1993 -20.General
Sir John Waters, 5 April 1993
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1 July 1993
(As Co-DSACEUR) Gloucestershire Regiment5 April 19931 July 1993
Single DSACEUR (July 1993 – present)
No.PortraitDeputy Supreme Allied CommanderStart of termEnd of termBranchUnit of Commission20.General
Sir John Waters, 1 July 1993
(As solo DSACEUR)12 December 1994Gloucestershire Regiment21.General
Sir Jeremy Mackenzie, 12 December 199430 November 1998Queen's Own Highlanders22.General
Sir Rupert Smith, 30 November 199817 September 2001Parachute Regiment23.60pxGeneral
Dieter Stöckmann17 September 200118 September 2002Panzergrenadier24.Admiral
Rainer Feist18 September 20021 October 2004N/A25.60pxGeneral
Sir John Reith, 1 October 200422 October 2007Parachute Regiment 26.60pxGeneral
Sir John McColl, 22 October 2007March 2011Royal Anglian Regiment 27.60pxGeneral
Sir Richard Shirreff, March 2011March 201414th/20th King's Hussars 28.60pxGeneral
Sir Adrian Bradshaw, March 2014March 201714th/20th King's Hussars 29.60pxGeneral
Sir James Everard, March 2017April 202017th/21st Lancers30.60pxGeneral
Sir Tim Radford, April 2020July 2023The Light Infantry31.60pxAdmiral
Sir Keith Blount, July 2023IncumbentFleet Air Arm

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