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{{Short description|The body of NATO that is composed of member states' Chiefs of Defence}}
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The [[NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO)'s '''Military Committee''' ('''MC''') is the body that is composed of [[Member states of NATO|member states]]' [[Chief of Defence|Chiefs of Defence]] (CHOD). These national CHODs are regularly represented in the MC by their permanent Military Representatives (MilRep), who often are officers of the rank of [[general]] and [[admiral]]. Like the Council, from time to time the Military Committee also meets at a higher level, namely at the level of [[Chief of defence|Chiefs of Defence]], the most senior military officer in each nation's armed forces.

==Role==
[[File:NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee General Knud Bartels makes opening statements 140521-D-HU462-160.jpg|thumb|left|[[Chairman of the NATO Military Committee|Chairman]] in 2014, General [[Knud Bartels]]]]
The MC assists and advises the [[North Atlantic Council]] (NAC), Defence Planning Committee (DPC), and Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) on military matters including policy and strategy.<ref>NATO Handbook, 50th Anniversary Edition, 1998-99, 234.</ref> Its principal role is to provide direction and advice on military policy and strategy. It provides guidance on military matters to the Supreme Allied Commanders of [[Allied Command Operations]] and [[Allied Command Transformation]], whose representatives attend its meetings, and is responsible for the overall conduct of the military affairs of the Alliance under the authority of the Council. The executive body of the MC is the [[International Military Staff]] (IMS).<ref>[https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_64557.htm?selectedLocale=en International Military Staff], Jun 15, 2017, retrieved Feb 20, 2018.</ref>

==Current NATO Chiefs of Defence==

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| style="width:150px;background-color:#2549a5" |{{ font color | #ffffff | '''<big>Member</big>'''}}
| style="width:150px;background-color:#2549a5" |{{ font color | #ffffff |'''<big>CHOD</big>'''}}
|style="width:150px;background-color:#2549a5" |{{ font color | #ffffff | '''<big>Member</big>'''}}
| style="width:150px;background-color:#2549a5" |{{ font color | #ffffff |'''<big>CHOD</big>'''}}
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Albania|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the General Staff (Albania)|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Albania]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2009|4|1}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Arben Kingji (2024) (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Major General</small><br />'''{{ill|Arben Kingji|de||nl}}'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Albania}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Belgium|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of Defence (Belgium)|Chief of Defence]] of</small><br />'''[[Belgium]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:F16 Quick Reaction Force Benelux (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Frederik Vansina]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{air force|Belgium}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Bulgaria|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the Defence (Bulgaria)|Chief of Defence]] of</small><br />'''[[Bulgaria]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2004|3|29}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Admiral Emil Eftimov, Bulgaria Chief of the Defense, at the Pentagon on January 11, 2024 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Admiral</small><br />'''{{ill|Emil Eftimov|bg|Емил Ефтимов|de|Emil Eftimow|he|אמיל אפטימוב}}'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{navy|Bulgaria}}</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Canada|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Canada]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:General Jennie Carignan in 2024 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Jennie Carignan]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Canada}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Croatia|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (Croatia)|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Croatia]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2009|4|1}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:The NATO Chief of Defence of Croatia Lieutenant General Tihomir Kundid at the 191st Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Colonel general</small><br />'''[[Tihomir Kundid]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Croatia}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Czech Republic|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the General Staff (Czech Republic)|Chief of the General Staff]] of the</small><br />'''[[Czech Republic]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1999|3|12}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Lieutenant General Karel Řehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, at the Pentagon on February 27, 2024 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Lieutenant General</small><br />'''[[Karel Řehka]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Znak Ředitelství speciálních sil.png|size=18px}} [[Czech Special Forces]]</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Denmark|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of Defence (Denmark)|Chief of Defence]] of</small><br />'''[[Denmark]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Michael Hyldgaard (DVIDS 8646868) (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''''{{ill|Michael Hyldgaard|da}}'''''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Denmark}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Estonia|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces|Commander of the Defence Forces]] of</small><br />'''[[Estonia]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2004|3|29}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Andrus Merilo 2024 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Major General</small><br />'''[[Andrus Merilo]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Estonia}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Finland|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of Defence (Finland)|Chief of Defence]] of</small><br />'''[[Finland]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2023|4|4}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:General Janne Jaakkola, Finland Chief of Defense, 2025 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Janne Jaakkola]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Suomen Maavoimien tunnus.svg|size=18px}} [[Finnish Army]]</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|France|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the Defence Staff (France)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[France]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>{{efn|name=France|Excluded from the Committee in 1966–2008.}}
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:General Thierry Burkhard, French Chief of the Defence Staff, at the École Militaire in Paris, France participates in a Military Honors Ceremony on June 5, 2024 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Thierry Burkhard]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Logo of the French Army (Armee de Terre).svg|size=25px}} [[French Army]]</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Germany|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Inspector General of the Bundeswehr]] of</small><br />'''[[Germany]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1955|5|6}}</small>{{efn|name=Germany|As [[West Germany]]. [[East Germany]] became part of NATO after [[German reunification]] on 3 October 1990}}
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Carsten Breuer 2025 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Carsten Breuer]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Germany}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Greece|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Hellenic National Defence General Staff#The Chief of the HNDGS|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Greece]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1952|2|18}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Hellenic National Defence General Staff Seal.svg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''{{ill|Dimitrios Choupis|el|Δημήτριος Χούπης}}'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Greece}}</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Hungary|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of General Staff (Hungary)|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Hungary]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1999|3|12}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Gábor Böröndi (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Colonel General</small><br />'''[[Gábor Böröndi]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Hungary}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Iceland|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>Director of the Security and Defence Department of</small><br />'''[[Iceland]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Jónas G. Allansson, Director General, Directorate for Defence Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland in October 2024 (cropped).jpg|176x176px]]<br /><br />'''[[Jónas G. Allansson]]'''<br />
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Italy|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Italy]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Generale CA Luciano Portolano mr.jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Luciano Portolano]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Italy}}</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Latvia|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Commander of the Joint Headquarters (Latvia)|Commander of the Armed Forces]] of</small><br />'''[[Latvia]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2004|3|29}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Kaspars Pudāns 2024 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Major General</small><br />'''[[Kaspars Pudāns]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Latvian National Guard emblem.svg|size=18px}} [[Latvian National Guard]]</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Lithuania|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of Defence (Lithuania)|Chief of Defence]] of</small><br />'''[[Lithuania]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2004|3|29}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Gen. Raimundas Vaikšnoras official portrait (2024).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Raimundas Vaikšnoras]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Lithuania}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Luxembourg|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of Defence (Luxembourg)|Chief of Defence]] of</small><br />'''[[Luxembourg]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Journée de la commémoration nationale 2021 (131) Steve Thull (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Steve Thull]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Luxembourg}}</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Montenegro|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro)|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Montenegro]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2017|6|5}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Army Brigadier General Zoran Lazarević of Montenegro in 2023 (cropped).jpg|153x153px]]<br /><small>Brigadier General</small><br />'''{{ill|Zoran Lazarević (general)|lt=Zoran Lazarević|de|Zoran Lazarević}}'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|VCG-KOV.png|size=18px}} [[Montenegrin Ground Army]]</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Netherlands|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of Defence (Netherlands)|Chief of Defence]] of the</small><br />'''[[Netherlands]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Portretfoto Onno Eichelsheim (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Onno Eichelsheim]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{air force|Netherlands}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|North Macedonia|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the General Staff (North Macedonia)|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[North Macedonia]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2020|3|27}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Генерал-мајор Сашко Лафчиски (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Major General</small><br />'''[[Saško Lafčiski]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Полк за специјални опрации.svg|size=18px}} [[Special Operations Regiment (North Macedonia)|North Macedonian Special Forces]]</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Norway|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of Defence (Norway)|Chief of Defence]] of</small><br />'''[[Norway]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:General Eirik Kristoffersen, Chief of Defense of the Armed Forces of Norway, at the Pentagon on 8 April 2024 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Eirik Kristoffersen]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Norway}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Poland|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Polish General Staff|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Poland]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1999|3|12}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Lieutenant General Wiesław Kukuła (Wieslaw Kukula), Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces at the Pentagon, USA on November 2, 2023 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Wiesław Kukuła]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|PL territorial defence force flag IIIRP.svg|size=21px}} [[Territorial Defence Force (Poland)|Polish Territorial Defence Forces]]</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Portugal|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Armed Forces General Staff (Portugal)#Chief of the General Staff|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Portugal]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:General José Nunes da Fonseca (Agência Lusa).png|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''{{ill|José Nunes da Fonseca|he|ז'וזה נונס דה פונסקה|pt}}'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Portugal}}</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Romania|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the Romanian General Staff|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Romania]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2004|3|29}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Gheorghiță Vlad (Gheorghita Vlad) (2024) (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''{{ill|Gheorghiță Vlad|he|גאורגיצה ולאד}}'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Romania}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Slovakia|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Slovakia]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2004|3|29}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Generálmajor Daniel Zmeko.jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Lieutenant General</small><br />'''[[Daniel Zmeko]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Slovak Army Roundel.svg|size=18px}} [[Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic|Slovak Ground Forces]]</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Slovenia|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia)|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Slovenia]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2004|3|29}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Sign of Slovenian Army.svg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Brigadier</small><br />'''{{ill|Dean Groff|sl}}'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the Slovenian Armed Forces.svg|size=21px}} [[Slovenian Ground Force]]</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Spain|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Spain]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1982|5|30}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:(Teodoro Esteban López Calderón) 180616-N-MZ309-213 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Admiral General</small><br />'''[[Teodoro Esteban López Calderón]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Naval jack of Spain.svg|size=18px}} [[Spanish Navy]]</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Sweden|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces|Supreme Commander]] of</small><br />'''[[Sweden]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|2024|3|7}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Michael-claesson.jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Michael Claesson]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{army|Sweden}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|Turkey|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the Turkish General Staff|Chief of the General Staff]] of</small><br />'''[[Turkey]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1952|2|18}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:Metin Gürak in 2025 (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Metin Gürak]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Turkish Land Forces Command.svg|size=18px}} [[Turkish Land Forces]]</small>
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|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|United Kingdom|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] of the</small><br />'''[[United Kingdom]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:191120-N-BD231-113 (49106133536) (Tony Radakin cropped 3-4).jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>Admiral</small><br />'''[[Tony Radakin]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{navy|United Kingdom}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"|  {{Flagicon|United States|size=x50px}}<br /><br /><small>[[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] of the</small><br />'''[[United States]]'''<br /><br /><small>Member since<br>{{dts|format=dmy|1949|8|24}}</small>
|style="width:150px;"| [[File:General John D. Caine.jpg|137x137px]]<br /><small>General</small><br />'''[[Dan Caine]]'''<br /><small>of the<br />{{air force|United States}}</small>
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==History==
Until 2008 the Military Committee excluded France, due to that country's 1966 decision to remove itself from NATO's integrated military structure, which it rejoined in 1995. Until France rejoined NATO, it was not represented on the Defence Planning Committee, and this led to conflicts between it and NATO members. Such was the case in the lead up to [[Iraq War|Operation Iraqi Freedom]].<ref>{{cite web | first = Thomas | last = Fuller | title = Reaching accord, EU warns Saddam of his 'last chance' | work =  International Herald Tribune | date = 18 February 2003 | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/2003/02/18/eu_ed3__1.php | accessdate = 15 July 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012115843/http://iht.com/articles/2003/02/18/eu_ed3__1.php  |archivedate = 12 October 2007}}</ref>

Established in 1949 during the first Council session in Washington, the Military Committee is NATO's highest military authority and advises the NAC and NATO's strategic commanders, the [[Allied Command Transformation|Supreme Allied Commander Transformation]] and the [[Supreme Allied Commander Europe]].<ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49633.htm, ''NATO Military Committee'', Dec 7, 2017, retrieved Feb 15, 2018.</ref>
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Arms of historical NATO commands">
File:Coat of arms of Allied Command Atlantic.svg|[[Allied Command Atlantic]]
File:Coat of arms of Allied Commad Channel.svg|[[Allied Command Channel]]
File:Greater coat of arms of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (1982–1999).svg|[[Allied Command Europe]] ([[Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe|Supreme Headquarters]])
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Structure of NATO]]
*[[International Military Staff]]
*[[Chairman of the NATO Military Committee]]
*[[European Union Military Committee]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official|https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49633.htm}}

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