The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee's authority stems from the NATO Military Committee, to which he is responsible in the performance of his duties. He chairs all meetings of the Military Committee and acts in an international capacity. In his absence, the Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee takes the chair. The previous Chairman is Italian Admiral Giampaolo di Paola, as the current Chairman is Danish General Knud Bartels.
Since the formation of NATO, its Military Chairmen have been:
- General of the Army Omar N. Bradley (United States): 1949, to 1951
- Lt. General Etienne Baele (Belgium): 1951, to 1952
- Lt. General Charles Foulkes (Canada): 1952, to 1953
- Admiral E.J.C. Quistgaard (Denmark): 1953, to 1954
- General Augustin Guillaume (France): 1954, to 1955
- Lt. General Stylianos Pallis (Greece): 1955, to 1956
- General Giuseppe Mancinelli (Italy): 1956, to 1957
- General B.R.P.F. Hasselman (Netherlands): 1957, to 1958
- Lt. General Bjarne Øen (Norway): 1958, to 1959
- General J.A. Beleza Ferras (Portugal): 1959, to 1960
- General Rustu Erdelhun (Turkey): 1960
- Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma (United Kingdom): 1960, to 1961
- General Lyman L. Lemnitzer (United States): 1961, to 1962
- Lt. General C.P. de Cumont (Belgium): 1962, to 1963
- General Adolf Heusinger (Germany): 1963, to 1964
- Lt. General C.P. de Cumont (Belgium): 1964, to 1968
- Admiral Sir Nigel Henderson (United Kingdom): 1968, to 1971
- General Johannes Steinhoff (Germany): 1971, to 1974
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter Hill-Norton (United Kingdom): 1974, to 1977
- General Herman F. Zeiner-Gundersen (Norway): 1977, to 1980
- Admiral Robert H. Falls (Canada): 1980, to 1983
- General Cornelis De Jager (Netherlands): 1983, to 1986
- General Wolfgang Altenburg (Germany): 1986, to 1989
- General Vigleik Eide (Norway): 1989, to 1993
- Field Marshal Sir Richard Vincent (United Kingdom): 1993, to 1996
- General Klaus Naumann (Germany): 1996, to 1999
- Admiral Guido Venturoni (Italy): 1999, to 2002
- General Harald Kujat (Germany): 2002, to 2005
- General Raymond Henault (Canada): 2005, to 2008
- Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola (Italy): 2008, to 2011
- General Knud Bartels (Denmark): 2011, to present
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