North Atlantic Treaty - Later Members

Later Members

The following 16 nations joined the treaty after the 12 original countries:

  • Greece (1952)
  • Turkey (1952)
  • West Germany (1955)
  • Spain (1982)
  • Czech Republic (1999)
  • Hungary (1999)
  • Poland (1999)
  • Bulgaria (2004)
  • Estonia (2004)
  • Latvia (2004)
  • Lithuania (2004)
  • Romania (2004)
  • Slovakia (2004)
  • Slovenia (2004)
  • Albania (2009)
  • Croatia (2009)

When German reunification occurred in 1990, the country as a whole became a member of NATO.

During the April 2008 summit, Croatia and Albania were officially invited to join NATO. They both signed the treaty and officially joined NATO on 1 April 2009.

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