NATO appoints Dutch PM Rutte as next secretary general
NATO tapped outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Wednesday to become the bloc’s next secretary-general who will replace Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg from October 1.
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MEHR: NATO tapped outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Wednesday to become the bloc’s next secretary-general who will replace Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg from October 1.
NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday.
Rutte’s appointment was sealed by NATO ambassadors during a meeting at the 32-nation alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, France 24 reported.
US President Joe Biden and his counterparts will formally welcome him to their table at a summit in Washington on July 9-11.
The outgoing Dutch premier will take over from the current secretary general, Norway’s Jens Stoltenberg, on Oct. 1.
Stoltenberg spent more than a decade at the helm.