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NATO's Strategic Warfare Development Command

The National Liaison Representatives are uniformed military nationals appointed by their nation’s government to NATO in a national capacity. The NLRs provide Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation with national viewpoints and information from national sources, and serve as a channel of communication between HQ SACT and their national authorities.

NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES

There is a clear advantage in having National Liaison Representatives collocated with Supreme Allied Commander Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia, as the transformation processes continue to develop. Early involvement by nations has been of mutual benefit for Allied Command Transformation, NATO, and the senior defence leadership of nations involved.

NATO National Liaison Representatives listed alphabetically by nation:

ALBANIA

ALBANIA - Colonel Edmond Sardi, Albanian Army

BELGIUM

BELGIUM - Colonel Francis Pierard, Belgian Army

BULGARIA

BULGARIA - Commander Kaloyan Nikolov, Bulgarian Navy

CANADA

CANADA - Lt. Colonel Jean-Philippe (JP) Tremblay, Royal Canadian Air Force
Deputy - Major Tony Stabile, Canadian Army

CROATIA

CROATIA - Colonel Branimir Tojcić, Croatian Army

CZECH REPUBLIC

CZECH REPUBLIC - Colonel Martin Bojkovsky, Czech Air Force

DENMARK

DENMARK - Brigadier General Bo Engelbreth, Danish Air Force
Deputy - Lt. Colonel Espen Holk, Danish Air Force

ESTONIA

ESTONIA - Colonel Vitaly Lokk, Estonian Army

FINLAND

FINLAND - Captain Veli-Petteri Valkamo, Finnish Navy
Deputy - Major Jaakko Lyytikainen, Finnish Army

FRANCE

FRANCE - Colonel Aymeric Tardieu de Maleissye Melun, French Army
Deputy - Captain Jean-Rene Degans, French Navy

GERMANY - Colonel Dr. Frank Richter, German Army
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Siegelmann, German Army

GREECE

GREECE - Colonel Dimitrios Miniotakis, Hellenic Air Force

HUNGARY - Colonel László Drót, Hungarian Army
Deputy - Lt. Colonel Péter Lukacs, Hungarian Air Force

ICELAND

ICELAND - Mrs. Alfrun Perla Baldursdottir, Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ITALY

ITALY - Colonel Rocco Losito, Italian Air Force
Deputy - Major Massimiliano Fiacchi, Italian Army

LATVIA

LATVIA - Colonel Mareks Ozolins, Latvian Army

LITHUANIA

LITHUANIA - Colonel Algimantis Misiunas, Lithuanian Army

LUXEMBOURG

LUXEMBOURG - Vacant

MONTENEGRO

MONTENEGRO - Colonel Zivko Rakocevic, Montenegrin Army

THE NETHERLANDS

THE NETHERLANDS - Colonel Joseph M.A. Brouns - Royal Netherlands Army

NORTH MACEDONIA

NORTH MACEDONIA - Vacant

NORWAY

NORWAY - Colonel Lina Kongshavn, Norwegian Air Force
Deputy - Lt. Colonel Gard Shanks Andersen, Norwegian Air Force

POLAND

POLAND - Colonel Maciej Dyżlą, Polish Army
Deputy - Colonel Robert Sęderowski, Polish Army

PORTUGAL

PORTUGAL - Captain Luis Tomás, Portuguese Navy

ROMANIA

ROMANIA - Captain Lucian Grigorescu, Romanian Navy

SLOVAKIA

SLOVAKIA - Colonel Peter Schvarcbacher, Slovakian Army
Deputy - Lt. Colonel Mario Smisko, Slovakian Army

SLOVENIA

SLOVENIA - Colonel Danilo Jazbec, Slovenian Army

SPAIN

SPAIN - Colonel Joaquin Penas, Spanish Air Force
Deputy - Lt. Colonel Jorge Gonzalez Lopez, Spanish Marine Corps

TÜRKIYE

TÜRKIYE - Captain Gokhan Kaldirim (Deputy, acting), Turkish Air Force

UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM - Colonel Paul Bates, British Army
Deputy - Lieutenant Matthew Turner, Royal Navy

UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES - Colonel Ryan Levesque, United States Army
Civilian Deputy - Mr. Greg Freeburn, United States Department of Defence
Military Deputy - Colonel Jeffrey Barker, United States Army

Partnership for Peace National Liaison Representatives listed alphabetically by nation:

AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA - Colonel Robin Hillinger, Austrian Army

AZERBAIJAN

AZERBAIJAN - Vacant

GEORGIA

GEORGIA - Vacant

SWEDEN

SWEDEN - Captain Olle Mobergh, Swedish Navy
Deputy - Lt Colonel Fredrik Yllemo, Swedish Army

SWITZERLAND

SWITZERLAND - Lt. Colonel Gregoire Monnet, Swiss Army

UKRAINE

UKRAINE – Colonel Hennadiy Kovalenko, Ukrainian Army

NATO Interface:

HQ NLR Interface – Lieutenant Commander Todd Strong, United States Navy