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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 - Major Tony Stabile, Canadian Army

CROATIA

CROATIA - Colonel Mato Matanovic, Croatian Army

CZECH REPUBLIC

CZECH REPUBLIC - Colonel Josef Nejedly, Czech Army

DENMARK

DENMARK - Brigadier General Bo Engelbreth, Danish Air Force
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Joen Petersen, 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 Nicholas Durand, French Army
Deputy - Captain Jean-Rene Degans, French Navy

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

GREECE

GREECE - Colonel Dimitrios Miniotakis, Hellenic Air Force

HUNGARY - Brigadier General Tamas Zsiga, 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 - Commander Massimiliano Albiero, Italian Navy

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 - Lieutenant 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 Gabriel Toma, Romanian Navy

SLOVAKIA

SLOVAKIA - Colonel Peter Masar, Slovakian Army
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Mario Smisko, Slovakian Army

SLOVENIA

SLOVENIA - Colonel Andrej Indof, Slovenian Army

SPAIN

SPAIN - Colonel Joaquín Peñas Domínguez, Spanish Army
Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Luis Olalla Simón, Spanish Air Force

TÜRKIYE

TÜRKIYE - Captain Sait Oguz (Deputy, acting), Turkish Air Force

UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM - Colonel Paul Bates, British Army
Deputy - Lieutenant Oliver Downer, Royal Navy

UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES - Colonel Stephen Thibodeau, United States Army
Civilian Deputy - Mr. Greg Freeburn, United States Department of Defence

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

SWITZERLAND

SWITZERLAND - Lieutenant Colonel Gregoire Monnet, Swiss Army

UKRAINE

UKRAINE – Vacant

NATO Interface:

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