National Liaison Representatives

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 - Captain Arsen Mullaj, Albanian Navy
BELGIUM - Colonel Bart Hubrechtsen, Belgian Army
BULGARIA - Lt. Colonel Martin Bachvarov, Bulgarian Army
CANADA- Lt. Colonel James Marshall, Royal Canadian Air Force
- Deputy - Major Sam Perreault, Canadian Army
CROATIA - Colonel Branimir Tojcić, Croatian Army
- Assistant - Major Danko Baricevic, Croatian Army
CZECH REPUBLIC - Colonel Jiří Vávra, Czech Air Force
- Deputy - Captain Marek Gresak, Czech Army
DENMARK - Brigadier General Steen Ulrich, Danish Air Force
- Deputy - Lt. Colonel Jens Assum, Danish Army
ESTONIA - Colonel Vahur Väljamäe, Estonian Army
FRANCE - Colonel Bruno Heluin, French Army
- Deputy - Colonel Benjamin Vinot Prefontaine, French Air Force
GERMANY - Colonel Huber Katz, German Army
- Deputy - Lieutenant Colonel Sandra Wilhelm, German Army
GREECE - Colonel Christos Ntaflos, Hellenic Army
- Deputy - Lt. Commander Argyro Tzagkaraki Neraki, Hellenic Navy
HUNGARY - Colonel László Drót, Hungarian Army
- Deputy - Lt. Colonel Geza Gulyas, Hungarian Army
ICELAND - Mr. Olafur Olafsson, Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ITALY - Captain Giovanni Iodice, Italian Navy
- Deputy - Major Massimiliano Fiacchi, Italian Army
LATVIA - Colonel Egils Kupčs, Latvian Air Force
LITHUANIA - Colonel Aleksiejus Gaizevskis, Lithuanian Army
LUXEMBOURG - Ms. Veronque Dockendorf, Luxembourgish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MONTENEGRO - Vacant
THE NETHERLANDS - Captain L. (Lennart) G.J. van den Berg - Royal Netherlands Navy
NORTH MACEDONIA - Vacant
NORWAY - Colonel Gerhard Larsen, Norwegian Air Force
- Deputy - Lt. Colonel Tor Are Harvey, Norwegian Army
POLAND - Captain Tomasz Kepka, Polish Navy
- Deputy - Captain Piotr Klepka, Polish Navy
PORTUGAL - Lt. Colonel Sérgio Lino de Almeida Estrela, Portuguese Air Force
ROMANIA - Captain Lucian Grigorescu, Romanian Navy
- Deputy - Lt. Colonel Mihai-Ilie Rusu, Romanian Army
SLOVAKIA - Colonel Svetozár Bohuš, Slovakian Air Force
- Assistant - Lt. Colonel Ladislav Suvák, Slovakian Air Force
SLOVENIA - Colonel Tadej Burgar, Slovenian Army
SPAIN - Colonel José Richard, Spanish Air Force
- Deputy - Commander Ignacio De Ayala, Spanish Navy
TURKEY - Captain Emre Parlak (acting), Turkish Air Force
UNITED KINGDOM - Captain Al Wilson, Royal Navy
UNITED STATES - Colonel Julie Gaulin, United States Air Force
- Deputy - Mr. Greg Freeburn, United States Department of Defence