| His Britannic Majesty's Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Member of | North Atlantic Council |
| Reports to | Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs North Atlantic Council |
| Appointer | King Charles III as Sovereign |
| Website | UK Joint Delegation to NATO |
The Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council is the senior member of the United Kingdom's delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Military representatives have included: [7]
| Military Representatives to NATO | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Rank | Name | Term began | Term ended |
 | Air Chief Marshal | Sir William Elliot | 1951 | 1953 |
 | General | Sir John Whiteley | 1953 | 1956 |
 | Admiral | Sir Michael Denny | 1956 | 1959 |
 | Air Chief Marshal | Sir George Mills | 1959 | 1962 |
 | General | Sir Michael West | 1962 | 1965 |
| | Admiral | Sir Nigel Henderson | 1965 | 1968 |
| | Air Chief Marshal | Sir David Lee | 1968 | 1971 |
| | General | Sir Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour | 1971 | 1973 |
| | Admiral | Sir Rae McKaig | 1973 | 1975 |
| | General | Sir David Fraser | 1975 | 1977 |
| | Air Chief Marshal | Sir Alasdair Steedman | 1977 | 1980 |
| | Admiral | Sir Anthony Morton | 1980 | 1983 |
| | General | Sir Thomas Morony | 1983 | 1986 |
| | Air Chief Marshal | Sir Michael Knight | 1986 | 1989 |
| | Admiral | Sir Richard Thomas | 1989 | 1992 |
| | General | Sir Edward Jones | 1992 | 1995 |
 | Air Marshal | Sir John Cheshire | 1995 | 1997 |
 | Vice Admiral | Sir Paul Haddacks | 1997 | 2000 |
 | Lieutenant General | Sir Michael Willcocks | 2000 | 2001 |
| | Lieutenant General | Sir Kevin O'Donoghue | 2001 | 2002 |
 | Air Marshal | SIr Robert Wright | 2002 | 2006 |
| | Vice Admiral | Sir Anthony Dymock | 2006 | 2008 |
| | Lieutenant General | Sir David Bill | 2008 | 2011 |
 | Air Marshal | Sir Christopher Harper [8] | 2011 | 2013 |
 | Vice Admiral | Sir Ian Corder | 2013 | 2016 |
 | Lieutenant-General | Sir George Norton | 2016 | 2020 |
 | Lieutenant-General | Sir Ben Bathurst [9] [10] [lower-alpha 1] | 2020 | present |
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