United States Permanent Representative to NATO

Permanent Representative of the United States to NATO
Seal of the United States Department of State
Incumbent Douglas Lute since September 3, 2013
Nominator	Barack Obama
Inaugural holder	William H. Draper, Jr. as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Formation	April 8, 1953
Website	U.S. Mission - NATO

The United States Permanent Representative to NATO (commonly called the U.S. Ambassador to NATO) is the official representative of the United States to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Representative has the rank of full ambassador and is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The full official title of the Representative is United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The current U.S. Ambassador to NATO is Douglas Lute.

The first Representative was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.