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NATO military chiefs elect Germany’s Carsten Breuer as their next chair
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Carsten Breuer chosen to lead NATO’s senior military authority
Military chiefs from NATO’s 32 members elected German Chief of Defence Carsten Breuer as the next chair of the alliance’s Military Committee at a September 19 meeting in Copenhagen. Breuer is expected to take office next summer, succeeding Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone. The committee is NATO’s senior military authority, and its chair serves as the principal military adviser to the secretary general.
German general Breuer elected to head top NATO military body