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The Secretary General of NATO is an international diplomat who serves as the chief official of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The Secretary General is responsible for coordinating the workings of the alliance, serves as the head of the North Atlantic Council, and leads NATO's staff.The current Secretary General is Jens Stoltenberg, the former Prime Minister of Norway, who took office on 1 October 2014.fter the Lisbon Conference, the NATO states began looking for a person who could fill the role of Secretary General. The position was first offered to Oliver Franks, the British Ambassador to the United States, but he declined.
The first NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay, stated in 1949 that the organization's goal was to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.. Popular support for the Treaty was not unanimous, and some Icelanders participated in a pro-neutrality, anti-membership riot in March 1949.