Chair of the NATO Military Committee

Chair of the NATO Military Committee
Coat of arms
Incumbent Lieutenant admiral Rob Bauer since 25 June 2021
NAC
Abbreviation	CMC
Member of	NATO
Reports to	Secretary General of NATO
Seat	NATO Military Committee
Term length	3 years
Formation	1949; 75 years ago (1949)
First holder	General Omar Bradley
Deputy	Deputy Chair of the NATO Military Committee
Website	NATO

The Chair of the NATO Military Committee (CMC) is the head of the NATO Military Committee, which advises the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on military policy and strategy. The CMC is the senior military spokesperson of the 32-nation alliance and principal advisor to the Secretary General. The chair is one of the foremost officials of NATO, next to the Secretary General and the Supreme Allied Commander Europe. The CMC is assisted by the deputy chair, who advises the Deputy Secretary General and serves as the principal agent for coordination of nuclear, biological, and chemical matters for the Military Committee.^[1] Originally titled the Chairman, the post was redesignated in 2021 to reflect the gender-neutrality of the post.^[2]

The current Chair of the NATO Military Committee is lieutenant admiral Rob Bauer, former Chief of Defence of the Netherlands, who took office on 25 June 2021.^[3]