NATO Defense College
Founded in 1951 NATO Defense College (NDC) is a military academy of NATO for staff officers and generals of the armed forces of the Alliance members in Cecchignola , a neighborhood in the south of Rome . It reports directly to the NATO Military Committee , the chairman of which is also the chairman of the Academic Advisory Board of the NDC.
General
The college goes back to a proposal by Dwight D. Eisenhower and had its first seat in Paris . When France separated from the military structure of NATO in 1966, the college moved to Rome ( Viale della Civilta del Lavoro ) until after 1999 it moved to a new double-sized building in the military city ( Città Militare ) of Cecchignola . The college commander has the rank of lieutenant general . Its deputies or directors are military officers with the rank of general and civilians.
About 30 lecturers hold ten different, mostly five and a half month courses and seminars. Around 100 participants, 25% of whom are civilians (diplomats, government officials, parliamentarians), are enrolled at the school annually. In addition to delegates from NATO countries, countries participating in the Partnership for Peace program (since 1994) and the Mediterranean Dialogue have access to the course . The approximately 7,000 graduates to date are allowed to use the letter combination NADC after their name (so-called post nominal).
The Annual Conference and Seminar of the Association of Anciens has existed since 1953 and an annual conference of the commanders of the military academies of NATO countries since 1971, to which those of the OSCE have also been invited since 1991 . Opinions on the national officer training courses are exchanged for the purpose of building trust.
Commanders
- 1951–1953: André Lemonnier , France
- 1953–1955: Sir Lawrence Darvall , Great Britain
- 1955-1957: Clovis E. Byers , USA
- 1957–1958: Edmondo de Renzi , Italy
- 1958: ENK Estcourt, Great Britain
- 1958–1959: Tekin Arıburun , Turkey
- 1959–1961: O. Harteon, Belgium
- 1961–1963: Umberto de Martino , Italy
- 1963–1965: Wolf von Baudissin , Germany
- 1965–1966: Sergio Duilio Fanali , Italy
- 1966–1968: Einar Tufte-Johnsen , Norway
- 1968–1970: S. Erensd, Turkey
- 1970–1974: John O'Brien , Canada
- 1974–1976: EH Wolff, Denmark
- 1976-1979: RJW Heslinga, The Netherlands
- 1979–1981: Sir Lancelot Bell-Davies , Great Britain
- 1981–1984: JG Kotsolakis, Greece
- 1984–1987: Franz Uhle-Wettler , Germany
- 1987–1989: A. Everaert, Belgium
- 1989-1993: PMA Castelo Branco, Portugal
- 1993-1996: Richard J. Evraire , Canada
- 1996-1999: Lecea Dezcallar, Spain
- 1999–2002: Hartmut Olboeter , Germany
- 2002–2005: Jean-Paul Raffene , France
- 2005–2008: Marc Vankeirsbilck , Belgium
- 2008–2011: Wolf-Dieter Löser , Germany
- 2011–2014: Arne Bård Dalhaug , Norway
- 2014–2016: Janusz Bojarski , Poland
- 2016–2020: Christine "Chris" Whitecross , Canada
- since 2020: Lieutenant General Olivier Rittimann, France
literature
- Mario Masdea, Valerie Kasseckert (Red.): NATO Defense College 60th Anniversary Chronicle Book . NDC Public Affairs Office, Rome 2011.
- Christian Papsthart: Federal Academy for Security Policy and NATO Defense College - two security policy schools in comparison . In: Sicherheit und Frieden 31 (2013) 4, pp. 232–235.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Official NATO Encyclopedia 2016 of NATO , accessed August 4, 2018
- ↑ NATO manual ( Memento of May 31, 2001 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Coordinates: 41 ° 48 ′ 25.2 " N , 12 ° 29 ′ 29.4" E