
German General Carsten Breuer was elected chair of NATO’s Military Committee on Saturday during a meeting of the alliance’s chiefs of defense in Copenhagen, the committee announced. Breuer, the inspector general of the Bundeswehr, will succeed Italy’s Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone in July 2027.
Dragone congratulated Breuer on X, stating, “Your operational judgement, your deep familiarity with this Alliance and your leadership of the German Armed Forces will serve NATO well” . Breuer defeated Canadian Chief of Defense Staff General Jennie Carignan, who would have become the first woman to lead the committee.
Breuer, 61, has served as Germany’s top soldier since March 2023. He told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur that the support of NATO’s chiefs of defense “means a great deal to me,” adding, “The alliance faces major tasks ahead for our security and peace in Europe and beyond” .
The chair of the Military Committee serves as NATO’s senior military adviser to the secretary-general and channels the collective recommendations of the alliance’s 32 chiefs of defense to its political leadership . The last German to hold the post was General Harald Kujat, who served from 2002 to 2005.
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