NATO summit
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A NATO summit is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance activities.[1]
NATO summits are not regular meetings like the more frequent NATO ministerial meetings, but rather are important junctures in the alliance’s decision-making process on the highest level. Summits are often used to introduce new policy, invite new members into the alliance, launch major new initiatives, and build partnerships with non-NATO countries.
List of NATO summits
From the founding of NATO in 1949, there have been a total of twenty-four NATO summits; the last of which was the 2010 Lisbon summit held in November 2010. Only the traditional summits have received an official number, thereby excluding the exceptional summit of 2001 in NATO headquarters[2]
Summit Date Host country Summary / Highlights 1 1957 Paris summit December 16–19, 1957 
Paris, France2 1974 Brussels summit June 26, 1974 
Brussels, Belgium3 1975 Brussels summit May 29–30, 1975 Brussels, Belgium4 1977 London summit May 10–11, 1977 
London, United KingdomFirst simultaneous summit with G7 5 1978 Washington summit May 30–31, 1978 
Washington, D.C., United States6 1982 Bonn summit June 10, 1982 
Bonn, West Germany7 1985 Brussels summit November 21, 1985 Brussels, Belgium8 1988 Brussels summit March 2–3, 1988 Brussels, Belgium9 1989 Brussels summit (May) May 29–30, 1989 Brussels, Belgium40th anniversary of NATO 10 1989 Brussels summit (December) December 4, 1989 Brussels, Belgium11 1990 London summit July 5–6, 1990 London, United Kingdom12 1991 Rome summit November 7–8, 1991 
Rome, Italy13 1994 Brussels summit January 10–11, 1994 Brussels, Belgium14 1997 Paris summit May 27, 1997 Paris, France15 1997 Madrid summit July 8–9, 1997 
Madrid, Spain16 1999 Washington summit April 23–25, 1999 Washington, D.C., United States50th anniversary of NATO 2001 NATO Headquarters summit April 23–25, 2001 Brussels, Belgium17 2002 Rome summit May 28, 2002 Rome, Italy18 2002 Prague summit November 21–22, 2002 
Prague, Czech RepublicFirst summit in a former Warsaw Pact country 19 2004 Istanbul summit June 28–29, 2004 
Istanbul, Turkey20 2005 NATO Headquarters summit February 22, 2005 Brussels, Belgium21 2006 Riga summit November 28–29, 2006 
Riga, LatviaFirst summit in a former Soviet republic 22 2008 Bucharest summit April 2–4, 2008 
Bucharest, RomaniaCroatia and Albania invited to join the alliance 23 2009 Strasbourg-Kehl summit April 3–4, 2009 Strasbourg, France
Kehl, Germany60th anniversary of NATO 24 2010 Lisbon summit November 19–20, 2010 
Lisbon, Portugal[3] [4] 25 2012 Chicago Summit May 15-22, 2012 Chicago, Illinois, United StatesSecond simultaneous summit with G8.[3] [4] Source: NATO, Summits & Ministerial Meetings
See also
- EU summit
- G8 summit
References
v · d · eNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) History 
Structure Members v · d · eNATO summits 1950s 1957 1st NATO summit Paris
1970s 1974 2nd NATO summit Brussels · 1975 3rd NATO summit Brussels · 1977 4th NATO summit London · 1978 5th NATO summit Washington, D.C.
1980s 1990s 1990 11th NATO summit London · 1991 12th NATO summit Rome · 1994 13th NATO summit Brussels · 1997 14th NATO summit Paris · 1997 15th NATO summit Madrid · 1999 16th NATO summit Washington, D.C.
2000s 2002 17th NATO summit Rome · 2002 18th NATO summit Prague · 2004 19th NATO summit Istanbul · 2005 20th NATO summit Brussels · 2006 21st NATO summit Riga · 2008 22nd NATO summit Bucharest · 2009 23rd NATO summit Strasbourg-Kehl
2010s Special 2001 NATO HQ summit Brussels
North Atlantic Council · Secretary General of NATO · List of NATO Secretaries General
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