Boris Ruge

Boris Ruge

NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy

Ambassador Boris Ruge became Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy in September 2023. From September until December 2024, he served as Acting Deputy Secretary General. He previously served as Vice Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Director for Middle East/North Africa in the Foreign Office in Berlin, as German Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and as Deputy Ambassador to the US. Having joined the Foreign Service in 1989, much of Amb Ruge’s career has been focused on security policy. He worked at NATO Headquarters in Brussels during the Kosovo air campaign and later served as chief political advisor to two successive Commanders of the Kosovo Force. Amb Ruge also served as Head of the Political Department at the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Updated: March 13, 2022