NATO names new Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has named Ambassador Kevin Hamilton ​as the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Ambassador Hamilton is also Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Partnerships, in the Political Affairs and Security Policy Division.

A career member of the Canadian Foreign Service, he served from 2023 to 2026 as Canada’s Ambassador to Türkiye, with concurrent accreditation to Azerbaijan and Georgia. He earlier served as Ambassador to Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova (2016–2020), according to the NATO press service.