Mark Rutte will be the next NATO secretary general after all 32 members of the alliance agreed that the outgoing Dutch prime minister will succeed Jens Stoltenberg.
Following approvals from Hungary and Slovakia on Tuesday, Romania confirmed its support for Rutte on Thursday, with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis withdrawing his candidacy for the top NATO post.
During a meeting of the High Council of National Defense, Iohannis said that he had notified NATO allies of the withdrawal of his candidacy.
Rutte will take over NATO at a critical time. His new job will begin on October 2, just over a month before the US election, which will shape the fate of the military alliance that has served as Eastern Europe's most successful deterrent against an aggressive Russia. Former US President Donald Trump, the current Republican candidate, has pledged to stay in NATO but threatened to cut US aid to Ukraine if re-elected.
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