Ambassador Kevin Hamilton has been appointed the NATO Secretary General’s new Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, the NATO press service informed.

Hamilton will be responsible for carrying forward the Alliance’s policy in these two strategically important regions. He 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 Turkey, with concurrent accreditation to Azerbaijan and Georgia. He earlier served as Ambassador to Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova (2016–2020).

From 2020 to 2023, he was Director General for International Security Policy at Global Affairs Canada, responsible for international defense and security relations, NATO and transatlantic security, North American defense cooperation, Indo-Pacific security policy, and non-proliferation and arms control.