NATO appoints Dutch PM Mark Rutte as Secretary-General, to replace Jen Stoltenberg
World | June 26, 2024 16:23 ISTRutte was appointed the next head of NATO after Romanian President Klaus Iohannis dropped out of the race and Hungarian PM Viktor Orban dropped his opposition to Rutte's candidacy. His appointment comes as the transatlantic alliance is pressuring Russia to withdraw from Ukraine.