Jens Stoltenberg will remain as NATO secretary general through to September 2022 after the organisation Thursday extended his mandate by two years.
The former Norwegian prime minister arrived in the post in 2014 and had been handed a previous two-year extension to 2020.
In a statement, the alliance said its 29 members had "expressed their support for the Secretary General's work to adapt and modernise NATO and ensure it remains fit for the future."
Stoltenberg, 60, vowed to pursue that goal and tweeted: "Honoured by the decision by the #NATO Allies to extend my term as Secretary General until 30 September 2022."
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