Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe
Danish diplomat and civil servant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe (born 28 December 1970) is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. He is the current Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Prime Minister's Office, serving under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe | |
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Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Prime Minister's Office | |
Assumed office 1 January 2019 | |
Monarchs | Margrethe II Frederik X |
Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen Mette Frederiksen |
Preceded by | Michael Starbæk Christensen |
Ambassador of Denmark to Afghanistan | |
In office 2016–2017 | |
Monarch | Margrethe II |
Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
Preceded by | Uffe Wolffhechel |
Succeeded by | Jakob Brix Tange |
Personal details | |
Born | Jean-Charles Kingombe (1970-12-28) 28 December 1970 (age 53) Copenhagen |
Spouse | Henriette Ellermann-Kingombe |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Hellerup, Denmark |
Alma mater | Copenhagen Business School HEC Paris |
Ellermann-Kingombe is a career diplomat with a long service at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has served as Ambassador of Denmark to Afghanistan (2016–2017), and before that as Head of the Executive Secretariat, the chief of staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013–2016). He was the press advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of European Affairs (2010–2013), under Lene Espersen and later Villy Søvndal, and has also served as deputy head of various departments in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2001 to 2007, he was stationed in Brussels, serving firstly as press secretary during the Danish EU presidency in 2002, and afterwards as spokesperson and cabinet member for the Danish EU Commissioners Poul Nielson (Development and Humanitarian Aid) and subsequently Mariann Fischer Boel (Agriculture).
He is the forthcoming NATO Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, and will take up the position on 15 August 2024.[1]