Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe

Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe
Ellermann-Kingombe in 2020.
NATO Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber
Assumed office
15 August 2024
Secretary GeneralJens Stoltenberg
Mark Rutte
Preceded byDavid van Weel
Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
at the Prime Minister's Office
In office
1 January 2019 – 15 August 2024
MonarchsMargrethe II
Frederik X
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Mette Frederiksen
Preceded byMichael Starbæk Christensen
Succeeded byAnders Tang Friborg
Ambassador of Denmark to Afghanistan
In office
2016–2017
MonarchMargrethe II
Prime MinisterLars Løkke Rasmussen
Preceded byUffe Wolffhechel
Succeeded byJakob Brix Tange
Personal details
Born
Jean-Charles Kingombe

(1970-12-28) 28 December 1970 (age 53)
Copenhagen
SpouseHenriette Ellermann-Kingombe
Children2
Residence(s)Hellerup, Denmark
Alma materCopenhagen Business School
HEC Paris

Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe (born 28 December 1970) is a Danish diplomat and civil servant. He is the current NATO Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, having previously served as Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Danish Prime Minister's Office between 2019 and 2024, under Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.[1][2]

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).

  1. ^ NATO. "Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber". NATO. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  2. ^ "Han havde kurs mod Paris, nu skal Mette Frederiksens toprådgiver til Nato". Altinget.dk. 2024-08-02. Retrieved 2024-08-04.