Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe
Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe | |
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Ellermann-Kingombe in 2024. | |
| NATO Assistant Secretary General for Cyber Defence and Digital Transformation | |
| Assumed office 15 August 2024 | |
| Secretary General | Jens Stoltenberg Mark Rutte |
| Preceded by | David van Weel |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 15 August 2024 | |
| Monarchs | Margrethe II Frederik X |
| Prime Minister | Lars Løkke Rasmussen Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Michael Starbæk Christensen |
| Succeeded by | Anders Tang Friborg |
| 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 28 December 1970 |
| Spouse | Henriette Ellermann-Kingombe |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Copenhagen 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 Cyber Defence and Digital Transformation, 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, and briefly Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
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).
In 2024, he was appointed NATO Assistant Secretary General, overseeing the Alliance’s policies on cyber defence and threats, digital transformation, and hybrid warfare in his capacity as NATO Special Coordinator for Hybrid Threats. During his tenure under Secretary General Mark Rutte, Ellermann-Kingombe has advocated for an intensification of Allied efforts to safeguard critical infrastructure and emerging technologies, calling for a “wartime mindset” in response to hybrid and cyber threats.