Permanent Representative

Ambassador CARSTEN GRØNBECH-JENSEN                                  CURRICULUM VITAE

Born 1971, married, two children

2023-                     Permanent Representative to the European Union, Ambassador Permanent                                                                                       Representation of Denmark to the EU, Brussels

2019- 2023:          State Secretary for European Affairs and the Arctic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2018-2019:           Under-Secretary for Europe and Northern America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2013-2018:           Chief European Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister, Prime Minister's Office

2012-2013:          Deputy Head of Department for Northern Europe, North America, and the Arctic,                                                               Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2007-2012:           Counsellor (Antici), Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU, Brussels

2004-2007:           Senior Adviser (European Affairs), Prime Minister's Office

2003-2004:           Head of Section (European Affairs), Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2000-2003:           Secretary of Embassy, Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU, Brussels

2000-2000:            Head of Section (Development Policy), Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1999-2000:            First Secretary, Royal Danish Embassy, Bonn/Berlin

1999-1999:            Desk Officer (Humanitarian Assistance), Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

1997-1999:            Desk Officer (Security Policy), Ministry of Foreign Affairs

EDUCATION

1997:                       MSc, Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark

1996:                       MA/DEA European Politics and Administration, College of Europe, Bruges