State Secretary/Chief Operating Officer Peter Lehmann Nielsen

Professional career: 

2025-  State Secretary/Chief Operating Officer (COO), Danish

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

2023-2025  Under-Secretary for Executive Affairs, Danish Ministry of

Foreign Affairs

 

2019-2023 Head of Executive Office, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

2014-2019 Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations, NYC

Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative (2015-2019)

Counsellor, Political Affairs (2014-2015)

 

2009-2014  Office of the Prime Minister of Denmark

Head of Private Office (2013-2014)

Private Secretary (2011-2013)

Advisor, Foreign Policy Department (2009-2011)

 

2006-2009 First Secretary, Political Affairs, Danish Embassy in

Washington, DC

 

2005-2006 Head of Section, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

2003-2004 Analyst, National Audit Office of Denmark

 

1999-2002 Junior Professional Officer, United Nations Secretariat,

New York

 

Education:

1999 MA, Political Science, University of Copenhagen

 

2009 Senior Executives in National and International Security,

Harvard University

 

Born 1972. Married with two children.