Michael Starbæk Christensen
Michael Starbæk Christensen | |
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Christensen in 2016. | |
| Ambassador of Denmark to France | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2019 | |
| Monarchs | Margrethe II Frederik X |
| Prime Minister | Mette Frederiksen |
| Preceded by | Kirsten Malling Biering |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 2015–2019 | |
| Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Prime Minister | Helle Thorning-Schmidt Lars Løkke Rasmussen |
| Preceded by | Lars Gert Lose |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe |
| Personal details | |
| Residence(s) | Paris, Île-de-France, France |
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen Harvard Kennedy School |
Michael Starbæk Christensen is Danish diplomat and civil servant. He is the current Ambassador of Denmark to France, having previously served as Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the Prime Minister's Office (2015–2019), under Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
Starbæk has held several positions within the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office. He served as Under Secretary for Global Politics and Security and Political Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2015. He was the Deputy Head of Cabinet of European Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, from 2010 to 2013, and Senior Adviser on Climate at the Prime Minister's Office from 2007 to 2010, under Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Løkke.
Starbæk is the forthcoming Ambassador of Denmark to China, and will take up the position on 15 August 2024.