Per Poulsen-Hansen
Permanent Representative – Denmark
2003
14 Sep. 1946 Born in Copenhagen
| 1967 | Lieutenant, Danish Army (language specialist – Russian) |
| 1970 | Bachelor degree in Russian, University of Copenhagen |
| 1973 | First Lieutenant, Danish Army |
| 1973 | Master of Laws and Arts, University of Copenhagen |
| 1973 – 75 | Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1976 – 79 | Second Secretary, Royal Danish Embassy, Moscow |
| 1979 – 81 | Personal Assistant to the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1981 – 84 | Head of Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet and Eastern European Department) |
| 1984 – 86 | First Secretary, Royal Danish Embassy, London |
| 1986 – 87 | Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Royal Danish Embassy, London |
| 1987 – 91 | Head of NATO and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1991 – 93 | Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, from 1993 accreditation in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic |
| 1994 – 99 | Under-Secretary, Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1999 – 03 | Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador, Prime Minister’s Office |
| 2003- | Permanent Representative of Denmark to NATO, Brussels, Belgium |
Commander, 1st Class, of the Order of the Dannebrog
Member of the Danish Defence Commissions of 1988 and 1997, member of the Interministerial Contact Group for Security Policy 1987-91, member of the Government’s Commission on Security and Disarmament (SNU), 1988-91, member of the Board of the Danish Institute of International Affairs from 1995-1999.
Married, 3 daughters.