Meet the Ambassador

Ambassador's background

Ambassador Thomas Østrup Møller was nominated as Ambassador of Denmark to China in September 2020. He is also Denmark’s Ambassador to Mongolia.

From 2017 to 2020, he worked as Commissioner for Corporate Management of the Danish National Police – the highest authority within Danish Police. From 2015 to 2016, he worked as Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Danish Ministry of Justice.

Thomas Østrup Møller has served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Ambassador to Poland (2010-2012) and as Under-Secretary for Resources and Operations (2012-2015). Earlier postings included: Economic Counsellor at the Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin, Germany, First Secretary at the Royal Danish Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and Head of Section for NATO Affairs. 

He has a degree as M.Sc. in Economics from University of Copenhagen, and has also studied at prestigious educational institutions such as John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas Østrup Møller is Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark). 

Curriculum Vitae 

2020-         Ambassador of Denmark to China
2017-2020 Commissioner for Corporate Management, Danish 
                                National Police
2015-2016 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice
2012-2015 Under-Secretary for Resources and Operations, Ministry
                                of Foreign Affairs
2010-2012 Ambassador of Denmark to Warsaw, Poland
2007-2010 Head of Department (Finance), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2003-2007 Economic Counsellor, Royal Danish Embassy in Berlin,                                      Germany
1999-2003 Head of Section (NATO Affairs), Department of Foreign
                                and Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996-1999 First Secretary, Royal Danish Embassy in Cairo, Egypt
1995-1996 Department of Humanitarian Assistance, Ministry of
                                Foreign Affairs
1994-1995 Department of Trade Policy/North America, Ministry of
                                Foreign Affairs
1992-1994 Department of Press and Culture, Ministry of Foreign
                                Affairs

MSc Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1994)

Contact

Ambassador Thomas Østrup Møller 

Ambassador of Denmark to China and Mongolia

Ms. Zhou Haiying
Executive Assistant to the Ambassador of Denmark in Beijing, [email protected]