Admiral Jürgen Ehle was Senior Military Advisor in the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels until September 2024. He advised the senior management in the EEAS on all aspects of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union.

Prior to his current position, he was assigned as the Senior Political Military Advisor in the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU. He has also served as the Chairman of the European Union Military Committee Working Group, as the Chief of Staff of the German Military Representation to NATO and the EU, and as Branch Chief Europe/CSDP in the German Ministry of Defence. Before that, he was Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Representative Europe at NATO Headquarters.

His operational military background is as a naval aviator. Admiral Ehle is a highly experienced Navy pilot, trained both on ship borne helicopters and fixed wing naval aircraft. He served for many years as a combat pilot and later as Commanding Officer of Naval Air Wing 3 “Graf Zeppelin”, located in Nordholz on the North Sea coast.

He is a graduate of the University of Armed Forces, and of the German Armed Forces Command and Staff College, both located in Hamburg, and of the US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. He holds a Master of Arts in educational science.
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He has received several distinguished decorations, including the NATO Meritorious Service Medal.

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