Espen Evjenth Lindbæck is the Norwegian Ambassador to Jordan. He has been appointed to this position in 2021. . Previously, Mr. Lindbæck was appointed Director of Section for Middle East and North Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was also a senior advisor. Between 2008 and 2011, Mr. Lindbæck was the Political Counsellor at the Representative Office of Norway to the Palestinian Authority. Before that, he was a Senior Advisor at the Section for East and Central Africa, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr Lindbæck holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Bergen and a Graduate Studies in Political Science from University of California.