Rüdiger König (born 8 April 1957), is a German diplomat who served as the Permanent Representative of Germany to NATO from 2020 until 2023.
From 2015, he was Head of the Department for Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Post-Conflict Rehabilitation and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office.
In 1989 his first assignment abroad followed at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City.
He then worked until 2008 as Head of the Political Department of the Permanent Mission of Germany to NATO [de] in Brussels.
On 12 August 2013, he was awarded the Mir Masjidi Khan Order by Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rassoul.