# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elbridge-colby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:26:21.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elbridge-colby"
name: "Elbridge Colby"
slug: "elbridge-colby"
description: "Elbridge Andrew Colby is an American national security policy professional who is the under secretary of defense for policy since April 9, 2025. He previously served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development from 2017 to 2018 during the first Trump administration. He played a key role in the development of the 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy, which, among other things, shifted the U.S. Defense Department's focus to China. He is also the grandson of former CIA director William Colby."
tagline: "American official and strategy consultant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elbridge_A._Colby_(2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1979-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Elbridge Colby"
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    title: "Elbridge Colby"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump