Ambassador and French Interministerial Delegate for the Mediterranean. He began his career at the French Embassy in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) in 1982 and was later posted to the Permanent Mission of France to the UN in New York (1984-1988). He was Diplomatic Adviser to Minister Bernard Kouchner, Minister of State attached to the Prime Minister with responsibility for humanitarian action (1988-1992). He also served as Technical Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Private Office with responsibility for Africa and the Middle East (1997-2002), Ambassador to Monaco (2002-2007), Deputy Director of the Private Office of Dr Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs (2007-2008).
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