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| | === Career History === | | === Career History === |
| − | | + | *He was a volunteer in the French Navy (1960-63) |
| − | He was a volunteer in the French Navy (1960-63), a scholarship student (1964-68), a researcher at the CNRS in Paris (Centre national de la recherche scientifique 1967-71), a diplomat (1972-2005). | + | *From 1967-1971, he was a researcher at [[CNRS]]. |
| − | | + | *From 1972, he worked as a steady part of the diplomatic service holding differenct positions which include policy planning staff, head of the affairs department, diplomatic advisor, Deputy director for Asia and Pacific. |
| − | In the French diplomatic service, he worked at the Policy Planning Staff (1976-78); on secondment to the Ministry of industry to help set up the Solar Energy Authority, where he headed the international affairs department (1978-80); Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister for Europe (1980-81); Deputy director for Asia and the Pacific (1984-86); Alternate director for development aid (1986-88); Alternate director for the Americas (1992-95).
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| − | He was posted in Singapore (Embassy Secretary 1973-76), in Japan (Counsellor 1981-84, Minister Counsellor & Deputy Head of mission 1988-92). He was Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Western European Union (WEU in Brussels 1995-98), Ambassador to Estonia (1998-2002), Ambassador to Finland (2002-05), acting Governor for France at the ASEF Board of Governors (2005).
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| − | Recent responsibilities: Chairman of the Advisory Board of Institut Pierre Werner in Luxembourg (2007~2009), and tutor at ENA (Ecole nationale d'administration in Strasbroug, 2007~2008).
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| | === Publications === | | === Publications === |