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Maurice Gourdault-Montagne

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Maurice Gourdault-Montagne
Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (2012)
Ambassador of France to China
In office
20 August 2014 – 2017
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Preceded bySylvie Bermann
Succeeded byJean-Maurice Ripert
Ambassador of France to Germany
In office
2011–2014
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
François Hollande
Preceded byBernard de Montferrand
Succeeded byPhilippe Étienne
Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom
In office
2007–2011
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Preceded byGérard Errera
Succeeded byBernard Émié
Personal details
Born (1953-11-16) 16 November 1953 (age 70)
Paris, France
Alma materSciences Po
Panthéon-Assas University
ProfessionDiplomat

Maurice Gourdault-Montagne CMG, CVO (born on 16 November 1953) is a career diplomat and former French Ambassador to China, Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany.

Career

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Gourdault-Montagne joined the French Foreign Ministry in 1978. He served as first secretary at the French embassy in New Delhi (1981–83), counsellor in Bonn (1988–91), then as spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry (1991–93) and deputy private secretary to the minister of foreign affairs (1993–95).

He became private secretary and head of Prime Minister Alain Juppé's office (1995–97).

He then served as the ambassador to Japan (1998–2002) and became senior diplomatic advisor and G8 sherpa to the French President Jacques Chirac (2002–07).

Gourdault-Montagne was appointed as French ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2007 and became ambassador to Germany on 14 March 2011.[1]

On 20 August 2014, he was appointed ambassador to China,[2] from which post he retired in 2017.

His memoirs, entitled "Les autres ne pensent pas comme nous" were published in 2022 by the Bouquins firm.

References

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  1. ^ "Décret du 9 février 2011 portant nomination d'un ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire de la République française auprès de la République fédérale d'Allemagne - M. Gourdault-Montagne (Maurice) - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  2. ^ "L'ambassadeur". Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-24.