Famous female diplomats
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Anne-Claire Legendre: I received the tools I needed to become a diplomat
Up until September 2020, Anne-Claire Legendre served as the Consul General of France in the United States, tending to French citizens and promoting French influence abroad. Meeting with the Sciences Po American Foundation in New York, she explained that her education at Sciences Po gave her the skills she needed to become a diplomat.
Legendre initially studied literature and languages but claims she realized while studying languages that she wanted to better “understand the contemporary challenges of our time.” Sciences Po, she believes, opened up for her “a new understanding” and gave her the tools to grasp not only political science, but also economics and law. Her constitutional law classes, in particular, left her with a lasting impression. In her view, constitutional law “should be taken not just by students that have the privilege to go to Sciences Po, but by any student in France, because they are so key to the democratic fabric of our society.” Thanks to Sciences Po, Legendre gained not just a
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Biography of Ambassador Laurence Beau [fr]
Laurence Beau is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies « Sciences Po Paris » with a master’s degree in English language, culture and economics from the University of the Sorbonne.
Diplomatic Career
A 30 year career diplomat, Mrs Beau was first assigned to the Directorate of Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1995.
She then held two embassy posts in Latin America, in Panama as Deputy Head of Mission as well as Head of the Culture, Science and Cooperation Service from 1995 to 1998, and in Mexico as Political Advisor from 1998 to 2001.
Mme Beau was then appointed Deputy Head of Mission in the Seychelles from 2001 to 2002, before returning to France in Paris from 2002 to 2007, where she worked in the Economic Affairs Department and then in the Human Resources Department.
She then pursued her diplomatic career in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, first in Australia as Senior Political Advisor from 2007 to 2011
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Biography of the Ambassador of France
H.E. Mrs. Marie MASDUPUY, born on 29th April 1964
Minister Plenipotentiary
Education
Graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris
Positions held
• Since November 2020 : Head of the Task Force against the manipulation of information (General Secretariat) - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2017-2020 : Ambassador of France to Kuwait
• 2014-2017 : Head of the Strategy and International Affairs Department of the General Directorate for Foreigners in France - Ministry of the Interior
• 2010-2013 : Minister Counsellor in Moscow
• 2007-2010 : Consul General in Cairo
• 2005-2007 : First Counsellor in Kabul
• 2003-2005 : Deputy Press Director – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• March- May 2002 : auditor at the Diplomatic Institute – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2001-2003 : Assistant to the Deputy Director (Communication and Information) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1997-2001 : First Secretary in Cairo
• 1994-1997 : Second Secretary at the Permanent Delegation of France to the North Atl
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