Frédéric Mion (born 30 August 1969) is a French civil servant, and former director of

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. Formerly, he was Secretary-General of

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Biography

Education

Student at the lycée du Mas de Tesse in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, where he was awarded the French

Baccalauréat The ''baccalauréat'' (; ), often known in France colloquially as the ''bac'', is a French national academic qualification that students can obtain at the completion of their secondary education (at the end of the ''lycée'') by meeting certain ...

, Mion went on to

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at the

Lycée Henri-IV The Lycée Henri-IV is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges (''lycées'') in France. The school educates more than ...

, before integrating the

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

from which he graduated in 1988. Frédéric Mion then studied Public Affairs at

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, earning a Master's degree in 1992. After a brief period at

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, he joined the École nationale d'administration (ENA), from which he graduated first in his class of the promotion Victor-Schœlcher in 1996.

Office

In January 2021, it was revealed he knew about child abuse for 2 years before it was published in a book that brought it to international attention. In February 2021, in light of new details emerging from the Duhamel affair, Mion resigned as Director of Sciences Po.

References

1969 births Living people People from Montpellier Lycée Henri-IV alumni École Normale Supérieure alumni Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Princeton University alumni French academic administrators Members of the Conseil d'État (France) {{France-bio-stub