Maurice Gourdault-Montagne CMG, CVO (born on 16 November 1953) is a career diplomat and former French

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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, the

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and

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Career

Mr Gourdault-Montagne joined the

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in 1978. He served as first secretary at the French

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New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

(1981–83), counsellor in

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(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

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and head of the

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's Office (1995–97). He served as the ambassador to

(1998–2002) and became senior

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ic advisor and G8 sherpa to the French

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Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma ...

(2002–07). He was appointed as French ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2007 and became ambassador to Germany on 14 March 2011. On 20 August 2014, he was appointed ambassador to China.

References

1953 births Living people Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Ambassadors of France to China Ambassadors of France to Germany Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of France to Japan Sciences Po alumni Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century French diplomats 21st-century French diplomats {{France-diplomat-stub