François Bujon de l'Estang was the Ambassador of the Republic of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 to the United States

United States

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.

Career

He graduated from the Sciences Po

Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris

The Institut d'études politiques de Paris , simply referred to as Sciences Po , is a public research and higher education institution in Paris, France, specialised in the social sciences. It has the status of grand établissement, which allows its admissions process to be highly selective...

, ENA

École nationale d'administration

The École Nationale d'Administration , one of the most prestigious of French graduate schools , was created in 1945 by Charles de Gaulle to democratise access to the senior civil service. It is now entrusted with the selection and initial training of senior French officials...

, and the Harvard School of Business Administration.

He was special assistant to President Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....

 from 1967 to 1969.
He was diplomatic advisor to Prime Minister Jacques Chirac

Jacques Chirac

Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...

 from 1986 to 1988.

He was president and CEO of the US subsidiary of Cogema

Areva NC

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 from 1982 to 1986, president and CEO of SFIM, from 1992 to 1993, and chairman of Citigroup

Citigroup

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, France.

External links

• François Bujon de l'Estang : « Le risque, pour B. Obama, c'est la “carterisation” », Le Grand Journal, 12/10/2009
• http://www.washingtonlife.com/directories/photos/?letter=F&name=Francois-Bujon-de-l'Estang