Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (born on 16 November 1953) is a career diplomat and the current French Ambassador

Ambassador

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 to Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Career

Mr Gourdault-Montagne joined the French Foreign Ministry in 1978. He served as First Secretary at the French Embassy in New Delhi

New Delhi

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 (1981-83), Counsellor in Bonn

Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....

 (1988-91), then as Spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry (1991-93) and Deputy Private Secretary to the Minister

Minister (government)

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 to Foreign Affairs (1993-95). He became Private Secretary

Private Secretary

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 and Head of the Prime Minister

Prime minister

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's Office (1995-97). He served as the Ambassador to Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (1998-2002) and became Senior Diplomat

Diplomat

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ic Advisor and G8

G8

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 sherpa to the French President

President

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 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...

(2002-07). He was appointed as French Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2007 and became Ambassador to Germany on 14. March 2011.