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 Atlantic Council in Brussels
• 1991-1994 : Directorate of Europe, then Continental Europe – Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Honorary Distinctions

Knight of the National Order of Merit
Knight of the Legion of Honor

Languages Spoken

English, German
Russian, Czech
Egyptian dialect (oral)
Persian from Afghanistan, Persian from Iran