Hélène Duchêne
Permanent Representative – France
2016
Date of birth : January 7, 1963
Chevalier de l'Ordre national de la Légion d'Honneur
Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite
Education
Alumni at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), master's degree in modern literature
Graduated from the Institute of Political Sciences
1989
Alumni at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), « Liberté-Egalité-Fraternité » class
1989-1990
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Asia and Oceania Department
1990-1994
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legal Affairs Department
1994-1995
General Secretariat for the Inter-Ministerial Committee on European and Economic Cooperation issues
1995-1997
First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of France to the European Union in Brussels
1997-1999
Second Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of France to the EU in Brussels
1999-2002
Second Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations in Geneva
2002-2004
Technical Advisor in charge of International and European Relations at the Cabinet of the French Minister of Culture and Communication
2004-2008
French Deputy Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in Brussels
2008-2013
Director for Mobility and Attractiveness policies at the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs
2013-2016
Director for Strategic, Security and Disarmament Affairs at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Sept. 2016
Permanent Representative of France to the North Atlantic Council