Laurent Bili

Laurent Bili
Bili in 2023
Ambassador of France to the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 February 2023
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byPhilippe Étienne
Ambassador of France to China
In office
2019–2023
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Preceded byJean-Maurice Ripert
Succeeded byBertrand Lortholary
Director General for Global Affairs
In office
2017–2019
Ambassador of France to Brazil
In office
2015–2017
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Preceded byDenis Pietton
Succeeded byMichel Miraillet
Ambassador of France to Turkey
In office
2011–2015
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
François Hollande
Preceded byBernard Émié
Succeeded byCharles Fries
Ambassador of France to Thailand
In office
2007–2009
PresidentNicolas Sarkozy
Preceded byLaurent Aublin
Succeeded byGildas Le Lidec
Personal details
BornLaurent Henri Bili
(1961-08-12) 12 August 1961
Trier, West Germany
EducationSciences Po
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
École nationale d'administration
OccupationDiplomat

Laurent Bili (born 12 August 1961) is a German-born French diplomat who has served as the ambassador to France to the United States since 2023. He was also previously the ambassador to China, Brazil, Turkey and Thailand. He has also served as the director general for global affairs for the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Biography

He was born in 1961 in Trier, West Germany, where his father was stationed as a soldier, because of his fathers postings he changed locations frequently, only beginning to live in mainland France at the age of ten.

Education

Bili attended Michelet High school in Vanves.[1] He got a master's degree in history and political science from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 1984, later graduating from Sciences Po. He attended École nationale d'administration from 1989 to 1991, when he also worked as a history and geography teacher. He speaks many languages including English, French, Turkish, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai as well as some German, Indonesian and Dutch.[2]

Career

After working in education and graduating from École nationale d'administration he chose a diplomatic career and joined the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, where he was initially assigned as the director of strategic affairs and disarmament from 1991 to 1993, before becoming deputy diplomatic advisor to the minister of state and minister of defence from 1993 to 1995. He also served as the first secretary in Ankara from 1995 to 1998, later being appointed deputy permanent representative to the Permanent Representation of France to the Western European Union in Brussels.

From 2002 to 2007 he was an advisor of the diplomatic unit under the presidency of Jacques Chirac. He was first appointed ambassador to Thailand in 2007, before serving as director of the civil and military cabinet under the then Minister of Defence Hervé Morin. He was appointed ambassador to Turkey in 2011, Brazil in 2015 and China in 2019.[2] He became the director general for global affairs for the Agency for French Education Abroad from 2017 to 2019.[3] He was appointed as ambassador to China in 2019 and is currently the ambassador to the United States since 2023.[4]

Honorary distinctions

References

  1. ↑ Dassié, Fanny (3 July 2014). "Qui est Laurent Bili, ambassadeur de France en Turquie?" [Who is Laurent Bili, the French ambassador to Türkiye?]. allgov.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 Uzun, Tarik (21 April 2017). "A Multilingual Diplomat: Laurent Bili". ilcblog.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Legifrance - Le service public de l'accès au droit" [Legifrance - The public service for access to law]. www.legifrance.gouv.fr. 28 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Biographie de Monsieur Laurent BILI" [Biography of Mr. Laurent BILI]. cn.ambafrance.org. 14 November 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Décret du 14 février 2023 portant nomination d'un ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire de la République française aux Etats-Unis d'Amériques - M. BILI (Laurent) - Légifrance" [Decree of February 14, 2023 appointing an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the United States of America - Mr. BILI (Laurent)]. www.legifrance.gouv.fr. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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