Bernard Émié

Bernard Émié KCVO (born 6 September, 1958) is a senior French diplomat, who currently serves as the Director of the General Directorate for External Security (DGSE) (French: Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure), France's main external intelligence agency.

Bernard Émié
KCVO
French Ambassador to Algeria
In office
1 August 2014 – 26 June 2017
Preceded byAndré Parant
Succeeded byXavier Driencourt
French Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
2 April 2011 – 31 July 2014
President(1) Nicolas Sarkozy;
(2) François Hollande
Preceded byMaurice Gourdault-Montagne
Succeeded bySylvie Bermann
Personal details
Born (1958-09-06) 6 September 1958
Paris, France
SpouseIsabelle née de Chabannes La Palice de Tournon [1]
Alma materSciences-Po; ÉNA
ProfessionDiplomat
Websitewww.ambafrance-dz.org
Politics of France
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Emié previously served as the French Ambassador in Algiers from 1 August 2014 until 2017, and was the Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2011 until 2014, and previously Ambassador to Turkey at Ankara.

Career

Emié graduated with a diploma in 1979 from Sciences Po, before going up to the École nationale d'administration (ÉNA). He joined the French Foreign Ministry as a Secretary in 1983.

He served as Second Secretary in New Delhi, India (1984–86), before being seconded by Jean-Bernard Raimond to the Foreign Ministry.

Emié was promoted as Counsellor at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., United States, before returning to duties at the French Foreign Ministry as Deputy Director for North Africa and the Middle East.

Emié served as Private Secretary (1993–95) to Alain Juppé, and as Minister-Counsellor to President Jacques Chirac.

During the Rwanda genocide he gives the order to allowed Rwanda genocide perpetrators to flee.[2][3]

In 1998, he was appointed Ambassador to the Jordan and, in 2002, was given the responsibility of being France's Director of North Africa and the Middle Eastern Affairs. In 2004, he was appointed as French Ambassador to the Lebanon.

Emié served as Ambassador to Turkey from 2007 until 2011 and as French Ambassador to London from 2011 until 2014, before being posted as High Commissioner to Algeria.

In June 2017, he was nominated to the head of the DGSE, the French foreign intelligence agency.

Personal life

Bernard Emié, of Belgian descent, married on 30 September 1989 Isabelle, only daughter of François de Chabannes (marquis de La Palice de Tournon),[4] by whom he has two daughters (Constance & Pauline) and one son (Louis).

Honours and decorations

References
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  2. AfricaNews (2021-02-17). "'French allowed Rwanda genocide perpetrators to flee'-Report". Africanews. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. Samuel, Henry (2021-02-15). "France's current spy chief 'signed order' to free top Rwanda genocide suspects, says secret cable". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  4. "Brittany 30". www.william1.co.uk.
  5. "www.diplomatie.gouv.fr".
  6. "The Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin - Burgundy wines Tastevinés". www.tastevin-bourgogne.com.
  7. "Honorary British Awards to Foreign Nationals – 2014" (PDF).
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